Hey guy, great video, thanks. May I ask a quick sports question? I’ve just had some guys put some slate (manufactured) on a vertical roof. Quite a few, where their angle cuts and inside window reveals are just glued. Is this good or acceptable work or should I insist that they were nailed/pinned. If you do reply, thanks a million
How come you say 24 degrees is pushing it? I thought slates could go low as 10 degrees, as long as you use larger size slates, and for sea conditions, is it not just a case of using thicker slates? Would be great to see some how to videos from you (if that’s something you would consider) please and thank you.
I would not slate below 22 degrees, even then I'm using a 500mm x 300mm slate with at least a 130mm head lap. On the west cost of Scotland this size slate is not ideal. I would have to get a speck in writing from the slate manufacture
Although, I appreciate your using hooks, your battening is all to fuck! The nail holes whether you’re using them or not are too high for the battens! That tells me the roof was either battened on the wrong gauge, or you’ve messed up somewhere 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
a dont know why people use that stuff its not even specified by the council, the braas pib system and the rheponol were the best, a stuck with the same pvc membrane from the seventies until retirement, cant beat the old school stuff, lead zinc copper and clay tiles, worked well, the problem with the pvc any contact from bitumen or polystyrene destroys the plasticisers, a remember the days you got paid by the square yd 10 p for vented, 14 p for underlay fully bonded and 20 p for mineral finish green blue grey red white etc, maybe am just an old grumpy get
That works well, also try a sliding bevel, once the slates sit flat after any kick or tilt at eaves level, all you need is to mark from side lap to valley cut, use your level, mark and cut.
There are idiots out there doing this all the time they don’t care about their customers. They don’t care about the quality of their work. Literally this country is full of them now
I may be too late to save your life and those who look up to your ludicrous behaviour. For someone who puts himself forward as a smart, intelligent trades person. Get your working at height in order. From the off, you're standing on a plank in thin air with no fall prevention. No, it's not all right it's downright thick, beyond stupid
@@roofingshiteroofing1189 I feel your pain, some people think roofers are over priced.., they forget it’s the most important part of the house,.. if one wants the job done right, it comes at a cost. That job was knackered so they gonna have to cough up or keep paying £200+ for crappy repairs= cost you more long term! 😫
I feel for these owners i lost over £6000 on a roof retile which had to be stripped and redone after the so called expert roofer did a runner and couldn’t be found. The police weren’t interested and I had no choice but to pay somebody else. Finding a good roofer is very difficult indeed. The errors, leaks and non acceptable methods were countless and just awful.
The so called industry of all building works should be regulated and controlled. Much the same as it is done in Germany. There is no such thing as trading standards in the UK, a specially when it involves the building trade. Sorry to hear about your experience. But it is all to common
Jesus, I do repairs for roofs rn and everyday I say “I’ve seen it all” there’s no way there could be worse but everyday something new pops up and this is definitely top 5 LOL so bad. THE ENDING it just kept getting worse 😭
That's exactly what I thought was going on when I first see stonewold tiles against the parapit wall like that without a cover flashing / soakers instead they're using poorly done abutment soaker
