Slate re-roofing in New Quay

Slate on the terraces, often with the roofs of one house running into the next, and the steepness of the streets makes scaffolding the first question on every job. A slate roof in New Quay that has lasted this long has not failed; its nails and battens have. Re-slating puts the same covering back on new fixings, and we put you in touch with a New Quay roofer who does it properly.

Re-slating a New Quay roof

Grading the originals

Every slate comes off and is tapped. Sound Welsh slate is re-laid on the front elevation; delaminated slate goes. On a typical older New Quay house a third to a half comes back.

Matching the new

New Welsh slate matches the originals and is what the conservation officer expects where there is one. Spanish slate is the cheaper option on the back or on a house outside the constraints, and the roofer should show you both.

Fixings and coursing

Copper or stainless nails, battens gauged to each course, and the diminishing coursing kept where the roof has it.

Exposure in New Quay

It faces the bay and the dolphins, and it also faces every gale that comes in off it; the harbour wall takes the worst but the upper terraces still lose slates. BS 5534 sets the headlap and fixings by exposure, and New Quay sits in a demanding category, so ask the roofer what they have specified.

Slate and the planning position

The village centre is a conservation area and a Site of Special Scientific Interest runs along the cliffs.

How it works

Tell us the street, the age of the house and what the roof is doing. We pass it to one roofer who re-slates in New Quay and around Cross Inn, Llanarth, Cwmtydu, Gilfachreda, and they visit and quote. Free to use, no obligation.