Redland 49 kick up on roof

[Sonnypaul]

Evening all, haven't posted in a while

Midway through another extension and every time I get to tiling the roof, or a roof, the kick up of the tile never sits right, this roof is 17.5 degrees.

At the moment I've got the tiles sitting on the fascia.

I've seen people put a double battern under the first course to kick the tile up and have them running in plain and other people cut the soffit of the rafter to bring the soffit and fascia up higher?

I know the tiles are supposed to run in "plain" and not kick up to high on a low pitch roof

Vented soffit aswell, no fascia vent

What's the best way to get this right lads

Try upload some pick pics

 

[Sonnypaul]

Roof

 

[Sonnypaul]

Roof

 

[catlad]

You can lay three or four tiles up the roof then move the fascia up or down to suite. or at least a bit of wood acting as the fascia then you can measure the distance the fascia sit above the rafter. I hope that makes sense

 

[Sonnypaul]

Hi Catlad, yes mate it makes sence, I've had to put a Battern Behind the fascia for to kick it up.

Future reference should I cut the soffit of the Rafter to achieve my height, measure out 200mm and plum cut, then cut the soffit of the rafter

 

[catlad]

If you are using 7x2" or bigger rafters then getting a fascia to cover that can be a problem so trimming the bottom of the rafter for the soffit is a good way to minimise the size of the fascia. You only need approx 5" to fix your fascia to so when you are cutting your rafters you can make the cut for the soffit at the same time.