How To Fit Dry Verge To An Existing Slate Roof

To open the external face of the slate verge a temporary batten is placed between the batten courses which is pushed against the inner face of the slate verge and nailed in place.

How to fit dry verge to an existing slate roof.

Verges are highly exposed to rain which will drive between roof tiles and the wall. Drainage channels that diverts water away from the wall. Position the second verge unit in the slots of the first one if the product features slots. A timber batten can then be installed running from the eave to the ridge to provide a base for the units to fix into.

Fit the verge piece onto the starter verge so flush against it and there isn t any space between the 2 pieces. Take a dry verge piece and align the edges on the underside of it with the edges on top of the starter verge. If working on a flex dry verge system ply the verge unit open and push it onto the tail of the first verge unit ensuring the end of the verge lines up with the end of the tail and nail the top into the batten end clip. When the verge is not at ninety degrees it is called a raking verge which helps to make rainwater flow away instead of over the verge.

Be positioned off the wall e g. Tile batten overhang have an integral design feature e g. A verge is a junction of the roof and the gable end of walls and it is mostly at ninety degrees to the eaves and the ridge. Got questions on dry verge installation.

Nibs that keeps the verge unit away from the wall have an integral design feature e g. Click a ridge comb unit onto the top of the ultimate rapid verge unit. Fitting dry verge to old roof if you are fitting your dry verge to an existing building you need to remove all of the old underclock and motor bedding before fixing. Slide the ultimate rapid verge unit in the direction of the ridge until the tail of the unit coincides with the tail of the roof tile as before.

The nhbc recommends that the dry verge system should either.