Garage with hipped roof 16° - roof structure at the eaves

Hello everyone,

I keep getting stuck on my roof planning and would like to ask for your assessment: I am currently building my garage 8 x 5.1 m with a hip roof and a 35 cm roof overhang. The roof has visible boarding and an under-roof with nailed roofing felt. The slope on all sides is 16°. Now, counter battens, support battens, and Braas Rubin 11V roof tiles as well as a fascia board are to be installed. I am having difficulties with the development of the eaves connections where I don’t know what to do.

1. Variant - without wedge batten:
Run the counter battens all the way to the eaves edge and let possible water from the under-roof run outside over the fascia board. I find that somehow unattractive, although there should actually be hardly any water. I don’t think you can create an inlet into the gutter with this construction.

2. Variant - with wedge batten:
Insert wedge battens (0-40 mm) at the eaves edge in 4 x 0.16 m. Then let the counter battens end before the wedge batten. Advantage: Water from the under-roof can run into the gutter. Disadvantages: I have to pull up the currently nailed roofing felt at the eaves, insert the wedge batten. And the wedge batten then has about 15° slope with 0-40 mm. This means the wedge batten takes away my 16° roof pitch and water may possibly collect.

I have attached two sketches and a photo for you. What would you advise me to do?

Best regards and thanks in advance

Variant 1. Do not forget the ventilation grill.

Moin Moin, I am a roofer and with that pitch I would always seal the roof with a bituminous membrane. Today you can already get roofing felt in black, brown, red, anthracite, blue-green, etc. It is also easier with the gutter and the [Einhangblech (Traufblech)] ;)