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Right, i`ve just found out the slates on the job will be 500x250. Also the required headlap is 90 mm. Now, the thing i can`t get my head round is. The slates come pre holed at 300mm, which as far as i can fathom would give a gauge of 200mm. but if i were to use the formula of: Slate -...

So cutting down is an acceptable method of fittting the top course then. Makes life easier. By all accounts the site agent on the job is a picky so and so. So i wanted to make sure the mehtods i used were correct. Presentation wise i know i will make a very nice job, i just didn`t want...

Hi, i wonder if i could get a bit of advice from the experts on here. Next week i`m undertaking a Slate job. Last time i did any slating was a good few years ago and at the time i was just leraning the trade, so i`m not fully experienced in slate roofing. Now, working the gauge out is...

Hah, after posting my last post i was just checking out the regulations on local council website, and was just going to ask another question to check that point. You read my mind, and answered my query. Thanks and well done, but of course you knew i was going to say that. :)

Thanks, just what i was after.

Hi, just looking for a bit of advice. I`m a roofer and i primarily subcontract,working on building sites. I have done plenty of strip jobs in my time, but working for a firm, never off my own back. A friend of mine wants me to strip and retile his roof, and what i`m concerned about is...

http://www.bpindex.co.uk/manf.html?id=740 I`ve personally never used them, but i believe that is supposed to be a very good solid way of replacing single slates. Copper wire is the easiest and quickest "neat" way of doing the job, can just get a little unsightly if doing a large number of...

looks like hes just lead strapped them in place. Although work should be water proofed, it does look shoddy, and doesn`t take long to match up existing slates at a local roofing firm.

yea, thats exactly the type of thing i was envisioning. i've used something similar before for profiled concrete tiles, but wasn't sure if anything was available for existing slate roofs. Ill look into it and see if i cant adapt something like it to fit. thanks

My mother lives in an end terrace house and it follows the layout of the road, which unfortunatley is not 90 degrees. The rear right hand verge runs back in on its self from the ridge line down to the eaves, and as it is a slate roof, water runs straight off the edge and down the wall. Im...

yea, im guessing they broke one or 2 whilst slating and just popped in a little bit of "quickfix" and replaced them.

Hi, i`ve been round to a few merchants locally and ive been unable to find a match to the dado rail i have in my lounge. Im ripping a fire-place out and so will be wanting to "fill in the gap". Any body have any good ideas for either matching up my rail online, or know any good stores that...

thanks for the replys. Roofer, thats the method im used to myself, just wasn`t sure if there was an easier less time consuming way, as like i said, it was a while back when i did some free hand cutting. Least now that settles my concsience and i know i wont be looking quite the fool...

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to start, but hey ho. I`m a Roofer, been doing it for 10 years, very shortly i will be taking my EWPA nvq in tiling. Now as part of the exam, i need to tile in a plain tile valley and hand cut it to rake. In my time as a roofer i have only ever...