How To Nail Roof Tiles

Tiles can be nailed either directly into the roof sheathing or tiles with lugs can be nailed to battens.

How to nail roof tiles.

This method has been largely. Older homes may have roof tiles held on with mortar. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place. Newer homes typically use nails to hold tiles in place.

If you have not installed battens you can nail the tiles directly into the sheathing. We are stripping old 1980 s concrete pantiles putting in new roof trusses and re tiling with same pantiles. Then use a waterproof sealant or mortar along the sides of the tiles to secure them and complete the seal. Do not overdrive the nails there is not even any need for the nail head to come in contact with the tile overdriving the nails risk damaging the tile from the head of the hammer hitting the surface the tiles tend to be brittle and.

If your are using tiles that tightly interlock it may not be necessary to nail all the tiles. This method has been disappearing from the roofing industry. Every tile along the eaves up verges and along the ridge should be nailed but otherwise only nail every fifth tile horizontally and every third tile up the roof. Here are five of the most common methods to consider.

Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. Mortar down application uses a mixture of building and sharp sand with cement mix. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing. The bigger the gap between the underside of the nail head and the tile the greater the risk of tiles rattling in the wind.

The underside of the nail head should always make contact with the surface of the tile to ensure there is the minimum of tile lift before the nail starts to do its work of resisting the wind uplift forces. Double nail down application uses two ring shank nails. I was reading something on diydoctor about installing velux that surprised me. If you have installed battens first you will nail the tiles into the battens.

Corrosion resistant nails must be minimum 11 gauge with 5 16 inch heads and long enough to penetrate the sheathing by 3 4 inch typically 8d nails. Secure the new tiles in place by simply hammering the nails into the tiles.