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     Ecotrust (Ecotrust) New member Username: Ecotrust Post Number: 3 Registered: 09-2009 |
There's no need to reply to this Joe, I've had a good look at your online shop and found a collection of your youtube videos so have a better understanding now. Thanks. | ||
| Ecotrust (Ecotrust) New member Username: Ecotrust Post Number: 2 Registered: 09-2009 |
Thanks Joe. Excellent book by the way. I used the guidance from it to slate a small outbuilding using a solid lumber deck (not common in the UK as you know) and have found slate on battens / repairing quite a bit more challenging.. Do I take it that the nail and bib method is ok for long runs? I am having to strip back each corner of my roof owing to decaying wall plates, fascias and soffits, scarfing new pieces and replacing the slate. I've also got at least 2 six feet runs that I'm having to strip back from the starter slates (which have fallen away). Can you recommend what sort of bib I should use - I have seen the folded metal sheet in one of the diagrams in the books but prices for copper sheet on ebay are high in the UK (I will check with building suppliers next week also). Is there a sensible size (in thickness) of sheeting and is copper the best choice regardless of alternatives? Thanks | ||
| Joe (Joe) Senior Member Username: Joe Post Number: 447 Registered: 07-2006 |
We often have a hard time using slate hooks on batten roofs here in the U.S. and just use the nail and bib method instead. It may require a longer bib than usual. Have you tried that system yet?  | ||
| Ecotrust (Ecotrust) New member Username: Ecotrust Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2009 |
I've an old Welsh house with slates nailed on battens. I am in the process of replacing broken slates but am finding using slate hooks extremely difficult. On the underside of the slate is a lime render that the slates are bed into where the slate touches the batten and also across the underside of the slate in between the battens. I can remove slates easily with a ripper but when I push in a new slate, I cannot push it high enough to take the length of the slate hooks 'hook' - so the slate will align flush with the neighboring slate but will not go high enough to slide up and then down into the hook. I've tried removing some of the lime render under the slate to be replaced but I get the same problem as the slates hit the nails of the above slate. Should I cut a small groove where the slate receives the hook or remove some the top of the slate where it meets the nails of the slate above? My feeling is to cut a grove in the slate to take the hook but I would rather get your opinions and advice first. Thanks |
