Fixing Loose Roof Slates

Roofing slates on the other hand will always be nailed as this is their primary and only point of fixing unless it s a hook fixing or in very rare occasions old traditional slate roofs may have wooden pegs.

Fixing loose roof slates.

Insert the ripper upwards under the damaged slate push it up and work it around to hook one of the cutting edges behind a fixing nail. To avoid lifting the surrounding slates too much you will need to use a slate ripper which can be pushed up between the slates to cut or pull out the fixing nails. Reinstate or replace any loose or missing tiles and slates. If the tile or paver is already cracked or chipped it may be easier to break it up and remove it in smaller pieces.

Slide the slate into place use the gap between the sides of the above course of slates to mark the location of a single holding nail. Fixing points generally roof tiles have two fixing options lugs or lugs and nails. Quick video i made when i was fixing the roof last week. A hole is drilled through the new slate directly above the plate and the joint in the lower slates for the screw to clamp them together in the same mode as a tail rivet.

First identify the damaged or loose piece of slate on your slate walkway. Many slipped slates due to the original nails now rotting away completely strips of lead approx 12. Normally friction alone is enough to hold the lead bib in place. This will allow the nail to sit flush in the hole.

The nail hole is punched into the slate from the back so that the ragged part of the hole is on the front or face of the slate. Roof tiles and slates can break or come loose due to high winds or impact damage the failure of fixings and the action of frost or structural decay of timber roofing members. Replacing missing roof slates or tiles.