roofing,square slating 

If its square slates similar to those slates they will double nail all of them that was just a repair job for a mate that's going to get his roof re slated pretty soon now

1 of the not so good parts about random slating in diminishing courses is the dressing and sizeing and getting good sized slates undersize are a pain

@@onpointplastering with yhis type a job i was learnt to strip a metre from ridge down. Stack on scaffold. Then following same gauge felt and batton the strip section at top and then dropping anothee metre you stip off slates and stack above on battons in situ. Any btrakages ya keep in same place so you know exact size of slate to replace. If ya fuck up it ends up been like a jigsaw puzzle! If all stacked in order yheyll drop straight back into place.

Cheers mac it's got to be about 6 years the last time I done slate work bloody loved it just got the 3 valleys at front of house to finish will try upload more this weekend cheers for the support m8👍

how do you cut the holes for the nails ?

@@macplastering you can get the slates pre holed or do it yourself you can get a double and single puch device for doing it or you can use the point of the slate knife I was using the slate knife and German slate hammer for holing these slates but they did come pre double nail holed

They were ok to work with but you can get slate that's alot better cuppa pizarras are the best quality slate that I've used

3 brutal storms would say other wise torrent rain with wind not a single leak hurry up and upload some of your work ,show me how it's done

@@onpointplastering I don’t have time to be getting people to video me chapping slates on not does the other boy we are to busy nailing each slate twice and 3 storms what’s that 1 year 7 year time the wind will fuck that roof

@@deanbarber5576 but you've got time to troll through RU-vid how busy are you 7 days a week 12 hour shifts by any chance do you have a years worth of work ahead of you and the roofs getting re done that's why it's not double nailed

Theres normally a metal trim that you can slide up or down to let the slates sit better but not this time cheers for the input 👍

Slate wasn't up to much it didn't sound solid a bit dull sounding but served its purpose just a patch in job till the guy re-slates it

He know’s no better, sad but that’s the reality.

Pick three nails up at once and save some energy and time !!!!

@@barrywood7400 Post a video up of your work fella I don't know my stuff but I've got a year's worth of work ahead of me plus I've hardly had a day off during a pandemic if I didn't know what I was doing I would be on the bru like a lot of tradesmen around my area but whatever you say, have a afe and good year

Post a video of your work keyboard warrior

I'm that rough that I've been busy as during this pandemic and I've got a years worth of work ahead of me show me your work then we can start a debate