Basically he said with concrete tiles you push the second from bottom one up and then the bottom one can be removed. With rosemary or whatever the smaller ones are called you take out four tiles. Would like to practice doing it so I know I can put the back properly. Tieing a ladder could save your life!Depends on tile type and what you intend to do.. maybe your roofer friend could advise further
Is it easy to put them back?Yes it's easy, only push two or three tiles up on the second row, to get one or two tiles off the first row. And drop some 4x2 in the gutter to stop the ladder bending it.
I prefer bungees instead of rope.
Put a crowbar or something under the row above and the tile to the side and lever that up, which lifts the tile above up and frees the tile to be slid down.Is it easy to put them back?
I pushed the second row up (as in pix) but lower one's wouldn't budge. Also when I tried to pull the two from second row back down they didn't come all the way down, overlapped but an inch short of other tiles Is that a problem? View attachment 148860
Put a crowbar or something under the row above and the tile to the side and lever that up, which lifts the tile above up and frees the tile to be slid down.
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Pick-axo more likeTheir's a bit of Van Gogh in you woody!
Probably safer tying your ladder to the rafter rather than the tile or slate batten , i tied a ladder to the 2"X1" slate batten at the eaves of a roof I was working on ,as I was stepping off the ladder onto the roof with a head of slates a gust of wind blew me off balance causing the ladder to slide sideways ,with the combined weight of myself and the slates the batten to which the ladder was tied to just snapped next thing I knew I was on the ground, luckily it was only a small single story extension and I only suffered a fractured ankle.Basically he said with concrete tiles you push the second from bottom one up and then the bottom one can be removed. With rosemary or whatever the smaller ones are called you take out four tiles. Would like to practice doing it so I know I can put the back properly. Tieing a ladder could save your life!
I used a builders Trowel to wedge up concrete tiles and then take out the broken tile below , when you fit the new tile you use the trowel to pull down the tiles above the new tile.Put a crowbar or something under the row above and the tile to the side and lever that up, which lifts the tile above up and frees the tile to be slid down.
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A roofer friend said that's the safest thing u can do for a ladder.
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