REMOVING THE LAST OF THE OLD SLATES - Still no rain! 😬

[@garethneal82]

I have to take my hat off to you, this is ballsy. Good job.

[@topkek_]

The voiceover without music works well!

[@Cablesmith]

Wish I’d have thought about the winch when I done mine 😩 all I had was a yellow flexi bucket, a rope and a broken back

[@peterfriel5129]

The last time i was nervous was Salem's Lot (Danny at the window) This is how i feel watching Tim doing the roof himself i would be terrified !!

[@christopherhiggins9561]

Your a legend, your wife and kids must be so proud of you 👏

[@dannymurphy1779]

Lovely to see the mighty TITAN resting upon the slates, plus the faithfull pry bar sorted that rafter out at the end. Talk about a cameo!

[@T8RTU]

Simply Epic Tim, massively impressive hard work and probably the best job against the clock you have attempted thus far! Get that lottery ticket for the weekend, the luck your working with makes it a guaranteed winner 👍

[@ttfweb1]

Hard work is its own reward. Great progress.

[@TYLERCONSTRUCTION]

Keep up the good work. It looks like you’ve got a mountain to climb but small steps 👍

[@davidomahony5000]

Top job mate, super efficient as always with limited assistance. You see so many sagging rafters on old houses, great quick fix. Thanks for sharing.

[@malcolmbale9566]

I was expecting the little ones to be up there with you!!😱

[@dudleyjoseph9485]

Amazing work. Big fan of the channel. I'm doing bits of work to an old house but not anything like the scale you are. The videos are so useful.

[@Dannyp8038]

Sorry to be picky, could you add this vlog to the "DIY Complete Roof Restoration' loving the channel learning loads. Never been shown how to do any DIY as I didn't have a father in my life then joined the Army after school. Cheers

[@cliveclapham6451]

Great job 👍 those winches are brilliant used one to get stuff up in an office renovation.

[@phildxyz]

Did my slated roof on a Victorian terrace with back extension & turret single handed about 20 years ago. Took me six weeks! Don't think I'd fancy doing it again :)

[@PEDROLEVELUP]

Love your channel, I 'm restoring my house since a long time and it keeps me motivated

[@AzH1988UK]

Great watch as always. Hope you beat the weather this week yesterday was Terrible

[@paulmccarthy424]

You have been so lucky with the weather,good luck getting the membrane on 🤞

[@wingtsang2158]

Wow epic great work keep it up and be safe

[@zuluula]

wow mate you're one crazy man , hats down and thumbs up to you

[@robertmurray1833]

Well done Tim, bloody hard work 👍

[@mm-qd6oo]

This man is a genius.

[@pm1104]

A brave man indeed.....well done!

[@chrisreeves10]

Hi Tim, I'm not normally a youtube commenter, but thought I could help here. That sag on your roof rafters by the bay is most likely due to the additional load imposed on it from the bay. If you add some bracing round that section, that will help spread the load to the adjoining rafters (and you could do this when the scaffolding isn't about as you can access via the house - depending on when this video was recorded!). My day job is a Civil Engineer if that helps you trust my comment a bit more! Chris.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Funny you say that as I cut that bit out of the video. I used a timber to try and jack it up and brace down to the floor joists and wall plate, it didn’t budge much and was pretty set in place hence why i reverted to sistering with another timber. Definitely a couple of spots around the roof where additional bracing from the inside would cure it though. 👍

[@garethheathcote4988]

This isn't a criticism, I've seen you do lots of top notch work as I'm sure you are/have done with your roof. We have done hundreds of re-roofs and couldn't ever leave one open to the elements overnight granted ours were done for clients so there is a distinct difference regarding liability. I know that it was a freaky mini heatwave but worth bearing in mind that a hot day here in the uk is quite often followed by rain through the night. I don't know if you have mentioned as I haven't been on KZbin for a little while but I hope your selling the decent ones to a slate yard,I think that I remember you saying that you were fitting new slates. As usual nice work buddy.

[@roccostiff2444]

Wow mate that’s allot ov work on your own fair play to you 👍

[@dougsaunders8109]

I am watching this 2/10, few days after upload. It is lashing down..... It is one hell of a project

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Fortunately I’m a week ahead. Lashing it down here but check our latest progress on Instagram or Facebook if it will settle your worries. 😀

[@tonyhussey3610]

Im replacing a roof in central Portugal and today was crazy hot..got till 13:30 and had enough..my head was fried.. spend the afternoon shopping for materials then a bit of rebar work in the shade till sun set 👍 roofing is tough

[@johngaffney1671]

This is indeed a gutsy DIY project. Not sure about the sunglasses as eye protection :)

[@Reverend-Rodger]

It's a fairly straight forward roof and is probably the best you could ask for if you're doing it for the first time. I would be interested in the cost breakdown for DIY vs getting the roofers in.

[@MrJohnnynapalm7]

Great project, great video quality 👍

[@DSTGotchaGood]

Hi, I coulndt see how you were actually lifting the slates ?

[@vivaldi1236]

Brilliant tough hard work. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rvalentine1000]

Nice job so far 👏

[@clivewilliams1406]

Having had part of our roof off to make a connection with the new extension roof and then had the tarpaulin dislodged in wind driven rain causing costly damage I now ensure that contractors have a scaffold roof over the works that are vulnerable. The cost of the scaffold roof diminishes into insignificance compared with the potential damage that can ensue, the risk is not worth it. Maybe contractors would not risk so much if clients actually claimed on contractors All Risks Policies. They would think twice about the loss of their excess and the increased premiums. Besides, having a scaffold roof over means that rain days do not affect progress (delays caused by inclement weather is not a cause for a claim for increased costs) so that it benefits the contractor to be able to take the weather out of the cost/quotation equation.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

For an extra £8k in our case, I’m happy to just be a fair weather roofer! 😂 well worth it for more major work, especially if converting the loft at the same time or adding dormers.

