Low Pitch Roof Slates

Economically priced and available in either blue or black it can be pitched at 15.

Low pitch roof slates.

This opens up many opportunities for slate roofs in domestic commercial and heritage properties. Cushions the slates and reduces breakage. Eliminates the angle of creep and allows slates to be laid on a roof with a pitch as low as 12 degrees. Many problems that arise from the installation of a low pitch roof derive from poor installation or lack of maintenance.

This low pitch roof tile gives the appearance of slate without the cost or the high maintenance. Edgemere interlocking slate is a large format concrete roof covering with a thin leading edge for a slate like appearance. Think of them as taking the middle road in terms of roof pitch not too flat not too steep. Eco slate is an environmentally friendly man made slate alternative that can be installed on any pitched roof from 10 to 90.

The patented easy slate system provides a unique solution enabling slates to be installed on any roof with a pitch as low as 12. With regards to the pitch the building standard code bs 5534 recommends a minimum pitch of 20 0 for slate roofs. Down to 22 5 degree pitches smooth with a headlap of 75mm. What are the challenges of a low pitch roof.

These shingles are appropriate for pitches as low as 4 12 pitch all the way up to a 12 12 pitch. Slates no longer need to be ruled out where the ridge height has been restricted due to planning considerations. 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. Down to 17 5 degree pitches smooth with a headlap of 100mm.

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 0 depending on the uniqueness of the roof. The marley thrutone slate is a perfect example of a low roof pitch option. Improves the ventilation of the roof through the slates when used with a breather membrane. 5 12 to 12 12 pitch.

Low pitch roof slates. 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. Higher exposure or different sized slates necessitated a greater roof pitch of 22 5 or more.