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 and I appear to have purple welsh slates, not flaky and sound looking but to my surprise they are 9" by 9". No one I have rung so far has heard of them. I guess they were cheap to buy in 1900 as labour wasn't an issue and they were just workers houses. It has to come off and it's not worth putting back on (I estimate 5-6000 slates!). Anything I can do with these except skip them? It seems a shame.
Also - anyone got any experience of recycled (80%) slates. They look good and I wanted to put them with lead free flashings to recover the rainwater safely.
Cheers!
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 and I appear to have purple welsh slates, not flaky and sound looking but to my surprise they are 9" by 9". No one I have rung so far has heard of them. I guess they were cheap to buy in 1900 as labour wasn't an issue and they were just workers houses. It has to come off and it's not worth putting back on (I estimate 5-6000 slates!). Anything I can do with these except skip them? It seems a shame.
Also - anyone got any experience of recycled (80%) slates. They look good and I wanted to put them with lead free flashings to recover the rainwater safely.
Cheers!