But since there is still a wide variety of slate roofing systems there are occasions when the minimum pitch can go down to as low as 15 12 5 depending on the design of the roof.
Low pitch roofing slates.
Marley wessex tile 106.
Stuart nicholson director of roof systems at marley outlines how best to approach the preparation and specification of tiles for low pitch roofs.
Marley mendip tile 123.
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As low as 2 10 1 75.
Unlike most other roofing materials and even slate from other quarries where sizes larger than 50 25 cannot be achieved ssq slate allows you to design roofs as low as 17 5 in pitch.
Edgemere interlocking slate is a large format concrete roof covering with a thin leading edge for a slate like appearance.
As low as 1 20 1 00.
In order to provide you with the opportunity to specify low pitched slate roofs below 20 with confidence siga commissioned the bre to carry out a set of tests.
Higher exposure or different sized slates necessitated a greater roof pitch of 22 5 or more.
If you are looking for a roofing solution which involves a low pitch complex roof you have come to the right place.
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The best tiles and slates to cover low pitched roofs.
Conventional low pitch slate roofs are recommended down to a minimum of 20 in areas of sheltered or moderate exposure providing a 500x300mm slate is used and a headlap of 115mm.
We also provide a number of other low pitch concrete interlocking solutions such as the mendip and wessex tiles each able to perform at pitches of 15 degrees and our new mendip 12 5 can be used at an even lower pitch of 12 5.
This design flexibility makes ssq slate a great choice for beautiful and effective low pitch slate roofs.