[@clivewilliams1406]

@@TheRestorationCouple I can understand your reticence particularly if its the only job that requires scaffold. My judgement is coloured by the ensuing damage caused by a dislodged tarpaulin in an Autumn storm that the contractor assured me was more than adequate when stripping part of a large roof to make a connection with the new one! The ensuing arguments over liability were best avoided, given nthose circumstances £8k would have been money well spent.

[@CLCLTD]

What was it like removing without damaging them, removing the nails. Was every slate nailed?

[@njuham]

I know it's probably a simple task but would be interesting to see how the membrane is put on.

[@ice4142]

With storm Alex on it's way this weekend I hope in real time you are finished and can batten down the hatches.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Well it’s battened down but no slates yet. 😬

[@earltharp953]

Can you tell me how to get old slates off without damaging them? I want to recover the slates from an old building on my farm.

[@Simon78]

7:10 that’s some impressively thick construction!! Any chance you’ll show/explain more of that in future?!

[@stevecraft00]

Not sure whats going off with the advert algorhythms, a durex advert played before this video! 😂

[@magill4046]

And it’s not even a rubber roof...

[@ABell676]

Magill 🤣🤣🤣

[@SilverGoth]

The cliffhanger! Will he get the membrane on before the sky starts to fall??

[@AuntieDeb71]

Horseshoes you know where with the weather... such hard work, you deserve a pro massage when that's done.

[@samf7047]

NO RAIN, GET THE MEMBRANE. NO RAIN IN THE BRAIN.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

😂

[@petemoring67]

Back in the day (Early 70's) we had what were called 'Barrow-Lifts' just like yours there but they were Diesel ...... Had to use one doing a Roof-Screed on a School near Aldershot - Humping barrowloads of Sand & Cement Screed up to the roof .... FINE when it worked, or even when the BRAKE worked - AARRGGHH!!!!! ........ Many a time the barrow went crashing to the ground because the barrow had been slightly over-filled ........ happy Days EH?? ..... Value your fitness and the capabilities you have right NOW! ..... They can vanish in the BLINK of an Eye :-(

[@alanshealy3061]

I live in the US and it’s sad to think of how much slate we’ve ripped off of old farm house and took the the land fill.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Fear not, this is all to be reused where possible. 👍

[@noiseache7720]

I get worn out following your channel Tim. Fair play to ya, you don't stop grafting.

[@ratchriat1716]

certainly is not a one person job welldon Tim.

[@robkettle1971]

Is it true if you leave the membrane uncovered not tiled/slated the sun rays will deteriorate it? and if so how long can you leave ii uncovered?

[@jn35353]

Different brands have different limits to, think I picked up somewhere thst tyvek is something like 4 months

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Yes, a case of several months but hopefully it won’t come to that!

[@colinbrassington3531]

Ball pin hammer.😂

[@jonduggan2893]

just my 2 cents, but if its just aesthetics on that bay timber, you could have just packed the batten ?

[@TheRestorationCouple]

I guess the plus side of sistering another on is that it may help strengthen a little to stop future sag. So maybe a little more than just aesthetics.

[@gtimoney1]

Why are you sending all the slates down?

[@brandonmohammed5715]

Give us more videos

[@degsyathome]

I'm sure you know but you need building regs if you replace more than 50% of a thermal element i.e. roof under part L.

[@peterpeterson9903]

Yeah, I am sure he will rush out and let them know! Building Control are another useless workshy department of the local authority who should be treated with complete contempt.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Yes, although we have already done the thermal part of the roof, they are out to check the work as I go.

[@coleve8596]

Your rafters are really have little depth. They are dimensioned as you would expect a prefabricated roof truss to be made where they rely on the triangular structure for strength integrity. They should have had a minimum of 145mm for that span. I would advise you sheet the rafters with18mm structural ply or at least sterling board then your tyvek sheet and start with vertical batons followed by horizontal tile/slate Batons.

[@coleve8596]

Dogs Bollocks the reason I offered advise is the type of slate originally used is light weight, but he talked about tiling the roof which would increase the load exponentially, especially if he used concrete tiles. My advise is based on established construction values. I’m not sure where your advise originates

[@carlossantos1267]

@@coleve8596 Think he's going to be using Spanish slates, not tiles.

[@LBBATHROOMSANDRENOVATIONS]

Where do you live? I'm in Edinburgh and it was balltic the day

[@FruitandNutcaseOK]

He is in the Bristol area I believe

[@LBBATHROOMSANDRENOVATIONS]

@@FruitandNutcaseOK i need to move

[@FruitandNutcaseOK]

I am in Kent and it was hot here too but the next day was a massive drop in temperature

[@silversteel6312]

COVID in your voice......🤔

[@lbh002]

Slate.

[@thejourney6369]

I don't understand why you don't give more details in your videos its fine for people who already known most for what you're doing anyways. Just a shame not more informative for the rest.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

What more do you need?

[@thejourney6369]

@@TheRestorationCouple I find your videos great just sometimes lacking in detail aimed for people with more skills than the average DIY person.

[@mmack3286]

When your finished with the screwfix tool return after used and say it was broken and you will get a refund!

[@peterpeterson9903]

People like you drive up prices and cost the system! You will be too obvious to see that though.

[@patrickcowley6257]

Do you have a construction background 👍