Slate Repair Hallhook - Pack of 10 Slate Hall Hook and 1 HookPull

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If you are looking for a cost-effective alternative to copper nails yet still comply with British Standard, alloy clout nails are an excellent choice. These nails have been specifically manufactured for use on natural slate roofs and will protect your roof from nail fatigue. Stainless Steel Slate Hooks If you only need to repair a small area of your slate roof, we offer the Hall hook slate repair fixings kit. The Hall hook will leave you with a professional, neat repair that is fail-safe and invisible once complete. Unlike many slate repair methods and plastic alternatives, these hooks are durable, time-efficient, and the perfect answer to everyday roofing problems. Copper Slate Straps Once both nails have been removed, slide the broken slate down and take it out. Now compare the broken slate with the new slate. The replacement slate needs to be exactly the same size, so trim if necessary. Once the membrane has been rolled out, use clout nails to secure one edge. Then pull the membrane taut at the other end, and fix it into position, before adding a few more nails across the membrane where it meets the timber trusses for extra stability. 5. Batten placement With the hook fixing system, the slates are secured at the tail, thus providing strong resistance to wind uplift. To comply with BS 5534, hooks should be stainless steel, 18/10 or 316 (marine) grade, 2.7 mm gauge and at least 5 mm longer than the minimum lap required.

Take a strip of lead and nail it into place against the batten, then push the replacement slate up and into position, ensuring it is level with the other slates. Now fold the lead strip over the bottom of the replacement slate to keep it in place, acting like a hook. This should hold the replacement slate securely in place. In my opinion, the Solar Slate Plate is the best slate fixing solution for solar PV installations on the market. After installing this product I would not consider using any other product currently out there. Couple this in with a very high level of service, there is no reason to go elsewhere. Firstly, put the hooked end of the slate ripper underneath the damaged slate, trapping the nail in the hook. Then hammer the handle of the slate ripper, to force the nail out of place. The cost of the plate itself is higher than other slate fixing solutions on the market but the positive impact it has on installation time heavily out ways the additional cost of the product itself. The 3 installations(total 25.5kW) were installed in 3 days by 2 panel fitters so a substantial saving was made on the installation costs. The benefits of this product for us are listed below:Before starting the installation process, you need to find out the pitch of your roof. the roof pitch dictates how much overlap is required with each slate. This has been made easier with the development of technology. Most smartphones nowadays can access apps that have been designed specifically to find out the pitch or angle of your roof, such as the VELUX pitch roof app. 2. Find out the required overlap To replace a slate on a slate roof, you’ll require a slate ripper, tin snips, and a hammer, as well as a new slate and a strip of lead.

Fixing SIGA slates is straightforward for an experienced slater. Most SIGA slates come pre-holed at a nominal 90mm headlap. By simply moving the location of the slate on a standard 50x25mm batten, these can be fixed to obtain headlaps between 76 and 96mm, allowing them to be used on a variety of pitches. Nailing Natural SlatesThese hooks are frequently used when replacing individual slates or making minor repairs on a roof. The length of hooks required is equivalent to the head lap plus 2-3mm. Features & Benefits: 100mm Bright Stainless Slate Hooks Point Driven - 316 Grade (Box of 500) Electro-galvanized steel will eventually rust and will not last as long as stainless steel, but is a good choice for asbestos-shingle roofs or for a roof with around 25 years of life remaining. Fixing with a slate hook involves trimming the head of the slate, thereby losing some head lap (a building inspector may not accept this) The natural roof slate is exactly what you’d expect. This authentic slate roof solution provides the ultimate natural slate look and comes with an array of benefits. Not only does it look great, but it is also fireproof, frost resistant and requires little maintenance. It also comes in a variety of different styles including Spanish slate (below), Welsh slate, Canadian slate, Brazilian slate and Argentinian slate. Man-made roof slate

Centre-nailed, double-lap slates are fixed with two nails close to the side-edge of the slate and positioned immediately above the slates below. The man-made roof slate is considered more eco-friendly for consumers. However, despite their development process taking a more modern approach, their look doesn’t steer far from the traditional slate appearance. Due to their manufacturing, they also have a greatly reduced risk of breaking. Recycled roof slate b) Now place a full-sized slate onto a batten, with an overhang into the gutter of around 50mm, and with the pre-drilled holes lined up with the centre of the batten – then put temporary fixings into the batten.

A recycled roof slate is the result of combined waste slate materials. This goes even further regarding the environmental impact as there is no manufacturing process involved in the creation of the final project. In turn, this means that the amount of wastage is reduced. I’ve chosen what I want for my slate roof, what’s next? Firstly, find out if your slates are pre-holed. If they aren’t you’ll need to pierce two holes into the slate, one either side of the short width, approximately a third of the way up the length of the slate. To do this, you can use a number of cutting and holing tools. 1. Find out the pitch of your roof

Firstly, ensure your rafters or trusses are clean of any splinters or old nails that could damage the membrane. Then roll your chosen roofing membrane along the roof trusses – start from one bottom corner and roll it along to the other corner. Although the traditional method of slating a roof uses hooks, this can be time-consuming and complicated. Therefore, in this guide, we will be outlining how to slate a roof using pre-drilled slates.So after experimenting with all manners of ideas and devices, Jimmy solved the slate roof repair problem with the invention of the Hallhook. Repeat this method and work upwards to the top of the roof. Make sure the roofing membrane hangs over the bottom of the roof and into the gutter to provide and encourage any water that gets past the slates to drain off into the gutter. Some metal fixings are flimsy. Others take too much time, are awkward to prepare, and if wrongly prepared the head of the slate could slip off the upper batten. After receiving an instruction to proceed with a 33.35kW solar PV installation upon 4 roofs of a private estate, we wanted to find a more cost effective solution for installing the mounting system to the 3 slate roofs in the project. There are two type of Slate Hook, an over batten type and a drive in type. The use of over batten type is very limited with the majority being drive in type (shown in picture).