COMPARATIVE COST OF ROOF COVERINGS OUT OF DATE BUT RELEVANT AS A PERCENTAGE TODAY 

lst  January, 1988.

								 Annual		Annual		Total
				Constrn	 	  Life		Renewal	maint'		Cost
				Cost		  Span	     	   Cost    		Cost		per year
Type of Covering		£/sq m	          Years    	             £/sq m		£/sq m		£/sq. m

Corrugated Asbestos Sheets
no felt				12.00		20		.60		.24		.84 

Concrete Interlocking Tiles
on battens on felt		13.00	`	50		.26		.13	.	.39 

Concrete Pantiles
on battens on felt		13.50		50	.	.27		.14		.41 

Clay Pantiles
on battens on felt		20.00		70		.29		.20		.49 

Cambrian interlocking Slates
on battens on felt		25.50		30		.85		.26		1.11 

Asbestos Slates
on battens on felt		26.00		30		.87		.13		1.00 

Cedar Shingles
no felt				27.00		20		1.35		.13		1.48

Concrete Plain Tiles
on Battens on felt		27.50		30		.92		.28		1.19

Sheet Nuralite			28.00		30		.93		.10		1.03

Double skinned, insulated
troughed asbestos sheet	34.00		30		1.13		.10		1.23 

Iberian Natural slates
on battens on felt		51.50		70		.74		.26		1.00 

Wheat Reed Thatch		52.50		35		1.50		.26		1.76

Stone slating
on battens on felt		60.00		70		.86		.30		1.16 

Water Reed Thatch		60.00		60		1.00		.50	    		1.50

Welsh slates, good quality
on battens on felt		63.00		70		.90		.31		1.21 

Westmoreland or Delabole 
Slates on batten on felt		110.00           	70            	1.57            	 .55       	2.12 

Difficult to price thatch  2005 - 06 price should be £90 - 110 £/sq m depending on geographical area, The

complexity of the roof and materials used (Long Straw, Combed Wheat, and Norfolk Reed are for the purpose

 of this  are priced at the same rate)