On Jun 26, 4:48*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
On 26/06/11 09:42, wrote:



On Jun 25, 8:14 pm, "george
wrote:
Instead of faffing arou7nd with skylights and flashing
why cant I use glass or perspex slates
the same size as the existing slates?

Could I cut down scrap car windows?

Has this already been done, with success or failure?

[g]

Is this your house or an (unheated) outbuilding?

Remember how slates are laid in overlap - the result is 2 slates
thick. So you will have a crud-collection space between the layers.

Yes, it'd be worse than a greenhouse cos of the gap,
it would go green, and hold dampness except on days like this,
and be impossible to clean.

drat.

[g]

Not impossible in the least. You'd need a thin flat cleaning device,
just poke it between the glass slates from the inside. But its never
going to look nice & clean.


NT