The gauge is the exposed section of tile when it sits on the roof ignoring the overlap with adjoining tiles.
Gauge roof tiles.
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.
Roofing battens or laths are strips of timber which are nailed into lines along the roof trusses of a house from which the roof tiles are hung.
The gauge will be the spacing between your battens.
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The gauge margin quoted by a manufacturer will be the minimum acceptable you will need to work out the gauge you actually require for your particular roof so that a full number of gauges span from the bottom batten to the ridge this will avoid ending up with a part tile at the ridge if you use the specified spacing.
How to work out roof batten gauge.
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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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