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On 7/18/2017 at 21:33, Barney12 said:

 

I used the Kytun dry verge.

Would have never known about it if it hadn't have been for this very forum!

It was an un-budgeted cost but I'm really pleased I went for it.

 

As an aside the "roofing specialist" at my nearest Jewson (Which is apparently a "super branch") had never heard of it.

Some nice roof porn there! 

 

I too hadnt heard of the Kytun dry verge but they look like a neat addition to the roof edge.  Any idea on the cost?  Then I will need to source them in NI.

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Kytun is manufactured in Ireland, so should be readily available in NI.  We used it, on the recommendation of one of the MBC guys, as I'd not heard about it before.  Well worth it, as the finish is very neat plus the slates are secured from the wind at the verge.

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I used Kytun as well.

 

You can buy direct or as i did through an on line re seller

best price i found after delivery was Roofing superstore.

 

However if you are in NI you might be able to save on delivery

 

There are two thickness's depending on slates> my slates were half way between the two sizes so i bought the larger size which was okay 

 

 

 

 

 

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40 minutes ago, dogman said:

I used Kytun as well.

 

You can buy direct or as i did through an on line re seller

best price i found after delivery was Roofing superstore.

 

However if you are in NI you might be able to save on delivery

 

There are two thickness's depending on slates> my slates were half way between the two sizes so i bought the larger size which was okay 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+1 Got mine from Roofing Superstore but it was delivered direct from Kytun.

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The roof is finished! Hurrah!! I'm not doing that again. FAR to much like hard work. :D 

Actually there is still the porch to slate once it's built but I think I can cope with a couple of m2! 

 

 

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Just now, Construction Channel said:

Very tidy,

I bet you're glad that is over though. thats a monster of a roof :) 

 

You are not wrong! Thankfully the front was much smaller. It's what they call a "cat slide" roof round these parts. It's very much part of the National Park vernacular (great word!) hence why we were forced to have one :/ 

There is some logic to it. They are generally sited North so that the North elevation is protected from the elements, that area contains the 'service' rooms and have tiny windows, if any. 

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16 minutes ago, Barney12 said:

Get on with it then !! ;)

 

The next challenge is working out guttering. When it rains (and boy can it rain up here) the amount of water that comes off that roof is incredible. It's like a waterfall. 

 

Brett Plastics deepflow - even the commercial deepflow would look good on that and you can get it in anthracite grey. 

 

Fittings are a thing of beauty as no cut ends show...

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1 minute ago, PeterW said:

 

Brett Plastics deepflow - even the commercial deepflow would look good on that and you can get it in anthracite grey. 

 

Fittings are a thing of beauty as no cut ends show...

All the Brett Martin range is quality. I used them for my sewers and the rain water gullies and you can see why they are a bit more expensive but Def worth it.

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Another vote for deep flow.  We made the mistake of fitting standard half round gutter, and we had overflows in heavy rain.  I think the problem is that slate, and the IkoSlate we have, allows water to flow off faster, because it's so smooth, and this tends to increase the peak flow at the gutter in bursts of very heavy rain.

 

I'm now waiting for the rain to let up so I can get up and replace the half round guttering - I wish I'd specified the deep flow stuff right from the start.

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56 minutes ago, Declan52 said:

All the Brett Martin range is quality. I used them for my sewers and the rain water gullies and you can see why they are a bit more expensive but Def worth it.

Out of interest Declan did you buy direct from them, think they have a place at mallusk.

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Your roof looks fantastic.

Can I ask how much the materials cost?

We have a roof that incorporates an in roof PV array & also triple glazed velux.

It has one very large dormer.

The are to slate is about 122 sq mts.

The vertical battens are on.

We have been quoted nearly £15,000 using a decent quality natural Spanish slate at £1.19 per slate.

It seems a lot to me but I don't really have anything to compare it to.

Moira

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5 hours ago, Moira Niedzwiecka said:

Your roof looks fantastic.

Can I ask how much the materials cost?

We have a roof that incorporates an in roof PV array & also triple glazed velux.

It has one very large dormer.

The are to slate is about 122 sq mts.

The vertical battens are on.

We have been quoted nearly £15,000 using a decent quality natural Spanish slate at £1.19 per slate.

It seems a lot to me but I don't really have anything to compare it to.

Moira

 

That slate price isn't too bad. We got our Armada Premium Spanish down to about £1.10 a slate but its all the extra's that add up.

We spent nearly £1000 on lead alone.

That North section in the pics is approx 135m2. The South is smaller. Hard to expain in an email but the North goes from two story to single story, which locally is refered to as a 'cat slide roof'.

IIRC the best price we had for the entire roof (approx 255m2) was around £12k but that was a cheap Chinese slate that would have never been accepted by the  National Park. 

My gut feeling is your quote feels a little high and I'd certainly try and get a couple of other quotes. Having said that I'm not sure I'd attempt DIY again, it's a real slog!

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