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Roof Slating and Tiling
Frank Bennett and Alfred Pinion

Hardback £46.00 $92.00

Publication date 2000

384 pages

ISBN 978 1 873394 46 5

	UK and Rest of World
	US only

This is a facsimile of the 1948 edition Bennett and Pinion’s classic work, first published in 1935. It provides an invaluable source of information on the various types of roof coverings that were traditionally used such as slates, clay tiles and shingles, and includes basic aspects such as sorting and holing slates through to more complex details such as random, diminishing slating and the tiling of swept and laced valleys.

Introduction to the 2000 edition
Click here to read the new introduction by Richard Jordan and Tim Ratcliffe.

Contents:

Roof covering v Slates and their characteristics v How a simple roof is slated v Groundwork v Slating generally v Manufacture and characteristics of roofing tiles v Plain tiling v Tile and slate hanging v Single-lap tiling v Special roofing v Stone slating v Roofing with wood shingles v Quantities v Roof repairs v Other uses of tiles v Estimating, measuring and pricing v Slating and tiling in Scotland.

Read the new introduction by Richard Jordan and Tim Ratcliffe.

The authors:

Roof Slating and Tiling was jointly written by Frank Bennett (architect) and Alfred Pinion (roofing contractor), and first published by Caxton in 1935.

From the reviews:

For those seeking more information on traditional roofing it is marvellous to have this book in print again.

RICS Building Conservation Journal

… a hands-on book aimed primarily at roofers who wanted to broaden their skills, well illustrated and laid out, full of detail and examples, and written with an engaging enthusiasm. … a minor classic

Journal of Architectural Conservation

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Roof Slating and Tiling Frank Bennett and Alfred Pinion

Read the new introduction by Richard Jordan and Tim Ratcliffe.

Roof Slating and Tiling
Frank Bennett and Alfred Pinion