Pitched Roof Secret Gutter Detail

In this video i will be installing an abutment soaker also known commonly as an abutment gutter or secret gutter.

Pitched roof secret gutter detail.

The secret box gutter runs horizontally across the roof usually about 300mm above the eaves. Offers a secondary line of defence against wind driven rain where a roof slope abuts a vertical wall. The gutter may be constructed in timber and usually lined with lead or other suitable material. Dec 12 2019 explore walker workshop s board hidden gutters followed by 139 people on pinterest.

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Pitched roofs 7 2 7 2 21 valleys and hidden gutters valleys shall have suitable weathering details including flashings to resist the passage of moisture to the inside of the building. Side abutment grp secret gutter. An alternative detail to using a step and cover flashing or continuous cover flashing with for flat interlocking roof tiles or without for profiled interlocking roof tiles grp secret gutter 9596 at a side abutment is to use an open secret gutter with a continuous or single step. See more ideas about roof detail architecture details gutter.

The tails of the eaves course tiles should be in line with the tails of the first course of full tiles above the gutter. See more ideas about gutters architecture details roof detail. It is installed under the tiles close to the wall to capture and drain away water that runs sideways off the tiles. This is a slightly unusual example as it s.

A secret gutter is commonly used with flat single lapped tiles to weather the side abutment junction. Fire tested to bs 476 3 2004. For double lapped slates and plain tiles use soakers for flat interlocking single lap tiles use a continuous secret gutter and for profile tiles use a cover flashing that extends at least 150mm over the tiles and covers one continuous roll. It is always important regardless of roof pitch to use the correct weathering detail at side abutments.

The ridge side of the gutter can be treated as an eaves and is finished with an eaves tile course projecting 50mm over the gutter. Complies with bs 5534 2014.