10mm gap between old and new batten, what to do?

[veedee]

I have laid a new membrane and battens on my roof.

My neighbour roof joins with mine.

The neighbours battens are about 21-22mm, so using 25mm battens seemed fine when butted against the neighbours old ones.

However, in one particular section the difference between the neighbours batten and mine is 10mm (please see pic)

I am assuming that the concrete tile won't sit right here. So could any of the experts advise on what i need to do here?

Or will it be fine if the tile is nailed into the batten?

 

[datarebal]

What tiles ?

 

[veedee]

What tiles ?

Marley Modern

 

[veedee]

@datarebal Any advice?

 

[datarebal]

Ease the thinner one up and pack .
Then tile it .
It should be ok

 

[veedee]

Ease the thinner one up and pack .
Then tile it .
It should be ok

What do you mean by ease the thinner one?

I'm a layman, so i don't quite get the lingo.

When you say 'pack' are you saying that i should place a material on top of the short batten? If so, what material would be best and how should it be fixed down onto the existing batten?

 

[Feck]

Raise old batten up so it is level with your new batten and place packing between it and the rafter. Plastic shims will do for packing.

 

[veedee]

Raise old batten up so it is level with your new batten and place packing between it and the rafter. Plastic shims will do for packing.

Thank you very much.

Just to confirm will these plastic shims from Screwfix be okay?

 

[noseall]

Someone has hammered a brand new galv' spike in there, which are a pig to remove. The end of that existing batten will split and be useless. I'd be more inclined now to fit a taper on top or some such. Either that of cut the exiting back a wee bit and re fix.