How to Install Undercloak on tiled Roof Verge ---

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3 жыл бұрын

A core component of any roofing project, undercloak is a strong tile or fibre cement strip that is fixed at the roof verge, beneath the battens. This will provide an effective underlayer to support a bed of mortar and allow for mortar adhesion, whilst also offering a clean finish to the verge detail.
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@oldtimer43 3 жыл бұрын

A thumbs up for another well explained video for anyone else doing this for the first time.

@MarkCW 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, helps me understand what my roofer is doing.

@squizza28 3 ай бұрын

I like these videos, they help a lot, explaining it without jargon. If you have the b@lls to DIY you can save yourself a packet.

@horatiodebonairepicklehoun1415 3 жыл бұрын

Great video mate.. I’m a general builder and although I’ve installed undercloaking many times before, it helps me to brush up on how to do it correctly.. Many thanks👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👍

@jacksmith4484 Жыл бұрын

Is that correctly tho lol

@themackeith 2 жыл бұрын

Another useful one, thanks!

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 🙌

@thomasgibbs4053 2 жыл бұрын

Great vids 🤙🤙

@psymon25 Жыл бұрын

Love it

@rafmo7413 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video explaining this. I had no idea what that board was called and love your video explaining how it should go on. Would the last tiles on the end have an overhang on to the undercloak board which you then mortar up the gaps?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 2 жыл бұрын

You've got it 👍 I done it in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sM-jmqyDvZmVaH0.html

@grahamcollins7979 3 жыл бұрын

Well i hope you are going to hold public visits and tours once finished

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 3 жыл бұрын

Haha if I ever finish 😬

@strummer6642 9 ай бұрын

What a find! Such interesting content. Can I ask a question about the verge treatment. Do you add a wooden fascia of some description and then seal the brickwork behind to keep moisture/rain out?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 9 ай бұрын

It's a wooden frame so no brickwork. The gable rafters are wrapped in breathable membrane and I've put what's called a barge board ontop of that

@rickpalmer3340 Жыл бұрын

Have you got a video showing how you space the battens for the first and second rows, please?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9hilqaaz8u7k6s.html

@grahamcollins7979 3 жыл бұрын

i didnt realise that you were doing two seperate buildings!

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 3 жыл бұрын

Go big or go home hey 😂

@danjersey4975 2 жыл бұрын

How do you do this on a roof which has been counter battened or is a dry verge system a better option? Thanks

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 2 жыл бұрын

I would assume a dry verge is an easier option but I've never done one. I've also not done this with a roof that had counter battens but logic tells me you put the undercloak board on top of a couple of counter battens at the verge then it would just be exactly the same as I had here. Then your barge boards would cover the counter battens that would have been visible at the verge

@gregbooming 3 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm planning to install wooden apex door canopy for my house. Next to use T&G cladding board on top of frame, then membrane, battens and clay marley tiles. To finished tiles verge i would like to use the same fibre cement board. Is this gonna be alright? Will be doing small roofing project first time so I'm trying collect some information. Thank you Obviously I still got in my head lead flashing 😊.

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 3 ай бұрын

If I'm understanding you correctly, that's pretty much exactly what I've done on this building so yeah, it'll be fine

@itwillbenicewhenitsfinished 9 ай бұрын

Do those boards overlap on the one below or butt up to each other?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 9 ай бұрын

Just butted

@zeez9053 2 жыл бұрын

Did you cut the fingers off your gloves yourself or do you buy the that way ?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 2 жыл бұрын

They come like that, they're called framers gloves, carpenters use them mostly

@tommymuirhead7110 Жыл бұрын

Underfloor goes under the felt but fair play to you.

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

I pulled up the nhbc standards and it shows the felt goes underneath the undercloak and to me, logically, this makes more sense. I'm interested to know where you learnt to do it the other way round though?

@13mowe 4 ай бұрын

i agree felt over top, creates a cupping effect rather than a bleading edge , im interested to see what nhbc regs are, got a link ? one nhbc inspector told me to duct tape the lap of the joit of breather membrane !! from underneth 😂

@George.Coleman 3 ай бұрын

Does each cement board just butt up to the next?

@George.Coleman 3 ай бұрын

Don't answer then

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 3 ай бұрын

It does indeed

@garethjones2528 Жыл бұрын

I got pulled on site for installing the Undercloak in this way. Was told by the agent that the undercloak has to be under the felt! I know makes no sense and I’ve never heard that in my life and been roofing 20 years

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

Well that site agent was a numpty hey haha you can pull up drawings from nhbc and see that they show the membrane goes underneath

@Brick_dont_hit_back Жыл бұрын

Why undercloak they sell is only 1200mm long ?

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

Not sure, maybe it's because anything longer might have a risk of snapping whilst you're trying to install

@Brick_dont_hit_back Жыл бұрын

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT anyway thanks I found you vid helpful 👍🏻 keep making them

@thedarkhugheshughes2640 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it goes under the felt

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. It goes over according to NHBC 7.2.19

@thedarkhugheshughes2640 Жыл бұрын

Don’t mind that lot, come back to me in a few years when the laths and gable rafter are rotten, I’m a roofer with 24 year under my belt and counting 🤣

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

@@thedarkhugheshughes2640 the gable rafter is fully covered by membrane and I kept the mortar off the end of the battens so I'm sure it will be fine. 7.2.19 was produced because of the astronomical amount of claims because roofers were doing things wrong so I'd rather do it according to the standards

@thedarkhugheshughes2640 Жыл бұрын

There not roofers if there doing it wrong probably KZfaq roofers or travellers

@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

@@thedarkhugheshughes2640 I can't see many KZfaq roofers or travellers doing new builds with warranties provided by NHBC. If you're saying that both the UK's leading provider of warranties for new builds as well as the National Federation of Roofing Contractors are wrong then 🤷‍♂️ enjoy the rest of your day