I am installing old traditional scallop shaped slates on my shed. I have done the same on my house and on my garage. The slates was fabricated 120 years ago, and they have already been used once. The buildings they originally was installed on are now gone, but the roofing tiles made from Quartzite are still good as new (almost).

This stone was formed by nature itself around 800 million years ago, in the time period called late Precambrian era. This stone type is known to be one of the most durable roofing tiles you can get.

The stone tiles are fabricated by the company: Altaskifer, located near the city Alta here in Norway, and this company is still going strong!

As mentioned, this is the third roof I put on this type of slates. I hope you can pick up some tips and tricks on how to do it from watching this video.

00:00 - Intro
00:22 - The Slates
01:29 - Preparations
02:48 - The Alternative method
03:44 - The first row
04:57 - The second row
05:11 - Snow guard
07:03 - The frame method
08:15 - Thord row
09:14 - Rest of the rows
10:04 - The finishing touch
13:46 - The surprise
15:38 - Outro

Thanks to Altaskifer for the permission to use photos and video clips from their web pages and their YouTube channel:
* https://www.altaskifer.com/en
*    / @altaskifer6321  

Music:

"Venice Beach" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena

"Hat the Jazz" by Twin Musicom - licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license:
* https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
* Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/289/h...
* Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org

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