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Thanks yep I have been saying stone slate the whole time as I know they aren't tiles or just slates so I called them stone slate, so thanks to clarifying this is fine too, appreciate it :) I had been using the term stone slate all the time to them as I know they aren't regular slates. I just...

Thanks no one told me, even roofers called them slates to us so that is what I said.I guess it is because "york stone roof slates" are still called slates but not in the traditional sense from reading about them. Sorry I am just calling them what I have been told. 4 roofers said "slates" but I...

Had another roofer get back to me and he said you can’t even push/pin them back and would have to reroof! He wouldn’t even come out and look even though about 8 miles away max. Gave his price for a gutter replacement even though he’s not been out and pretty much said no to the stone slate roof...

I am trying to find a roofer as you can see. I was literally just asking about the fact one wanted to trim the edges off so I wanted to know if that was normal. It is not like I am here to do it myself :censored: Spent weeks trying to find roofers that will come out, most are too busy, don't...

It is just one long gutter at the back of the house I am disabled and don't own a ladder that long anyway but I will try to borrow a drone to do it. No one that looked at the roof was concerned about anything, they just said they were lower than they should be and may had slipped down, but they...

Sadly it is the only one I have as a builder took it a few years back. I will try to get a better one if I can, I am working on borrowing a drone! The person I live with said they are "stone slates", but not sure if that is a thing. They are definitely slates and the house is stone in Yorkshire...

I haven't been asking handymen, I have been getting out roofers qualified as I wouldn't want a handyman on the house tbh with it being listed (no offence to any handymen here) But I guess the trimming this guy suggested is a no no as I thought? Speaking to the other person who lives in the...

I didn't like that either! I was like whaaaat lol It is a listed house from 1850 I think it was, so it is very old. The edge gradually slipped forward slightly as time passed. I don't want to get the whole roof done as that is a huge job plus planning permission, and there are no other issues...

I tried to call now to ask someone else, he put me through but the line went to "we are closed" The person I spoke to a while ago before didn't take much info, I just said grade 2 listed, has a wood gutter can you switch to twinplas as it looks like wood or just wood and they said as long as it...

I was told as long as it looks the same as twinplas looks the same but that is what I was told. Not sure if they couldn't be bothered looking into it but that was what was said in a brief conversation Twinplas looks identical to wood.

I am getting quotes for a gutter replacing on a listed house from the 1800's and the slates/stone slates(?) on the roof are slipping forward at the edges and towards the gutter. They are stone roof slates (could be yorkshire stone slates thanks to mrrusty). They are thicker than regular slate...

Apparently it is retaining the look that is the thing. Should look the same. Another guy came round today and said twinplas again and tried to push that over wood.

I posted this thread 11 years ago lol. Might be better to start your own if you need support rather than bumping a 11 year old thread? lol

Had a guy round today and he was saying Twinplas was better as a join for wood due to the sleeve. All other roofers so far said get wood if the neighbours is wood as the join will be better. I know about the half lap connector but I read that water can get into the empty space of the twinplas...

Thanks mrrusty! :)

I am getting my wood gutter replaced. It is a listed building so needs to retain the look so have to replace with wood or something that looks similar. The neighbours replaced their side with wood (well they cut the whole gutter in half to get "their side".) I know there is twinplas but I...

Yeah that’s why I thought about this stuff. Just never seen such restrictions on a pack before

Even with the size of the gap and the restrictions listed for the mortar? Had a proper look and its not as deep as I thought, probably 1.5 - 2cm deep and 4-5cm high. Still around 35cm wide. It is more like one rendered area that runs at the very bottom of the wall only 4-5cm high lol or a...

yeah to the original post or the cement instead?

Well it is a thick wall and at the front on ground level there is this long thin area that needs filling. There is bricks behind it also but it looks like some mortar has come off the front of this area leaving the gap 35cm wide x 5.5cm tall x 2.5cm deep very roughly. Possibly a bit smaller but...