Slate Roofs in Salford

Welsh slate has a long track record on Manchester roofs and is what many of Salford's terraces were built with, so it matches well. Imported slate can be good value but quality varies. Carefully sorted reclaimed Welsh slate is a solid middle ground. We'll go through the options and costs with you before you choose.

Yes, and some owners of Salford terraces do it to bring back the original look of the street. Natural slate is generally lighter than concrete tile, so the structure is rarely a problem, but the battens are set out differently and the job is effectively a full re-roof. We'll survey and quote for it on that basis.

Those are tingles: small copper or lead strips used to hold a replacement slate in place where the original nail can't be reached. A few are perfectly normal. A roof covered in them tells you slates have been slipping for years, and that a re-slate on new fixings is probably due.

Yes. Valleys carry a lot of water, and old lead can split from expansion and contraction or be poorly lapped. We replace lead in the right sizes with proper laps, and where a valley has been patched with mortar or bitumen in the past, we take that out and do it properly so it stays watertight.

Yes. On a terrace it's common to re-slate just the front or the rear slope, usually whichever takes the worst of the weather. We'll check both slopes during the free survey and tell you what needs doing now and what can safely wait, so you can plan the budget.