In order for the repair of the roof to be made successfully, and you do not get any injuries in the process of repair work, you must carefully prepare in advance. First, take care of your safety, especially when repairing plain and gable roofs.
It is best to insure yourself with an climbing strapping. In the event that the roof is flat, then it is worth taking care only about where you will store the entire tool so that you do not have to go down repeatedly. After all the preparations, you can start directly to repair.
Roof repair, covered with slate, very fragile material, is to close damage with a cement mortar. It should consist of two parts: small sand and one part of cement. Before work with the mixture received, clean the roof of garbage, after you can start repairing. When repairing the roof, you can use materials from the UTA waterproofing category, you can find the entire assortment on a specialized site.
If cracks have formed on the roof, in addition to the solution, you can use butyl tape tape. Its upper surface consists of non -woven material, and therefore it is very practical, because you can paint it in the color of the roof. Working with the tape is very simple, first of all, clean the treated damaged surface with alcohol or gasoline and with just one movement, removing the protective paper, stick the tape on the crack.
The tape should be glued with gaps about 5 cm. And you can get rid of damage that are obtained after the nails holding the slate begin to rust, you can, covering them with olifa or oil paint. In addition, in stores today there is a huge selection of varnishes and colors.