Mitered slate or ridge

[JackofAll]

Quite like the idea of mitered slate(see pic below) for the hips but wondering of any potential problems with leaks in comparison to finishing with a ridge slate over the top which is what seems to be the norm around here. Anyone go with this or can advise on potential issues.

[Mr Punter]

You will need soakers on every course and lots of slate and a halves.  Hook fixing may be good here.

[JackofAll]

3 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

You will need soakers on every course and lots of slate and a halves.  Hook fixing may be good here.

Probably a silly question, why would hook fixing be good?

[Mr Punter]

If you are nailing it is often difficult to get 2 nails in because the slates are cut on the angle.  They can get caught by the wind.  The hooks prevent the bottom of the slate from lifting.

[joe90]

2 hours ago, JackofAll said:

Probably a silly question, why would hook fixing be good?

My builder used hooks and 1/ you can hardly see them 2/ you can replace a slate without horrible lead strips, I would always use them in future.

5 hours ago, JackofAll said:

Quite like the idea of mitered slate

I went with hip tiles to match the ridge tiles.

[JackofAll]

Hooks it will be, haven't really looked at many options re. hip tiles but the couple I did see looked big, will see if there are some low profile ones, think the miter looks sleaker in comparison to the ones I saw.

[Stuart X-Ray]

Hi, how did you get on with this roof? I'm about to construct a close mitre hip roof, I'm a bit unsure about the soakers. Any advice will be welcome.

[JohnMo]

6 hours ago, Stuart X-Ray said:

Hi, how did you get on with this roof? I'm about to construct a close mitre hip roof, I'm a bit unsure about the soakers. Any advice will be welcome.

Does seem a lot of work, for something you will never look at again, until it leaks. And if it's not perfect will just annoy, until 1 month after and you realise you haven't looked at it.