Roof/slate detail question

lfcjfc

Part of some of the walls of my new build are fiinshed with slate on the vertical. In other words, the slate at 45 degree pitch comes to edge of roof and then we have about 1m of a vertical slate drop down the adjoining wall. Does anybody have any ideas on how the join between roof slate and vertical slate should be finished to give the best chance of keeping the weather out?

Slates

lfcjfc wrote: »

Part of some of the walls of my new build are fiinshed with slate on the vertical. In other words, the slate at 45 degree pitch comes to edge of roof and then we have about 1m of a vertical slate drop down the adjoining wall. Does anybody have any ideas on how the join between roof slate and vertical slate should be finished to give the best chance of keeping the weather out?

Depending on the finish you are looking for you could construct a hidden gutter detail or you could use gutter hangers fixed onto the rafters

muffler

Some details in this doc

lfcjfc

Thanks Muffler - very useful info

Mellor

consider the two elements as separate, construct the sloped roof as normal, with a gutter, soffit and fascia. Then construct the verticle element as a cladding fixed to batons. You may want to use the smallest gutter fascia soffit combo at the top to create the idea of continuation between elements

lfcjfc

Hi Mellor,

You've sort of hit the nail on the head there as far as the problem goes. The house is traditional design with no overhang/soffit/fascia on the roof. So where the pitch roof meets the vertical element, its slate to slate - question is how to make the join to give a good seal against weather.

Slates

lfcjfc wrote: »

Hi Mellor,

You've sort of hit the nail on the head there as far as the problem goes. The house is traditional design with no overhang/soffit/fascia on the roof. So where the pitch roof meets the vertical element, its slate to slate - question is how to make the join to give a good seal against weather.

You need a hidden gutter , see the pm I sent