If 20 or more of the slates on a roof or roof slope are broken cracked missing or sliding out of position it is usually less expensive to replace the roof than to execute individual repairs.
Bib repair tile roof.
Alright that looks pretty good right there.
I m gonna go ahead and slide it in to position.
For this method you put your new piece of slate in place and fasten it with a nail placed in the slot between the pieces above the new slate.
Cover the new nail with a copper bib which is slid up under the covering or overlaying slates to cover the nail hole and to extend up below the next upper covering slate whose bottom edge covers the upper portion of the gap through which the nail was placed.
Bib flashings are commercially available and should be either aluminum or copper.
Normally friction alone is enough to hold the lead bib in place.
The nail and bib method is also pretty straightforward for a slate tile roof repair.
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.
Slate roof repair is viable for localized problems and damaged roofs with reasonably long serviceable lives remaining.
Replace the slate tile and use a stainless steel nail to hold it in place.
Also pry or force out any nails.
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All right so here s my repair slate.
The copper bib should have its edges burred or should be bent slightly so that it will not slide out.
Normally friction alone is enough to hold the lead bib in place.
That s one acceptable method of repairing a slate.
The other is by using what we call a center nail and a bib.
1 carefully pry up the tile or tiles just above the cracked or broken one.
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Adhesive rather than nails will hold this tile.
And from the ground you can barely notice that hook.
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.
So i m gonna go ahead and take the slate out.