Is this just cosmetic or is there a real benefit to the lack of corner?
It's hard to do with slate tiled roofs. The slates have to overlap to keep water out and the tiles aren't flexible. So when you get to a corner you basically start the layering process over again.
They sell corner pieces for slate, but they're pricey. So you typically see them do metal flashing in the corners, or some fancy tiling like in the post.
I'm guessing they just did the corners in this post, the rest of the roof looks older. Probably just replacing some bad flashing with something more permanent.
The only thing I can think of is that it would mitigate the risk of leaf litter corroding the flashing. It does add cost, so profit, so there is that.
Yes, avoiding leaf buildup or avoiding water over-run on the flashing is important, but it is mainly because there is only one correct answer when,as humans, we get a chance to answer the question "Do you want to live inside a giant pangolin?"
You are correct, but slate is already pricey. You comment implies that company was gouging, though maybe not your intent. Sometimes a person wants something and will pay the price to get it.
It looks like it took EFFORT! :-D
Iโm a woman and this looks neat. Good job man ๐
Just break up with her if she doesn't appreciate it, man. There are hot shingles in your area anyway.
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I'm curious if this is more likely to get lifted off by strong wind.
Definitely birds or hornets making a home in the gap at the bottom there
Good for them
It's in the UK, there will be a layer of roofing felt underneath the slate that prevents pests getting in. Roofing felt is the same stuff that shingles are made from in the US but comes in a roll. So in the UK we have basically the roof you'd have in the US and then another slate roof on top, it rains a lot here, we probably have some of the best roofing in the world.
It's wonderful craft. It looks fragile though.
It's slate. It'll probably outlast the house.
Maybe it's because I grew up around a lot of shailed deposits. I'm assuming slate is much more durable than shale and that they're different. I don't know anything about rocks, don't hate me.
Am boy. Am appreciate the craft. V MUCH. Gender probably irrelevant.
You ever notice these memes are always framed as a man complaining about his partner who is a woman? In a normal world there would be a roughly equal amount of memes framed as a woman complaining about her partner who is a man. What can we conclude from this disparity?
Is it that men are just more likely to whine and complain than women? No, surely this must be a case of women being uptight and not appreciating anything outside their narrow range of hobbies and interests.
I mean, surely this woman's failure to appreciate a complex carpentry/roofing job isn't at all related to the fact that the carpentry/roofing industry is extremely biased towards hiring men and thus women in general have wayyyy less incentive to learn this much about carpentry/roofing unless they are just specifically interested in those things for some weird reason.
I know its a dumb meme, and I am not singling out OP or even this meme, I just want to see more women-complaining-about-uptight-men memes.
If you want to get all the way in, there is nothing suggesting the person who originally posted this is a a man. Just that they are dating a woman and have guy friends.
"You ever notice these memes are always framed as a man complaining about his partner who is a woman?"
If by that you mean just the memes that are framed as a man complaining about their partner who is a woman. Which seems so specific that it's a tautological overly fitted category description.
This looks like a bad idea to me
This seems awful. I super guarantee that's going to cause issues.
Ditch the girlfriend and get yourself a boyfriend
Non roofer here
Is slate picked for any reason over asphalt shingles or is it just an aesthetic thing?
From what I recall, shingled roofs are usually "30 year" roofs, and slate roofs are "100 year" roofs.
It's all 2 year roofing, max, down here in hurricane land.
With a bit of patching, yea shingles can probably be 30. Unless air circulation is bad, then 10. I worked on one re-shingling the west side, when the east side looked good as new (10yo roof, iirc). Just some weird airflow on that side (neighbours house maybe).
It lasts forever with regular maintenance. I moved into a house with a slate roof thatโs 96 years old. We just have a roofer come out and replace a few cracked tiles every year. Not necessarily any cheaper but the cost is spread out and it seems less wasteful.
It's an old timey thing. Slate naturally is fairly flat naturally and easily made into squares. It lasted much longer than cedar and newer methods weren't around. People still using it are after the look.
That's a nice roof.
I don't know anything about roofing but I feel oddly satisfied
Ill be in my bunk.
I know nothing about roofing but can still appreciate how much skill that would take
I'm literally hard
I think anyone regardless of gender would appreciate how bent those tiles are. Not caring about this is like a person not caring how Renaissance domes were built. How are those curves able to maintain stability?
In the two memes you just posted my wife appreciated both.
Nice. I still like my flat roof.
This is beautiful work. Good job OP!
I want to see this prior to the shingles being attached
Wheeeeeeee
