Edinburgh, small slate repairs
Small slipped slate repairs, done properly
Slipped Slates Edinburgh exists for one job: fixing slipped, cracked, and displaced slates on Edinburgh roofs before they let water in. That is a job many larger roofing firms will not take on, because a couple of slates is not enough work to justify sending out a full crew and a full scaffold. It is exactly the job we specialise in.
We work on tenement roofs, New Town townhouses, Old Town closes, and ordinary suburban roofs across the city, wherever a small area of slate has come loose and needs putting right by someone who understands how a traditional slate roof is built.
Email us photos of the roof and what floor it’s on, or how many levels up it is, and we’ll tell you what we need to give you a price.
Roofing Guides
Practical, plain language answers to the questions homeowners ask about slate roofs, written for Edinburgh’s stock of tenements, townhouses, and traditional buildings.
Landlord Guide
A separate section for landlords and tenants on roof repair obligations, damp, and heritage funding, with links to the official sources behind each claim.
Roofing Guides
Sixteen guides covering cost, lifespan, permissions, technical detail, and the history of slate roofing in Edinburgh.
Cost Guide
What actually drives the cost of a small slate repair, and why it varies from roof to roof.
Read the guideWill It Leak?
How to tell whether a slipped slate is likely to let water in, and how urgent it really is.
Read the guideWhy Small Jobs Get Turned Down
Why many bigger roofing firms turn away small slate jobs, and why we specialise in them.
Read the guideSlate Roof Lifespan
How long a well maintained Scottish slate roof can be expected to last.
Read the guidePlanning and Listed Building Rules
When listed building consent or conservation area rules apply to a slate repair.
Read the guideSlate Costs and Coverage
How slate is measured, sold, and laid, and what that means for a small repair.
Read the guideTechnical Reference
Slate sizes, fixings, coursing and terminology explained in plain language.
Read the guideHistory of Scottish Slate
Where Scotland’s slate came from, and why it still shapes the city’s skyline.
Read the guideSarking and Ventilation
What sarking is, why it matters, and how ventilation affects a slate roof’s health.
Read the guideLead Flashing
Why lead flashing fails around chimneys and dormers, and what a small repair can and can’t fix.
Read the guideWhere Slate Comes From
Where slate for repairs comes from today, and why matching is not always simple.
Read the guideTenement Shared Repairs
How responsibility for a shared tenement roof is worked out under Scots law.
Read the guideSlate vs Alternatives
How natural slate compares with concrete tiles and synthetic alternatives.
Read the guideFull Roof Replacement
Why we do not carry out full re-roofs, and who we point you toward instead.
Read the guideEdinburgh Roof Standards
The conservation standards that shape roof repairs across Edinburgh.
Read the guideFor landlords and tenants
Landlord Guide
A dedicated section on landlord roof repair obligations, what to do about damp, and heritage grant funding for major repairs, each with links to the government, legal, and charity sources behind the claims.
Landlord Roof Obligations
What Scots law requires a landlord to do about a faulty roof, and what a tenant can do if they don’t.
Read the guideWet Patches and Damp Advice
Practical steps if you spot wet patches on a ceiling or in the corner of a room.
Read the guideHeritage Repair Grants
Grant funding that may be available for major repairs to historic Edinburgh buildings.
Read the guideBigger job? We’ll point you to someone good, honestly
Slipped Slates Edinburgh specialises only in small slipped and displaced slate repairs, the kind of job many larger roofing firms turn away because it is not worth mobilising a full crew and scaffold for. We do not carry out full roof replacements, large scale lead flashing renewal, or guttering work ourselves.
Where a property clearly needs one of those bigger jobs, we will tell you honestly, and where it is useful, point you toward a small number of trusted, time served tradespeople whose work we have seen firsthand and rate for its quality and its sympathetic use of traditional materials. We have no financial arrangement, commission, or referral fee with any of them. We mention their names because we trust the standard of the work, not because we are paid to.
Email us photos of the roof and what floor it’s on, or how many levels up it is, and we’ll tell you what we need to give you a price.
Email us about your roofThink you might have a slipped slate?
Email us photos of the roof and what floor it’s on, or how many levels up it is, and we’ll tell you what we need to give you a price.
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