Have you noticed a change in your upstairs ceiling? Has the change been more obvious after every rain? Is that visible change a damp patch on your ceiling? This is most likely caused by a slipped or a broken roof slate. This broken slate permits water to sip through the gaps between its broken parts. This clearly indicates that you need to have it fixed. What you need is an experienced Katy Roofing Contractor to replace that damaged slate.

Katy roofing professional should be a licensed roofing contractor business that can help you with that problem. If you think you are qualified enough to have the job done, then you can do it yourself. Take note of the safety precaution tips we offer before planning on replacing that loose or damaged slate.

You can purchase new slates from builder’s merchants or a local roofing supplier. Remember to get a slate that matches the color of your roof. What you will need for this project are sheets of lead, copper or aluminum, tin snips, one and one quarter alloy nails, and hammer. You may also want to have the following ready to avoid climbing up and down your roof. Those would be the new slate, slate ripper, and expanding roof filler. This project may take 2 hours or less, depending on the number of broken slates your roof has. Bear in mind to establish a safe environment by preparing to climb the roof with an extension and roof ladder.

To replace your damaged roof slate, first try and loosen the damaged slate by hand. Then slide the slate ripper under the slate where the nail is. Carefully pry each nail out, one by one with the slate ripper. Once all of the nails are removed clean up any debris that is in the area.

Make a mark to identify where the new roof tile will be placed. Use the tin snips to cut the sheet metal that you purchased into one inch strips. Each strip of metal needs to be long enough to turn up round the bottom portion of the roof slate.

Nail each strip to the batten between two roof slates. Next, line up the new or loose roof tile with the other tiles. While firmly holding down the strip of sheet metal, bend the end of it up. Then glue the roof tile into place.

An alternative way to nailing the slate in place is by gluing. By positioning the slate, lift it up and then squirt moderate amount of expanding foam filler in the line. The final step is to push the slate towards the foam. The best thing about foam is it is a weatherproof adhesive.

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