Accessories for every Garden Building
NATURAL LIGHT, VENTILATION and SECURITY SOLUTIONS for TIMBER GARDEN BUILDINGS
Accessories to fit all New and Existing Timber Buildings, including Sheds, Summerhouses, Log Cabins, Work shops, Potting Sheds, Man Caves, She Caves, Gyms, Hobby Rooms, Play Rooms, Home Offices, Store Rooms, Pub Sheds, Garden Rooms, and so much more!
Fitting your Activent with felt Shingles
FLAT REVERSED FELT
Cut your hole in the timber roof and place a piece of felt (reversed) onto the roof approximately 1000mm x 1000mm and tack in place, centralized and cut away the hole.
FLAT REVERSED FELT
Ensure that the felt is all the way to the ridge line, but do not worry about excess at the bottom at this stage.
FLAT REVERSED FELT
Starting at the bottom of the roof begin to lay your shingles. When you reach the window lift the felt so that it lays on top of the shingles.
FLAT REVERSED FELT
Trim the felt to look neat and tidy at the bottom and contunue up the roof trimming the shingles to lay on top of the felt leaving approximately 50mm gap between the window and the shingles.
FLAT REVERSED FELT
Continue up to the ridge running the shingles above the window, trimming again to leave a gap approximately 50mm.
Roof window fitted
Please note the additional tacks used to secure the shingles are only there as the roof is a sample and would normally be covered by a ridge line felt.
I have reversed the felt as black against the roof frames the window and should your shingles be a different colour then the felt will match any choice made.
Below is a couple of windows retro fitted to a shingled roof, having cut the hole from the inside the shingles wre cut back about 50mm all round and a 1m x1m square of felt was pushed underneath and trimmed after to suit the shingles, (Bit of a struggle, but doable for anyone with patience.
Citrus Sales
Unit 16, Hanger 3
Rudford Industrial Estate
Ford Road
Ford
West Sussex
BN18 0BD
01903 442 155
info@activent.co.uk
info@citrussales.co.uk
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