Elementary slate m2 costings,

[epsilonGreedy]

When looking at slate prices online I see prices quoted in m2 and per tile.

 

Is the m2 price equivalent to surface coverage of the tiled roof laid to industry overlap standards or is it the literal area of the unlaid slate?

[ToughButterCup]

I have 14 square meters to cover.

Using this calculator (there are many others) I can obtain

• number of slates required per square meters
• tile batten gauge for slate
• total linear run of tile batten in meters

It sounds to me, reading between the lines that you might like to get yourself a copy of SPONS: expensive, but since there's an online version of it sold with each copy, invaluable in the long term

[epsilonGreedy]

4 hours ago, recoveringacademic said:

It sounds to me, reading between the lines that you might like to get yourself a copy of SPONS: expensive, but since there's an online version of it sold with each copy, invaluable in the long term

 

You might be right, I will wait to see if negotiations on the plot reach a conclusion.

 

This site selling reclaimed slates is useful, for typical slate sizes the per slate to roof coverage ratio is x11 to x13.

 

https://slateprices.co.uk/reclaimed slate prices.html

 

The same site also suggests allowing for transport and onsite wastage of 5%.

[ToughButterCup]

3 minutes ago, epsilonGreedy said:

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https://slateprices.co.uk/reclaimed slate prices.html

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Reassuringly badly (that is seriously out of date )  designed website: often indicates sensible prices.... not to say that in general, I generalise too much