The cant strip is variable in thickness according to the thickness of the slates being installed thicker slates require a thicker cant strip.
Slate tile roof detail.
Gable edge projection and drip edge projection can also vary somewhat.
Make a batten gauge block after you have worked out your desired batten gauge consider making a batten gauge block from an offcut of batten.
The standard sizes for roofing slate start at 12 in length and increase by 2 inch increments up to 24 in length.
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The total weight of slates on roof can be found from the formula.
Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm.
The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2 23 9.
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Weight of slates kg area of roof m 2 slate coverage 1000 therefore the total weight 1235 1000 150 23 9 4427 kg.
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The above illustration shows basic installation details for a traditional standard thickness slate roof.