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Slate Roofs - Shepherd's Bush W12

Slate Roofs in Shepherd's Bush

Natural and fibre-cement slate, re-laid with the right headlap and fixings. Covering Shepherd's Bush and Acton, Hammersmith, White City.

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The work

Slate Roofs for Shepherd's Bush homes

Shepherd's Bush is a short run for us, so a look at a slate roofs job here is a visit rather than a day of travel priced into the quote. We work across W12 and out into Acton, Hammersmith, White City, Kensington, Fulham.

A slate roof usually fails at its fixings long before the slate itself wears out. Nail sickness is the common story: iron nails corrode, slates start to slide, and someone clips a lead tingle on to hold them. A roof with tingles across it is telling you it wants re-slating.

We re-slate in natural Welsh or Spanish slate, and in fibre-cement where budget or weight makes that the sensible choice. Headlap is set for the pitch, slates are holed and nailed in copper, and hips, valleys and abutments are finished in lead.

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Natural slate laid in even courses on a pitched roof

What's included

What slate roofs covers

  • Full re-slating

    Strip, new membrane and battens, then slate laid to the correct headlap for the pitch.

  • Slipped slate repairs

    Individual slates re-fixed properly rather than left hanging on a tingle.

  • Salvage and reuse

    Where existing slate is sound we sort and re-lay what we can, then make up the shortfall.

  • Lead detailing

    Valleys, hips, soakers and abutment flashings dressed in lead to the correct code.

  • Ridge and hip finishing

    Clay or slate ridge, dry fixed where the detail allows it.

The process

How a slate roofs job runs in Shepherd's Bush

  1. Step 01

    Assess the fixings

    We check whether the slate is sound and the nails have gone, which decides repair against re-slate.

  2. Step 02

    Specify the slate

    You see the options and the price difference between natural and fibre-cement before committing.

  3. Step 03

    Strip and re-lay

    Scaffolded, stripped in sections and re-laid so the roof stays covered.

  4. Step 04

    Finish and clear

    Lead dressed, ridge fixed, site cleared, photographs sent over.

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Next step

Get a price for slate roofs in Shepherd's Bush

Send the form or ring 020 3128 7575. We will come and look at what you actually have, then put a figure in writing.

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Our work

Read the reviews, then look at the jobs

What customers have said about the work, collected from the places they left it.

Read customer feedback straight from our MyBuilder profile, where every review is tied to a job we were hired for, and see finished work on Instagram as it comes off the scaffold.

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Why TJM

Why Shepherd's Bush customers use us for this

  • Copper nails and correct headlap, not shortcuts that show up in five years.
  • Sound existing slate is salvaged where it is worth salvaging.
  • Lead is dressed on site rather than replaced with sealant.
  • Sympathetic to the age of the house, which matters on a period street.
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A slate roof and hip meeting at a clean mitre

The price

Slate Roofs costs

What slate roofs costs comes down to what you actually have, not a price list. Two jobs that sound identical can be an hour of work or a week of it, which is why we do not price roofing over the phone. We come and look, then put a figure in writing.

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  • Natural slate against fibre-cement, which is a real difference in material cost.
  • How much existing slate can be salvaged and re-laid.
  • Number of valleys, hips, dormers and chimneys to detail.
  • Pitch, because a shallow pitch needs more headlap and therefore more slate.

On the job

Slate Roofs across Shepherd's Bush

We cover Shepherd's Bush W12 and the streets around it - Acton, Hammersmith, White City, Kensington, Fulham - so most slate roofs jobs here are a short journey rather than a day of travel priced into the quote.

If your job crosses into another trade, that is still one price and one person responsible for the order the work happens in. Roofing, brickwork, render and groundwork are all done in house.

  • Copper nails and correct headlap, not shortcuts that show up in five years.
  • Sound existing slate is salvaged where it is worth salvaging.
  • Lead is dressed on site rather than replaced with sealant.
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Slate roof close up showing the head lap between courses

Questions

Slate Roofs in Shepherd's Bush: common questions

Still not sure? Ring and ask. It is usually quicker than typing it out, and you will speak to the person who would do the work.

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What are the little lead strips on my roof?

Those are tingles, clipped over a slate to hold it after the nail has failed. One or two are a fair repair. A roof covered in them has nail sickness, and re-slating is the answer.

Is fibre-cement slate any good?

It is a sound covering, much lighter and cheaper than natural slate. It does not weather the same way, so on a period frontage natural slate usually looks right while fibre-cement suits a rear roof or an outbuilding.

Can you reuse my existing slates?

Often a good proportion of them. We sort them on site and make the shortfall up with matching slate, which keeps the cost down and the roof looking its age.

How do I tell whether my slate roof needs repair or replacing?

Look for tingles, slipped slates, and slate dust in the gutters. A few slipped slates is a repair. Dust in the gutters and tingles dotted across the roof means the nails are going, and that is a re-slate.

Is slate heavier than tile?

Natural slate is generally lighter per square metre than concrete interlocking tile, so changing from concrete to slate is rarely a structural problem. Going the other way can be, which is why we look at the rafters before quoting a change of covering.

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We also provide slate roofs to Acton, Hammersmith, White City, Kensington and the streets around them.

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