Tile Roof Installation Guide

Use chalk lines to make a guide for yourself.

Tile roof installation guide.

Consult the guide for your shingle brand to determine the specific method of installation required to preserve the warranty. I took this videos and put them together through the installation of this light weight concrete tile boral flat tile weights less than 600 lbs. Concrete and clay roof tile installation manual july 2015. Tri snow cold installation guide.

In either case the glue strip of the starter course is then placed along the drip edge and at the rake edges as well. Tri alliance and wsrca submitted this manual for formal review and issuance of an iapmo uniform es. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle clips but metal roofing shingle installation can be system specific. Measure the distance across the ridge from the outer ends of the first tiles at each end of the ridge.

Published 1998 by the ntrma wsrca concrete and clay roof tile installation manual fifth edition for florida only published april 2012 04 12 by the frsa tri can csa a220 1 m91 installation of concrete roof tiles by the canadian standards association. Installing a tile roof can be a difficult and laborious process. Depending on the type of shingles you re using and the roof you re working on you may need to marking a chalk guideline beginning 7 inches 17 8cm from the bottom roof edge. Start at the second tile at one end of the ridge.

Tri alliance and wsrca technical committees along with valuable input from the roofing community revised the previous 2010 edition of this manual to create the 2015 edition. Florida high wind concrete and clay tile installation manual 5th edition revised. Whether you are laying brand new roofing tile or replacing damaged ones it is also important to have the right technique. Subtract 16 inches and divide the result by 8 to determine the number of tiles to install.

Rake seal flyer and installation instructions. Place two tiles to the opposite end of the ridge and install them as you did with the previous one. Roofing shingles and materials plus factory certified roofers including ratings from real homeowners from north america s largest roofing manufacturer. 3 11 batten installation 16 3 12 tile installation 17 3 13 flat low medium and high profile tile 19 3 14 valleys tiles 20 3 15 hip starter 21 3 16 hip and ridge installation 21 vi frsa tri model tile guidelines august 2005.

A project of this size will take a great deal of planning and preparation well before the actual tile installation is underway.