Pantile Roof Pitch

Pantile 2000 lightweight roofing has a cover width of 1040mm allowing for the fastest installation of all lightweight systems.

Pantile roof pitch.

Making decision about roof pitch. At 100 mm headlap at 75 mm headlap. The roof pitch is described by the vertical rise divided by horizontal span. Traditionally a minimum roof pitch of 20 was recommended in bs 5534 but modern tiles and slates have now been designed for applications as low as 15.

Concealed and cowl double pantile ventilatorsmust not be used on roof pitches below 22 50. Roof pitch is a measurement of a roof s slope expressed as a ratio. Pantiles appeared in eastern coastal areas of england and scotland during the 17th century being imported at first from holland. A gable roof is a traditional triangle shaped roof that can range from a medium pitch to sharp angled roofs.

A pantile covered roof is considerably lighter than a flat tiled equivalent and can be laid to a lower pitch. It is a traditional roof shape employed everywhere from tropical huts to nordic ski chalets. This part is well known as slope in geometry tangent function or stair construction in trigonometry. It is uncommon to find a roof below 15 but for those very low pitch applications there are interlocking clay pantiles available suitable for use down to 12 5.

125 mm minimum gauge. Contact sandtoft technical services for further information. Fenland pantile technical data size. 256 mm maximum gauge smooth maximum.

90 subject to fixing specification. Britmet lightweight roofing s pantile 2000 has a range of 6 beautiful colours can be fixed to a roof pitch as low as 5. A low pitch cowl ventilator is available. A pantile covered roof weighs just two thirds of a plain tiled one and can be laid to a lower pitch.

381 x 227 mm minimum pitch headlap smooth minimum pitch headlap sanded 17 5 22 5 17 5 25 at 100 mm headlap at 75 mm headlap. Modern versions of the pantile also allow the tile to be used on low pitch roofs with 15 usually being the minimum. Pantiles are used in eastern coastal parts of england and scotland including norfolk east yorkshire county durham perthshire angus lothian and fife where they were first imported from the netherlands in the early 17th century. The lowest bba approved tile sheet in the world.

The marley mendip concrete tile offers this capability while a 12 5 pitch can be achieved with pantiles such as the melodie clay single interlocking pantile by marley eternit. The british standard for tilling and slating provides specific guidance about double lapped slating where calculations and recommendations for pitch and lap of slate are based on.