Interesting. I was always told there was a clear difference. All the roofers I ever employed used slate if it was a natural product and tile for anything that was man made.
Itās bolted to the stone wall
Door will open (outwards) toward the stone wall which faces South. Given that it is lashing down at the moment I think Iāll make the door today, inside the workshop!
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I have never heard them called tiles either, they used to be known as āasbestosā slates until that was replaced with fibre cement for obvious reasons.
It may be that in the South there was no natural resource for slate and it was not used, so ātilesā became the norm.
Probably a cost thing - proper roofing slates are far more expensive than tiles.
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Thereās Delabole slates from Cornwall, thatās quite southerly 
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Pedant,
Being geographically part of the Metropolitan Elite you know that by South I mean the Home Counties 
There are 100s of thousands of homes it that London roofed in Welsh slate.
Trudat
Looking good Paul, have you got a triple course at the eaves? Itās hard to tell from the pic.
Double course, like this
Nice job 
From what very little I know about roofsā¦ with such a low pitch you need a good overlap.
Andā¦Iām spent.
160mm lap
Which is more than the recommended minimum for a 22.5 deg roof
Only a foolish man would think you hadnāt already thought of all this.
I was just throwing the one thing I know about roofs out there 
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One side done. Iām too old and unfit to be climbing about on a roof! Trouble is, the other side is a pig to access. Iāve made a little roof ladder to help, but not looking forward to it.
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Be brave 
Does the racket play an important role?
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Indeed, itās for Lou to propel the ball down the road for the dogs to chase. She canāt throw it unfortunately.
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