Today was one of those memorable days of the construction: the first slate was laid on the roof 🙂

If a slate roof is well made, it will last over 150 years. Traditionally, the wooden roof structure or the wall structure will require repairs before the roof does.

As for the slates per se, they can last almost for ever. The slates we are using on the roof were recycled from an old farm whose roof was ‘de-slated’ to be re-laid using tiles. Unfortunately, slate roofs are very expensive to make these days and there is still very little subsidies available to help owners maintain this type of architecture.

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