Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles.
Removing old roof slates.
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Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels.
The process for removing a slate roof resembles removing any kind of roof.
Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners.
It doesn t matter where you start or stop.
Use heavy rubber gloves to scoop up material in areas you can safely reach.
Each of these stages requires different resources and involves its own kinds of costs.
When removing slates from old roofs quite often the slating lath or batten has become dry and brittle over time this makes it very easy to break when using a slate ripper to pull a slate out or chop the nails fixing the slates.