How To Fit Marley Roof Tiles

How to space a tiled roof firstly get two of your roof tiles and either two full battens or two offcuts of batten and place them onto the roof one above the other.

How to fit marley roof tiles.

Roof tiles come in a vast array of shapes sizes textures materials and colours. For example 25x50mm battens should be used for single lap modern roof tiles when laid on rafters with a 600mm span. Look at the advanced weather forecast before you begin and choose a few weeks with as many dry days as possible. To begin remove the old roof tile.

Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time. How to tile a roof if you would prefer to read how to tile a roof and see more help please visit this link unless you found this video via my website. Here at marley we offer a roof tile selection that comprises more than 80 different clay and concrete products including pantiles flat and interlocking designs as well as colourways ranging from reds and browns to various shades of grey. But with so many choices how do you specify the right roof tiles for.

Philip dalton and son daniel show us this example of a house they re tiled using marley modern tiles. Next place your two tiles one on top of the other loose onto the battens without anything being fixed. So how do you install roofing battens. If you don t know what the tile is take a tile with you to a roofing supplier and they should be able to match it for you.

Make sure the tile lugs are seated snuggly onto the top edges of the battens. Secure the underlayment with nails that are at least 2 inches from the edge of the roof. You must ensure it is the same type of tile or it may not work and can result in damage even though you ve tried to repair it. Jb red battens from marley is a high quality roofing batten that is pre graded and meets the performance requirements of bs 5534.