Hips

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Hexagonal (120°) tower with handed arris hip tiles

At each hip left and right-handed arris hip tiles are used in alternate courses to maintain a broken bond to each side of the hip.

Octagonal (135°) tower with large & small hip tiles

At each hip large and small arris hip tiles are used in alternate courses to maintain a broken bond to each side of the hip.

Octagonal (135°) tower with mitred hips

Tiles and tile-and-a-half tiles are cut and fixed to form a straight, weathertight, close mitred junction at the hip.

The mitred tiles are interleaved with metal soakers, extending a minimum 100mm to each side of hip. The soakers are secured by turning down over heads of mitred tiles.

Extreme care is needed to achieve a neat finish at the hip. Where possible it is advisable to use specially made arris hip tiles to suit the particular roof pitch instead.

Photograph shows an example of an octagonal tower

(Photograph courtesy of Marley Eternit)

Mitred hips

Lay courses of underlay over hip with overlaps of not less than 150mm.

Cut tile-and-a-half tiles and fix to form a straight, weathertight, close mitred junction.

Interleave mitred tiles with metal soakers, extending a minimum 100mm to each side of hip. Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles.

Extreme care is needed to achieve a neat finish at the hip. Where possible it is advisable to use either bonnet hip tiles or specify specially made arris hip tiles to suit the particular roof pitch instead.

Photograph shows an example of a hexagonal tower

(Photograph courtesy of Sandtoft)

4-way hip cap

Where 4 mitred, bonnet or arris hips terminate without a ridge line a purpose-made cap or finial can be used.

Because hip caps and finials are pitch specific please contact the tile manufacture with roof details.

Decorative finials can be made to order.

Photograph shows an example of a 4-way hip finial

Hips with unequal roof pitches

If it is required to continue the tile courses in line around , and the roof pitches at each face are unequal, it will be necessary to set out the tile batten gauge on the lesser pitch first. Then, the battens on the steeper pitch can be fixed in line with the first battens. This will necessitate having a shorter gauge on the steeper side.

This sectional detail shows the battens on the steeper pitch set out at a lesser gauge to line up with the battens on the lesser pitch.