December 1, 20241 yr Hi all. I think this will be a quick question to answer for someone. We had originally specified artificial slate on our new build as our builder said it was cheaper, but now LPA say it has to be real slate. Builder is now adding on £1500 for labour to switch to real (there is about 45sqm of roof that it applies to) plus of course the extra material cost. does the extra labour cost sound reasonable? I’m guessing this is because they are heavier to lug up there? Or are they fitted differently? Just checking I’m not being had on! cheers
December 1, 20241 yr He’s taking the mik Your only difference is he will need to sort through the natural slate But if you get a good quality slate 6-8 mil variation in thickness There’s not that much grading One person could easily grade 45 m2 in an afternoon Fixing is the same Get an A grade slate I used Estillo slate last time Over 300 m2 Hardly any waste My wife spent an hour per crate grading Edited December 1, 20241 yr by nod
December 1, 20241 yr Author 9 hours ago, Russell griffiths said: Get another quote It’s part of a full turnkey package to try to minimise stress so quite tricky as don’t want to keep going out for quotes for every element. Are you saying get another quote because they are being unreasonable or just to benchmark the price?
December 1, 20241 yr He’s being unreasonable he’s added an extra £30 a m go and ask him what extra work he feels he will need to do.
December 2, 20241 yr Author On 01/12/2024 at 21:38, makie said: What is the size of natural slates specified v the artificial ones? I honestly don’t know. But looking online, similar sizes seem available of both types so I can’t see why they weren’t matched like for like. But I don’t claim to know much about roofing!
December 3, 20241 yr On 02/12/2024 at 21:52, Bournbrook said: I honestly don’t know. But looking online, similar sizes seem available of both types so I can’t see why they weren’t matched like for like. But I don’t claim to know much about roofing! Could be potential cost difference, I'd ask the roofer to give you a new breakdown of costs.
December 4, 20241 yr Author 20 hours ago, makie said: Could be potential cost difference, I'd ask the roofer to give you a new breakdown of costs. Apparently it’s just because labour prices are going up! That’s what I was told today…
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