Normally friction alone is enough to hold the lead bib in place.
How to repair broken slate roof.
It looks just like the rest of the roof.
There are usually two nails.
Lead bib slate repair if the roof hasn t got too many mistakes a good method of repair is the lead bib it s simply a section of code 3 or 4 flashing lead cut large enough to sit under the faulty slate or bad overlap to make it waterproof and the repair invisible.
For a quick temporary fix you could simply glue the new one on place with some high performance instant grab adhesive like gripfill.
Several method are available.
So now that nail is completely flashed i m going to push my slates back together.
Make sure that under the tiles are clean and dry.
And you can t tell that this slate has ever been repaired.
Roof tile ripper.
That s how you do a slate repair with the durable slate company.
Well that was some amazing work with john chan at the durable slate company.
Slide the slate.
With the old tile out the new one will simply slide in but you need a mean of securing it.
How to replace damaged or lost roofing slates using the copper tab method cut the concealed nails holding the damaged slate in place.