Take the tour ×  I am watching a TV program where they are
restoring a ruin into a cottage. One thing that left me aghast
is the fact that the roof was made with flat, very heavy stone
tiles. Ater they rebuild the roof frame with wood, they put the
tiles back on the wood by drilling the tiles and using a long
nail down through the wood. It's just a matter of time that the
nice british weather promotes rust on the nails and a 50 kg tile
slides down to kill the poor chap walking by.  I have no
knowledge of roof restoration, even less with such unusual
tiling, but what is the proper procedure to fasten them without
breeding disaster ?  share|improve this question add comment  2
Answers  up vote 3 down vote accepted  You can buy special metal
brackets for roof tiles:   Most of the roofs I have seen have
used nails, and only in certain places, relying for the most
part on the friction and weight of the roof tiles to hold them
in place. Whether brackets are required depends on wind speed,
wind direction, subroof ty