The gauge is the exposed section of tile when it sits on the roof ignoring the overlap with adjoining tiles.
Gauge roof tiles.
The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known as the gauge this usually varies according to the size of the tiles the pitch of the roof and the degree of exposure.
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How to work out roof batten gauge.
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The gauge will be the spacing between your battens.
The initial gauge for this roof happened to be 13 1 4 inches or 33 5cm measured from the top of one batten to the top of the next.
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The gauge is in fact the same as the margin which is the length of the tile exposed.
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