Seeing a woman know a skill like that is amazing I've done a lot of roofing in my life mostly shingles and metal haven't had a chance to do a slate roof yet much respect to this woman
@Thorsten-Schubert wrote: "Das ist schlechte Arbeit! Falsches Werkzeug und falsche Nägel ! Auch der Schiefer wurde nicht bearbeitet! Kompletter Mist! MfG von einem echten Dachdecker." "This is bad work! Wrong tools and wrong nails! The slate wasn't worked on either! Complete crap! Best regards from a real roofer." It is important to note for the public record that your comment, @Thorsten-Schubert, should be acknowledged solely to safeguard consumers from any potential misinformation and ignorance those like you spread about traditional roofing, to which I will reply to now as a traditional artisan and teacher including slate roofing methods. To begin with, @Thorsten-Schubert, it is evident that you lack any experience or comprehension of "real roofing," particularly in relation to traditional roofing practices and the tools that are utilized in this field. Additionally, deeming a video as unreliable without confirming your credentials and expertise is insincere and demonstrates a lack of courage. You failed to outline what you think the appropriate tools are, or suggest any method changes, leaving the average viewer with no viable alternative to the content of this video. It is evident that you do not possess any solutions, nor do you wish to be constrained by those of us who are experienced and actually are, "real roofers."
How is it floating ? It's flush to the bottom of the slates next to them so it must be on the batten what do you think she nails the lead strip to ? F@ck all? . It's why she uses the ripper to pull the clouts out
Anyone talking shit needs to bump it on down the street. I roof in Michigan. It's a little different ball game, but still relatable. I commend her for getting up there. Thanks for sharing! Get er done 💪
That weak bent slate hook is crap first snow in USA slate would slide right out. No wonder Britannia is collapsing. Even the traditional trades have been forgotten
Only thing I seen wrong was she wasn't wearing safety glasses when punching the holes in the slate. The slate shards could really slice up your eye if you got some in your eye since it's sharp.
That substrate was shaking on first tile pull. I can see straight into the house lol. That roof needs more than a tooth pulled lol. And why is the worker wearing painters cloths 😂. Let me scrape and scratch more damage then before I got here. The hammer Sound can’t get more hollow
She’s on the slates. Maybe the uk slate are stronger but standard slate think was in the USA is3/16th and she just took decades off the section she stood on
Fair play for even being on a roof , bit off advice use black bitumen along with the strap it stops the slate rattling in the wind, & if possible use lead strap not tin , as leads folds easier into place
Omfg! Where did you get that tool? My father had one made by a welder probably 70 years ago and I’ve never seen one since. I used it quite a bit for wooden shingles asphalt shingles. It works wonders for shingle replacements. And that’s a neat trick with the bracket to hold the last tile. With asphalt shingles I’ve bent to top one just enough to hammer in a nail on the lower one and still be covered by the top one. I suppose wood shingles could be done the same with a similar bracket.
Nice job I think in the end but not sure about the method, a lot of scraping of the slates and seemed to make hard work of sliding the slates back into position. Looked a bit clumsy and messy. Guess she is learning so fair enough.
Soft metal tingles are for bodgers, if you’re going that route, use a proper slate hook. If a slate falls from above, that is getting bent down and releasing your ‘so called’ fix.
Nicely done! Quick question though - as a DIYer who always likes to learn, why did she bend the tingle back on itself? I recently replaced a slipped slate on our roof and used a copper tingle to retain the replaced slate but I didn't bend it back over itself. Is this just to make it less visible or does it improve retention or something? Thanks.
Catches less debris and ice,which has the propensity to bend open after some years, although I rarely do that. I always put a piece of ice and snow over pulled nail holes in tarpaper . And use copper nails for the expansion and contractions copper bends to the movement. Steel galvanized doesn't give and will crack the slate.
