Natural Roof Slates

porrige

Hi,

Is it normal practice to use an adhesive along with copper nails for natural roof slates ?

Thanks

ZX7R

No there should not really be a need .
Some cases might require repair or around a vlux window for example.

porrige

ZX7R wrote: »

No there should not really be a need .
Some cases might require repair or around a vlux window for example.

Interesting, our roofers used it extensively on our new build. Wonder what the possible reasons could be ?

furandfeather

porrige wrote: »

Interesting, our roofers used it extensively on our new build. Wonder what the possible reasons could be ?

Define extensively

porrige

furandfeather wrote: »

Define extensively

On most slates I think

ZX7R

Not trying to be smart are you sure it's natural slate and not a man made composite made to look like natural slate

porrige

ZX7R wrote: »

Not trying to be smart are you sure it's natural slate and not a man made composite made to look like natural slate

Definitely Spanish Natural Slates

porrige

porrige wrote: »

Definitely Spanish Natural Slates

It was a silicone product they used with the slates

the_pen_turner

porrige wrote: »

On most slates I think

surely not.

why would they do that , it must have added a hige cost to the job. you would be doing well to stick 20 slates with a small blob of silicone per tube. if the roof has 4000 slates that would be 200 tubes and at 10 euro a tube for example thats 2000 euro

silicone is often used on cut slates or around vents etc

i dont think anyone is that daft. althow last week i fixed a broken slate on a job and all the new quarry slates were put on with clips and no nails. the entire roof

porrige

the_pen_turner wrote: »

surely not.

why would they do that , it must have added a hige cost to the job. you would be doing well to stick 20 slates with a small blob of silicone per tube. if the roof has 4000 slates that would be 200 tubes and at 10 euro a tube for example thats 2000 euro

silicone is often used on cut slates or around vents etc

i dont think anyone is that daft. althow last week i fixed a broken slate on a job and all the new quarry slates were put on with clips and no nails. the entire roof

Ok. Thanks. The cost high, but silicone not listed. What I’m more interested in is if it would be standard procedure or if there is a technical advantage/disadvantage to using silicone ?

Lumen

porrige wrote: »

Ok. Thanks. The cost high, but silicone not listed. What I’m more interested in is if it would be standard procedure or if there is a technical advantage/disadvantage to using silicone ?

This might shed some light...

http://www.roofconsult.co.uk/articles/tiling/tips49.htm

Still waters

Dud they use clips at the end of the slate ? did they use the silicone instead of clips