Sarking Board Roof Detail

Tiles are then laid out.

Sarking board roof detail.

Underneath these battens you will find your counter battens running vertically and beneath these a breather membrane. Insulation sitting either between and under or between and over the rafters. The use of bituminous under slate felt or other vapour barriers under the slates which prevent water vapour movement can lead to high humidity in the roof space and can have detrimental effects on the roof in the long term. If your tiles are laid without counter battens rainwater could pass between the tiles and get stuck behind the tiling batten building up a pool of water over time.

Next anti ponding board apb is installed underneath the sarking at the edges of the roof. Green treated ready for installation rough sawn sarking board is used in scotland for either roof covering underneath slates or also ideal for fences and fence boards. Roof tiles or other covering. A typical roof build up that contains sarking is as follows from the bottom.

The purpose of the anti ponding board is to prevent water from pooling underneath the tiles at the outer edge of the roof. The apb effectively extends the barrier provided by sarking out to the guttering. The sarking board itself is a barrier to the migration of water vapour and in most situations will require the provision of ventilation to the roof space in accordance with bs5534 bs5250 2011. Roof tiles are usually laid horizontally attached to timber tiling battens.

So now that we ve established where more often than not scotland and when during new build or re roofing projects you need to use sarking boards let s take a look at a typical roof build up. Hi all our roof will be metal raised seam it is supposed to sit on 18mm osb which i don t plan on doing i m planning on using a sarking board just like our scottish neighbours do would you use treated timber or just rough sawn. Roof sarking improves performance and comfort by providing the following benefits. If the sarking boards are damaged and require renewal they should be re laid with a small gap to allow for ventilation.

Putting on the tiles. Helps protect your home from unseen mould growth or even worse ceiling staining or permanent damage which can result from the entry of storm driven rain into the roof cavity. Product will differ from image slightly as it is rough sawn. A sealed roof system is achievable using a vapour permeable underlay such as monarperm 700 if a minimum 2mm gap can be guaranteed between the sarking boards which should be a minimum of 150mm wide.