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Installing Ceramic Hip and Ridge Tiles on a Slate Roof Using Flexim
Installing a new slate roof at the Natural Building Colloquium, 2008, in Bath, NY
How to Install a Soldered Copper Snow Apron (For the full 25 minute video click here .)
Basic Slate Roof Repair
Bad Strap Replacement Slate Repairs (1 min. 37 sec. video)
Slate Starter Course Insufficient Headlap (1 min. 17 sec. video)
Bad Headlap (1 minute video)
Cutting on Wrong Side of Slate (1 minute video)
Nails Too Long (1 minute video)
Inadequate Plywood Roof Deck (46 second video)
Bad Saddle Ridge Installation (1 min. 23 sec. video)
Electrogalvanized Nails (29 second video)
Copper Rivets with Steel Mandrels Should Not Be Used (2 minute video)
Wrong Nailing Technique (1 min. 30 sec. video)
Avoid These 21 Contractor Errors (Traditional Roofing Magazine Article)
Top 10 Mistakes Made When Installing Slate Roofs (Traditional Roofing Magazine Article)
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General Slate Roof Installation Specifications
Basic Slate Roof Repair
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