How To Remove Slate Roof Tiles

A vinyl leaf rake can clean harder to reach spots.

How to remove slate roof tiles.

Limit cleaning to removing organic debris and delaminated slate flakes from valleys snow guards gutters and the area behind the chimney. For larger areas remove enough tile by hand to fit the blade of. Strike the chisel with the sledgehammer to loosen and remove the tile. Working with roof tiles is a lot easier when you know a couple of basic tricks.

Withdraw the damaged tile and cover the gap in the roof with a plastic drop cloth. You need to pull the shingles off your roof transport those shingles away from your home and dispose of them legally. Cutting sculping splitting trimming and hole punching. To access the tile you want to replace you might need to take out several slate roof tiles.

Use your nail ripper to pry up the tile above the one you need to replace. Continue to remove each slate tile by hand for smaller areas. This video from bunnings shows you how to take a tile off and replace it prop. Slate roofing tiles are still manufactured by hand using traditional methods in a five step process.

Use heavy rubber gloves to scoop up material in areas you can safely reach. Basic process the process for removing a slate roof resembles removing any kind of roof.