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Slate patching, gutter cleaning, and downpipe unblocking. General, and much needed, maintenance work.
Maintenance on a castle roof
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Smashed up area of roof fixed
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This area of roof was stuffed with rotten, cracked and broken Burlington slates.
A view of the area before work started.
Ripping out the old to replace with new.
This is how it looked after the work was completed.
Slate patching and gutter cleaning work
Abseil access saves a fortune on scaffold costs on jobs like this.
Cast iron gutter repairs, slate patching, and gutter cleaning – Edinburgh
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Most contractors use scaffold to repair / replace cast iron gutters, especially heavy Ogee gutters like these. We can do this work from rope access, without compromising the quality of the job.
The picture below shows the suspension system used to do the job.
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Patching a slate leak in a storm
A horrible day at work.
Doing urgent slate patching in pouring rain and gale force winds – necessary to stop a pretty severe leak.
