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Natural Roof Slates

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  • 21-06-2019 7:13pm
    #1
    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭


    Hi,

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

    Thanks


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    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


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


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    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭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 ?


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    furandfeather
    Registered Users Posts: 391 ✭✭furandfeather


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

    Define extensively


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    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭porrige


    furandfeather wrote: »
    Define extensively

    On most slates I think


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    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭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


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    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭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


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    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭porrige


    porrige wrote: »
    Definitely Spanish Natural Slates

    It was a silicone product they used with the slates


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    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,505 ✭✭✭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


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    porrige
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭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 ?


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,008 ✭✭✭✭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


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    Still waters
    Registered Users Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Still waters


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


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