For a more traditional look natural or synthetic slate can be used on your roof. Reclaimed slate can be use to blend seamlessly on period properties. Installed correctly a slate roof will last 60-125 years with very little maintenance.

Slates are usually more time consuming to fix than tiles to a roof because every individual slate has to be aligned and fixed into place with two nails; there are no nibs on the back to locate them on the wooden battens. Repairing, stripping or installing a slate roof is a highly skilled job. Mercian Roofing are experts in this field, and we are happy to you out to give you some free advice and a quotation for work needed.

A slate roof forms part of the character of your house, it is also vital that it is maintained to an extremely high standard. New slate roofs tend to be considerably more expensive than tile roofs, due to the cost of the materials, the time it takes to complete the job and the highly skilled nature of the workforce. Therefore spotting a problem early can save you lots of money, replacing a slipped slate is a couple of hours work, a new slate roof takes a couple of weeks.

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