Scottish Slate Roof

It s wise to inspect slate roofs regularly to spot potential problems as soon as they appear.

Scottish slate roof.

You tore down a building and salvaged the slates. Supplied by siga slate in conjunction with welsh slate a new welsh blue grey slate siga 120 is being quarried to replicate the diminishing courses on the traditional scottish roof. Cwt y bugail quarry is currently producing a range of sizes varying in length from 400mm down to 300mm at 25mm intervals and in random widths. Typically a scottish practice the roofing underlay is laid directly over a series of sarking boards fixed to the roof rafters with the roof slates nailed directly to the sarking boards.

Scottish slate has a well earned reputation as a long lasting material. Roof repair or replacement is a costly endeavor. Many slate roofs have lasted over 100 years and they are still holding strong. Slate has been used for this purpose for centuries.

If you want to add to your roof but it does not meet the conditions for permitted development you have to apply. Or you tore off a perfectly good slate roof because a roofing contractor talked you into it. Existing slated roofs can usually be repaired fairly easily provided the slates have been head nailed. So you have roofing slates for sale.

For more information on what is considered a permitted development when adding to your roof read the scottish government s guidance on householder permitted development rights publication and go to section 4 42. Well here s a bit of advice when you call a company that buys salvaged. Often the financial aspects of installing a new roof or repairing your existing roof are so overwhelming that a healthy roof may seem like an impossible goal. It is particularly well known for its use as a roof covering on many traditional scottish buildings.

Scottish slate is a long lasting roofing material and although slate roofs have a finite life a lifespan of up to or beyond 100 years is quite common. In any case you now have a pile of good salvaged roofing slates that you want to sell. Repairing a slate roof annual roof checks can prevent more major repairs and should include checks of slating flashings and gutters. The slates are eased to the side allowing a new slate to be inserted and re nailed.

Scottish slate roofs have a number of characteristics which make them well suited to both the local climate and the nature of the material produced by slate quarries in scotland. Slate is one of the most widely used building materials in scotland. These include features such as diminishing courses random lengths and widths of slate single nailing and laying onto sarking board rather than battens figure 1.