Point it up when setting.
How to install roof undercloak.
To begin remove the old roof tile.
Secure the underlayment with nails that are at least 2 inches from the edge of the roof.
Lay felt and batts to 2 from verge edge.
Plain tiles are not normally suitable for nailing as undercloaks and so the following applies to.
Bargeboards and in some cases gable end brickwork are prone to deviation in.
This will provide an effective underlayer to support a bed of mortar and allow for mortar adhesion whilst also offering a clean finish to the verge detail.
Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time.
Universal undercloak a core component of any roofing project undercloak is a strong tile or fibre cement strip that is fixed at the roof verge beneath the battens.
The undercloak is a cement board which may contain asbestos.
If you delay the risk of timber decay and slipped tiles will increase.
Also at the lowest end of the verge where the slope finishes and the verge becomes flat there is no undercloak beneath the mortar.
You will need to ram the mortar in well then point up.
The undercloak is layed on a flat bed of cement and projects over the verge edge by 2.
The undercloak board or 4 wide bits of tiles buts up to the batts and are held in place by nails knocked into the ends of the batts.
The cement pointing is cracked and porous.
Fibre cement undercloak is used on roof verges to support a bed of mortar allow mortar adhesion.
The concrete tiles have a cement pointed undercloak to gable ends.
A mortar bedded verge that is done correctly should last as long as the roof tiles or slates.
20 year old house.
A roofer told me to.
If your roof has a steep slope install the battens next which are thin strips of material that run horizontally along the roof.
Roof undercloak installation roof undercloak installation overview.
Cutting and positioning pieces.
You might be lucky and leave roof tiles in situ remove under cloak and existing mortar and try to push the board in.
The mortar just sits directly on the soffit fascia.
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I noticed that there are 2 vertical thin cracks in the mortar of the roof verge near the top.
You should carry out repairs soon.
