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alot of new builds tend to use felt over the rafters.But for actual scotch slate where there random lengths and random widths using battens to lay them on would be lets say one heck of a pain of the arse.With the likes of a Welsh slate or a Spanish slate it easy to set out your batten gauges to...

the sarking board will allow the roof to breath as there layed with a small gap also the sarking board expands and contracts that's also why you want a small gap between the boards

the correct way is slate directly onto sarking board.What type of slate you going to be using

if doing flat roofs you start going into code 6 or 7 lead

code 5 lead for valleys and water gates/skews and code 3 for soakers

thats what making it look bad, get him to do what i says even point where the bracket is once hes dealt with the bottom nib on the bracket this will make all the other tiles sit flat

see where the tiles are that rest on the brackets tell the roofer to hit off like the nib thats resting on the bracket this with help them all sit flat

it wouldnt thats why it has to be a small dip size your talking about is probs to large to do it

if the wont fit u can cut them in the middle and put in a lead soaker

long as its just a small dip

put some sand on the dip

glad your happy redr

i strip roofs 200 years old and they have no felt with no leaks so how is 5 u valid

lol long you been doing roofing

klober is also a secruity hip, hipfast aint

how you know they aint going to trim back on finish and you must have some eyesite to see green felt from the ground and that felt will rot in 20 years gaurenteed

the fiber glass with hip fast comes is shorter sections with the klober its 3m long so its a faster install

we use 5u on site into gutters but being honest it aint that big a deal and is only really started being used with the addition of breathable felt at end of the day the felt all rots away and it will be the tiles that are doing the job.

yes catlad the neighbours laps on there tiles does look minimal

yes when hes worked in the join thats when you'll see what its like but a think hes thinking about if hes trying to work in full tiles to the chimney