A great video to give someone the confidence to replace a tile or two - it's definitely helped me. Thanks for sharing.

That’s useful, thank you. The rivet was new to me as an accomplished DIY enthusiast. Your videos are very handy so keep posting and ignore the keyboard warriors.

Very useful to watch as a building surveyor thank you

You are a great guy & have a superb knowledge of building & I for one really appreciate you sharing your knowledge Thank you

Excellent video. Very clear. Lots of very useful tips. Thank you.

An exellent demo sir,well explained too

Most excellent explanation! Thank you.

Cheers mate. Great video!!

Great video

Helped me. Much appreciated. Cheers.

Nice 👍 thankyou 🙏

Really helpful. Thanks.

Top video, cheers lad

Great video and top repair, many thanks for sharing. In a tricky spot have you ever used any adhesive? I've been recommended Polyether but think there are other options.

The hardest part seems to be to get to the roof safely

I've just had some of my 1980's fibre cement slates replaced. At the insistence of the roofer they were tested for asbestos - they contained chrysotile. If your slates look anything like the ones in this video, there is a high probability of them containing asbestos. Don't take a chance, get a sample tested to be sure.

Is the build up of moss on the roof a future problem? And is this common on genuine slate vs cement fiber slate? In my area in Canada this condition only occurs on roofs that are in close proximity to overhanging trees and never completely dries. This is combated by installing a strip of zinc at the top of the roof. Just an inch or so exposed below the ridge cap shingles. Also, I haven't found a supplier of slaters (slators?) tools here. I am interested in conserving heritage properties/farms or just simply to provide a repair service for slate roofs. In the past , many people I know of gave up trying to find a company that does this kind of work and had the entire slate roof stripped and replaced with asphalt shingles. I find that to be a terrible loss to the value of the property, unless another "lifetime" roofing product is used. Any suggestions?

better to use a slate hook as heavy snow/ice when melting will slide and bend the lead back leaving slate to slide out.

Have you ever dealt with Ayara Fibre cement tiles from SCG? they use 1.25" self cutting screws into steel laths. How would you go about replacing a single tile in this case, when the idiots that installed the original tiles did not use the screw hole locations? The theory is very similar to what you are doing, you are supposed to take a new tile that has pre marked screw locations, you use this as a template to locate the position of the screws that hold the broken tile. Then you need to drill through the upper tile to locate the screw heads (that should be in the position pre marked on the underlying tile, then unscrew the tile, slide it out, replace with a new one. Refit the upper tile and screw them down and seal the drilled hole with a tile filler paste. The problem that arises is when idiots do not use the pre marked locations for the original screws. You use your template, drill out the top tile with a 10mm drill and surprise surprise, there are no screws where they should have been because the anus of a roofer has just drilled them into some other random location. The only way I can think that this could be repaired would be to get up and remove the ridge tiles then strip the roof back all the way to the broken tile! A crazy expensive time consuming shit of a job. Any other suggestions? Bare in mind, you cannot use a slate ripper on these type of screws. (at least I think you cannot) And just to make life even more fun, these Ayara tiles weigh about 2-3kgs each, they are huge and are generally secured by 2 or 3 screws.

After doing the worst slate repair ever.You can then throw the old asbestos slates into the customers bin.Job done!.

Many thanks for the Video, what if I completely replace the roof with clay one please, if so do I need to strengthen the rafter ??

Please can you tell me if it is appropriate to replace an entire course of slates both sides of a pitched roof in this manner, or would it be easier/more straightforward to carry out a complete re roof? The eaves vents on my property needs replacing and the bottom course of slates needs to be removed in order to do the work. I have the problem as in this clip, that the fixing holes are not visible for the entire course both sides. Any help would be much appreciated

A better way to secure the clip is to line up your lead strap and then make a hole in the lead in the position of the clip. That way the lead holds the clip and the slate simultaneously.

Don't people use copper straps no more? I am also amazed how many roofers I see not using a slaters pick hammer or a lathe hammer, I hate to see roofers using claw hammers :/

Iv noted over time the lead will unfold

Why didn't you remove the top broken slate first??

asbestos slates ?

Fibre cement? looks like asbo to me 🤣🤣

Lmao

Omg. I've seen slop, but this?😆😆

Should use copper nails

Those cement slates are rubbish.

Bollocks

Those old slates are asbestos. Please hire a professional asbestos removal contractor! do not DIY