Replacement Roof Tile

[Douglas Sey]

How is it that following the recent storms, I am left with this gap and two exposed nails protruding approx 1.5cm. Do I need to drill two holes in a new tile to accept these nails?

Thanks

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[rhino666]

You will have difficulty lining up exactly to reuse the holes in existing slates and it looks like the one on the right has been drilled/nailed before. I would remove the two nails and just refit close to the old position. Probably not a bad idea to drill a pilot through especially if the old slates underneath are a bit brittle.
Don't forget the tingle that holds the bottom of the slate down.

 

[Douglas Sey]

Is this tingle just a bent nail, or something special.
Thanks

 

[rhino666]

It's a bespoke fixing usually made of copper I think. Needs to have a broad, flat head to sit fixed under the two tiles it will be fitted between.
I would add that your slate may have been repaired before as those nails sticking out would normally be nailed flat to the slates they are on now, covered by the missing slate. The missing slate would likely have originally been fixed in place by two nails further up and now inaccessible.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yvens-Decroupet-Slate-Straps-Tingles/dp/B004QHEJWI

 

[Douglas Sey]

Could I not just hammer down these two protruding nails a little, then fit new tile with a thin nail acting as a tingle as shown on other tiles in photo?

 

[catlad]

Knock those nails flat and then check your new tile fits ok then glue it in place with some mastic, squirt a 3" vertical line either side of those nails install the new tile and press flat
geocell 201 is good stuff.

 

[Douglas Sey]

thanks, that sounds like an easier solution.

 

[alan333]

Your tiles look like Marley Eternit to me, and the bottom is held by 'rivets', like these...

http://www.tradefixdirect.com/nails...-disc-rivets?gclid=CP3wjvvKocoCFQcYwwodjlQCXg

The rivet stops the bottom of the slate lifting in the wind, and if you do as Catlad suggests, it will also hold it in place until your mastic sets.

 

[chappers]

exactly the rivets stop the artificial slates curling up in the heat of the sun.
You need to bang those nails back in and fit a copper or lead strap, that hangs down below the bottom of the missing slate, on top by nailing it down between the two slates into the batten, then slide a new slate up into place on top, making sure that the top of that slate sits on top of the next batten up. then bend the lead/copper strap up over the bottom of the new slate to stop it sliding back down. you probably won't be able to fit a new rivet due to the strap, but this will also serve the same purpose, although you could swing it to one side slightly to allow you to fit a rivet