Retrofit Sarking Tile Roof

You may use a staple or nail gun to fasten them with the rafters.

Retrofit sarking tile roof. You only get one chance to install sarking and that is when you are installing a new roof. I have a 30 year old house with a pitched tiled roof. To do this you will have to remove the capping on the ridges. If you re just changing them.

Unfasten all the roof clips that hold the roof tiles down. There is a product called foil board it is 10 mm polystyrene with reflective foil adhered both sides. Lay the sarking sheets on the roof cavity with care and precision. Remove the ridge capping to easily get rid of roof tiles and clips.

Sarking under the roof tiles reflects up to 95 of radiant heat and provides a water dust and ember proof barrier. If some are damaged replace them with new ones after putting the tiles back. When assessing the retrofit options to make your home more sustainable comfortable and cost effect sarking should be one of your first port of calls. Unfasten all clips that take hold of the roof tiles.

This will give you space to lay the sarking on. In our second episode on practical ways to. Dismantle all roof battens to enable you to install sarking beneath them. It is light and easy to work with and you can fit it to roof battens between rafters or trusses.

You can t retrofit sarking without lifting roof sheets but there is a solution. You only get one chance to install sarking and that is when you install a new roof. It has no sarking under the tiles and as part of improving insulation i am thinking of installing sarking under the rafters without removing the tiles.