| Author | Message | ||
     Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 25 Registered: 08-2009 |
Thanks everyone. I think if I end up putting in some type of pattern I may use a different colored slate (red?) thereby omitting the shadow mark problem altogether. Oh, and my pitch is 10.5X12. | ||
| Joe (Joe) Senior Member Username: Joe Post Number: 497 Registered: 07-2006 |
When I use salvaged slates, I tend to increase the headlap a little more than the original in order to cover the weather marks. It makes a much cleaner looking roof. | ||
| Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 363 Registered: 01-2009 |
Liam, you are correct, but IF the slates are all laid the same, the "old" markings will make a pattern and it will all look the same when it is applied. If that is the "look" that they are after is the other question. Nothing wrong with the slate though, just the look. | ||
| Slate_man (Slate_man) Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 558 Registered: 01-2007 |
The shadow will last a long time. You would be better to change the pattern to new slate with out shadow marks. | ||
| Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 361 Registered: 01-2009 |
As long as they are all the same, it should not make any difference at all. They will just have more "character" | ||
| Tinner666 (Tinner666) Senior Member Username: Tinner666 Post Number: 57 Registered: 02-2009 |
Cut a couple and try it out on the ground. Might not be an issue. You don't want to cut too much anyway. The line will fade after a few years. You're talking a 100+ year roof, so what's a few early years in the overall scheme of things. How close to them will observers be? Eye-level at 3'? Of 2 stories and 40'? "My pitch is 10 3/8 per ft." Are you saying 10-1/2" x 12? (Rounded it a bit) Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va. <A HREF="http://www.albertsroofing.com" TARGET="_blank">Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va.</A> | ||
| Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 24 Registered: 08-2009 |
Thanks Tinner666 appreciate the comments as well as your website. My pitch is 10 3/8 per ft. I had wanted to cut a design in the slate 1/2 way up the roof, with fishscale, then back to uncut, but I assume it wont look too good with the line showing underneath since it's a salvaged slate and will show the previously unseen side where it is cut. Probably best to leave it alone- | ||
| Tinner666 (Tinner666) Senior Member Username: Tinner666 Post Number: 52 Registered: 02-2009 |
Holes are fine and so is 3" headlap. I recenlty did a 3/12 pitch with 4" headlap. The pix are posted on this forum, by me. Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va. <A HREF="http://www.albertsroofing.com" TARGET="_blank">Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va.</A> | ||
| Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 23 Registered: 08-2009 |
Whew! Thank you again-I was thinkin' they looked like shingles too- | ||
| David_spradlin (David_spradlin) Senior Member Username: David_spradlin Post Number: 60 Registered: 06-2007 |
Walter is right, unless the slope is unusually low, you won't have any problems. | ||
| Walter_musson (Walter_musson) Senior Member Username: Walter_musson Post Number: 178 Registered: 07-2006 |
Should have said nice slate shingles !! | ||
| Walter_musson (Walter_musson) Senior Member Username: Walter_musson Post Number: 177 Registered: 07-2006 |
Jim, Theres nothing wrong with where the nail holes are located . Use a 3" headlap and you'll be fine . I think they look like shingles . | ||
| Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 22 Registered: 08-2009 |
Thanks for that Tinner666. I now see how the water tracked right to those nails. Hope I didn't make a mistake buying this slate. If I line up the holes to the top of the underlying slate for nailing, I end up with a whopping 6.5" headlap with 5" exposure. It would then just cover the nail. I have a link to the pic below. Does this mean the original nail holes should have been higher or that it was meant to be put down with that much headlap? http://gallery.me.com/jgodish#100067/DSC_3288&bgcolor=black Thanks, Jim | ||
| Tinner666 (Tinner666) Senior Member Username: Tinner666 Post Number: 51 Registered: 02-2009 |
Buckingham installed with the wrong headlap. Water tracks right into the nail holes. If you use them, don't use the same exposure they were originally set at. Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va. <A HREF="http://www.albertsroofing.com" TARGET="_blank">Slate Roof Repairs, Richmond, Va.</A> | ||
| Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 21 Registered: 08-2009 |
That's great. Thanks. | ||
| Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 338 Registered: 01-2009 |
Like Walter said | ||
| Walter_musson (Walter_musson) Senior Member Username: Walter_musson Post Number: 175 Registered: 07-2006 |
Looks like Buckingham to me . | ||
| Jimmyjim (Jimmyjim) Junior Member Username: Jimmyjim Post Number: 20 Registered: 08-2009 |
Hi. Just got 13 sq. of this slate and was wondering what your opinion is along with a possible identification. Apparently 40 yrs. old and taken off of a church in Mechanicsville, PA. Shot a movie of it here: http://sharing.theflip.com/session/9589cc0997b246df5272dc9d553c89b4/video/846085 2 or some pics here: 1st. pic is the backside. http://gallery.me.com/jgodish#100052&bgcolor=black&view=grid Thanks for your help- Jim |
