Fitting Roof Tiles Around Velux

Use the utility knife to cut the foam gasket on the side and top to fit the place where the tiles meet.

Fitting roof tiles around velux.

Edp plain tiles up to 14mm in profile pdf. Firstly get two of your roof tiles and either two full battens or two offcuts of batten and place them onto the roof one above the other. Finish tiling around the window after installing the flashing. We offer a variety of skylight flashing systems to ensure a weathertight fit for virtually all roof types and slopes.

Can i fit roof windows side by side or on top of each other. Unboxing the window and preparing it for installation part 2. How to fit a velux window. The tiles or slates are then laid back into position up to the sides of the new window frame.

Make sure the tile lugs are seated snuggly onto the top edges of the battens. Fitting the insulation collar and checking the frame is square and level. Yes you can what you need is a combi flashing. Firstly you re going to find fitting a velux is very similar to fitting any other brand of roof window apart from a few minor differences in trims and flashings.

Whether you have never fitted a velux roof window before and would like a basic introduction or you have been fitting velux roof windows for years and would benefit from a best practice session there is a training session to suit your needs. How to fit a velux into an interlocking tiled roof. The opening sash is removed from the new window and the remaining frame is fitted into the new opening using fixing brackets supplied. Next place your two tiles one on top of the other loose onto the battens without anything being fixed.

Leave a 60mm 150mm gap between the top of the window and the tile for rainwater drainage. You may need to use an angle grinder to cut tiles to fit. In part 4 we show the full installation of the edw profile tile flashing kit this kit works perfectly with the redland 49 tile and provides a watertight seal for the roof window. The roof flashing this keeps the joint between the new window frame and the roof watertight is then fitted.

Once you ve fitted one it s not much of a leap to almost all other brands. View the other parts here.