How To Repair A Broken Roof Slate

Make sure that under the tiles are clean and dry.

How to repair a broken roof slate.

Normally friction alone is enough to hold the lead bib in place. If the exposure is ten inches the slates should be twenty three inches. Lead bib slate repair if the roof hasn t got too many mistakes a good method of repair is the lead bib it s simply a section of code 3 or 4 flashing lead cut large enough to sit under the faulty slate or bad overlap to make it waterproof and the repair invisible. And from the ground you can barely notice that hook.

How to replace damaged or lost roofing slates using the copper tab method cut the concealed nails holding the damaged slate in place. Alright that looks pretty good right there. For a quick temporary fix you could simply glue the new one on place with some high performance instant grab adhesive like gripfill. See my website link below for more roofing help http www fixmyroof co uk videos and guides pitched roof repair a slate roof this video shows not only how.

With the old tile out the new one will simply slide in but you need a mean of securing it. So i m gonna go ahead and take the slate out. Several method are available. All right so here s my repair slate.

Acquire the properly sized replacement slate. That s one acceptable method of repairing a slate. Place the first nail between the two slates directly above the repair slate. I m gonna go ahead and slide it in to position.

Once positioned you will attach the slate using copper roofing nails. The other is by using what we call a center nail and a bib. Slide the slate to a point where the bottom of the slate is flush to the bottom of the slates on either side. Slide the slate.