Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Green Renewable Energy Forum
Solar PV Forum
Fixing brackets to slate roofs
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Talk Electrician Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="kme" data-source="post: 225972" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>What I`ve seen so far.....</p><p></p><p>One roofer is happy to use battens (!), slides the end of the hook up under the slate above, until the hole lines up with the batten and drills through the hole in the hook, through the slate &amp; into the batten. Slather it with quality silicon, and whack a nice sized screw in there. Then cuts strips of flashband, and sticks them over the hook.</p><p></p><p>MY roofer isn`t doing it like that. He`s going for the rafters (I go in the loft, and give him distance from internal pine end, and spacing), drilling the same way (yes, it penetrates the felt, but its over the rafter. IF there is a weep, it`ll run down the rafter, and out at the soffit. He`s also using pieces of lead, `cos he considers flashband to be a temp fix; rather than a permanent waterproofing solution.</p><p></p><p>To a point, I don`t care much. The roof, and its continued weathertightness, is the roofers` responsibility. If I get a call about a roof leaking, HE is going to go and fix it, at his own expense!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kme, post: 225972, member: 113"] What I`ve seen so far..... One roofer is happy to use battens (!), slides the end of the hook up under the slate above, until the hole lines up with the batten and drills through the hole in the hook, through the slate & into the batten. Slather it with quality silicon, and whack a nice sized screw in there. Then cuts strips of flashband, and sticks them over the hook. MY roofer isn`t doing it like that. He`s going for the rafters (I go in the loft, and give him distance from internal pine end, and spacing), drilling the same way (yes, it penetrates the felt, but its over the rafter. IF there is a weep, it`ll run down the rafter, and out at the soffit. He`s also using pieces of lead, `cos he considers flashband to be a temp fix; rather than a permanent waterproofing solution. To a point, I don`t care much. The roof, and its continued weathertightness, is the roofers` responsibility. If I get a call about a roof leaking, HE is going to go and fix it, at his own expense! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Green Renewable Energy Forum
Solar PV Forum
Fixing brackets to slate roofs
Top