Working with roof tiles is a lot easier when you know a couple of basic tricks.
Removing roof tiles bottom.
Then use a brick trowel to lift up the broken over the baton underneath and slide it down and out.
Work your way through the top row of tiles weakening and pulling them.
See if the course above can be lifted a bit and then slid up under the tiles above.
This maneuver will help to remove the piles together with nails.
You may find that you need to go up a couple of rows to find an un nailed one then then work back down.
Removing tiles with adhesive if a roofing adhesive has been used to attach the tiles and the tiles will not lift up with just the crowbar apply a small amount of solvent to the underside of the tile with a paintbrush to loosen the glue and pry the tile away.
You can start anywhere but one end of the roof is best depending on which side the tile the nib is so that the tile just comes up without having to lift the adjacent one up first.
Once you have safely gotten to the broken tile you ll need to slightly lift the tiles that overlap the one to be removed.
In this type of work one row of tiles is not re nailed but its not a problem.
Next slide in the replacement tile under this tile and lower the other tile on top of it.
If you are planning of installing a copper roof over a tile roof then you should know that this job requires a lot of attention to details and also some basic skills for roofing.
Continue in this manner until you have removed all of the necessary tiles.
With the proper instructions and equipment you shouldn t have any problems.
If you do not have a scraper use a garden spade with a flat blade to hook the tiles underneath.
If they are all nailed then its a bit harder.
Removing tiles from a roof.
Remove the wooden wedge that you fitted earlier while keeping the tile that it was holding up still lifted with your hands.
Remove tiles from the roof ridge first.
Flip the top part of the ice and water barrier back over the bottom section the staples will easily pop out peel off the backing then set it back into place on the roof.
Move on to the next section of roof edge overlapping the vertical seams of the ice and water barrier by 6 in.
Do this using two pieces of timber to hold them up.
They re a hassle to get out.
This will expose the nail on the tile on the bottom row.
For just inserting the eaves tray you knock the second row up and remove the first.
Now gently pull this tile down until it rests securely on the hook at the bottom of the clip.
