Recent content by Jonathan49

Hi, Of course the difficulty of removing is why I am considering the idea of just cutting 1 inch off the bottom of all the slates with a 4 inch grinder. The tricky bit will be not to cut through the lead. I would need to stop short on the underneath tile and then hope it will snap off - which I...

Thanks datarebal. You are totally correct that the slates on the steep pitch are super cheap and break easily. Originally the low pitch roof had those as well but they kept breaking in the frost and could not be walked on. I had the slates on the low pitch roof replaced 5 years ago with SQQ...

Thanks both for your prompt reply. The house was built by an enthusiastic amateur in 2010 so there is no recourse - it is not recent work. I agree that the suggestion from Dazb is the proper way to do it. I guess that if the first courses are removed the slates can be fixed back higher up -...

Hi, I have a leak from a flashing that joins a steep (high pitch) roof to a low pitch roof. Unfortunately the roof is constructed wrongly in that the start of the low pitch roof is higher than the bottom of the tiles on the high pitch roof. This means that there is channel at the bend where...