Install the slates in pairs not one side at a time.
How to lead a hip roof.
This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.
Lead ridges should be dressed around a raised timber ridge pole and laid in sections.
Continue up the hip in this manner flashing over the top of each pair of hip slates.
Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end.
The 16 inch long hip slates are overlapped 8 inches halfway by both the overlying slates and the flashings.
The 10 inch step flashings then overlap each other by 2 inches.
Cut the felt in a straight line so that the bottom edge of the felt extends 8 inches past the roof hip.
A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.
Working on the base of the edges of your hip roof by making use of 2 stacked shingles.
Make sure that you start with the first ridge cap lying on the bottom of the ridge of your hip roof.
Now use a single cap at every spot as you go up the ridge.
You need to trim those shingles so that they fit correctly.
A faster easier method to frame a hip roof.
Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place.
Lead or stainless steel clips fixed to the ridge pole are clipped over the lead flashing.
Each length of lead ridge should overlap the next section by 150mm.