Scotch Slates

[coolcatkelso]

Hi guys

I live and work in the Scottish Borders and in 6 years being self employed, I have never estimated for a Scotch Roof.

Can anyone assist me with working out?

The area of Scotch Slates is 135 square meters?

Usually I can do an estimate on the software I designed in seconds, but I didn't allow for scotch as again, I have never estimated for one.

How would you work out how many man hours to install, as doing scotch is like a jigsaw puzzle?

What percentage of waste would be with Scotch for stripping and dressing out?

Cheers

 

[Alastairreid]

You will lay more as you kick off from the eaves with the larger slates doing less M ² per day as you near the ridge.

You should probably average out approx 10 M ² per day with someone feeding you the slate.

Waste will depend on the condition of the slate! you will lose a lot of heads as you strip but they can be dressed and re-holed.