Natural slate is the defining cover on most Victorian and Edwardian stock locally. Done properly, it outlasts every other pitched-roof material we install.
Period properties, conservation areas, and any roof where the original covering was slate.
We re-use sound slates wherever possible, source matched Welsh or Spanish slate for replacements, and copper-nail rather than steel for longevity.
Roofing a period or historic home means repairing like for like wherever possible: reusing sound slates and tiles, matching replacements in size, colour and profile, using lime-based mortar where the building needs it, and keeping traditional leadwork and detailing while quietly improving underlay and ventilation.
The choice between slate and tile isn't only aesthetic. Weight, minimum pitch and how the roof was originally designed all narrow the options before taste comes into it.
Victorian terraces share a small set of roof defects, and once you know them you can usually predict what a survey will find before going up.
Shape matters as much as size. A simple gable roof is the cheapest form to strip and re lay. Hips, valleys, dormers and mansards each add cut tiles, lead work and slow, skilled hours that a plain rectangle never needs.
