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    New roof going on - weird slates among other queries.

    Ah no - it's a lovely thought but i'm in SE london and all around me are concrete replacement roofs and missing ridges, tatty lloking felt and dodgy box dormers. T'would be guilding the lilly to replace welsh slate. It's only a top floor flat and I don't wish to reward the extremely difficult...
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    New roof going on - weird slates among other queries.

    Yes there is a freecycle for the area - Sarfeast Landon. I'll give it a go. Cheers!
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    New roof going on - weird slates among other queries.

    Thanks for the info. Well i've got a month to find someone who might use them. Then they've got to go down the chute. Everybody i've spoken to so far has never heard of this particular size and i'm sure there's little demand because these houses were cheaply built 100 years ago and i'm not in a...
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    New roof going on - weird slates among other queries.

    no really, I kid you not, i've got 12x20 or something similar on the bonnets to the front but the main roof is covered in about 5-6ooo 9x9" inch purple welsh slates, triple lapped so about 3" showing of each, nailed to 2x1/2" battens at 3" centres. Weird eh?
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    New roof going on - weird slates among other queries.

    Hello all, newbie here... any advice? Original 100yo roof giving out to coincide with loft conversion. Have patched it for a few years but can't wait any longer - ridges are all blown, leadwork slipped, fascias rotten etc and i'd break so many trying to replace . Just had my scaffold put up...
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