Slate Roof Repairs
Repairs specific to natural slate — a different skillset from tile, with its own failure patterns and fixings.
About Our Slate Roof Repairs Service
Natural slate behaves differently to a concrete or clay tile, and repairing it properly means understanding those differences. One of the most common issues on an older slate roof is "nail sickness" — the original fixing nails corroding over decades until they can no longer hold the slate, at which point slates can start slipping across a wide area all around the same time, rather than one at a time. Slate can also delaminate, where thin layers start to separate and lift at the edges, which is a sign the material itself is reaching the end of its working life rather than a simple fixing problem. Because slate is fixed differently to tile — often nailed and sometimes hooked — and comes in a range of thicknesses and grades, a slate repair uses matching techniques and, where possible, reclaimed or closely matched slate rather than treating it like a tile job with a different material.
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Request a Free QuoteBenefits of Our Slate Roof Repairs Service
- ✓Recognises nail sickness and other slate-specific failure patterns
- ✓Uses fixing methods and materials appropriate to natural slate, not tile techniques
- ✓Sources reclaimed or closely matched slate where an exact match is needed
Slate Roof Repairs — Frequently Asked Questions
It's when the metal nails originally used to fix slates to the roof corrode over time until they can no longer hold the slate securely. Because most slates on a roof were fixed at the same time with the same nails, nail sickness tends to show up as multiple slates slipping around a similar period, rather than one isolated failure.
Plenty of slate roofs can be properly repaired, especially where the issue is isolated fixing failures or a small number of damaged slates rather than widespread nail sickness or delamination across most of the roof. Our free Repair or Replace guide walks through the key signs, and a proper survey will give you a definite answer.
Slate work varies more in price than tile work, partly because matching slate can be harder to source. Book a free roof survey and we'll give you an accurate, no-obligation figure.
Slate Roof Repairs — Areas We Cover
New Alresford
Hampshire
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