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Installation DetailsInstallation Details |
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| Installation of Joining Gutter - new roof to existing roof or new roof to new roof |
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1. Make good underlay and battens over the party wall.
2. Prepare adjoining roof – renew nails, cut slates or tiles to middle of party wall.
3. Push Joining Gutter under the adjoining slates or tiles to the middle of the
party wall.
4. Allow 150mm overlap between lengths, and extend by 150mm over gutter.
5. Nail in place.
6. Butt new roof up to existing roof, bed the tiles or slates onto mortar laid on
the sanded strip. |
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| Installing as a Firebreak |
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| Roofing battens need to be cut back leaving a gap of 75mm across the party wall. A bed of mortar must be laid in the gap, joining the party wall to the bottom of the gutter. Fit as 1–6. |
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| Installation of Abutment Soaker |
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1. Lay underlay and fix the tile battens, finishing the tile battens approximately 100mm from the abutment.
2. Lay counter batten parallel to the abutment wall, fix in line with tile battens to provide a continuous support.
3. Place Abutment Soaker with the flat surface vertical against the wall, push tightly against the wall and nail to the continuous batten below.
4. End lap – allow 150mm on roofs over 300
– allow 225mm on roofs below 300
Extend by 150mm over gutter, cut back flat vertical surface at the over hang. At a ridge use a lead saddle.
5. Lay slates or tiles, bed the tiles on a mortar bed laid on the sanded strip.
6. Weather the upstand with a stepped lead flashing over the vertical surface. |
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