Tossing the shingles safely is actually an important step in removing slate shingles.
How to remove roof slates.
You do not want these nails to stay on the roof nor do you want to leave them scattered around your yard.
If you are working on a large roofing project place a dumpster on the side of your house and toss all nails and shingles into this receptacle.
How to remove slate roofing for repairs using a slate ripper.
A vinyl leaf rake can clean harder to reach spots.
Limit cleaning to removing organic debris and delaminated slate flakes from valleys snow guards gutters and the area behind the chimney.
Cutting sculping splitting trimming and hole punching.
When removing slates from old roofs quite often the slating lath or batten has become dry and brittle over time this makes it very easy to break when using a slate ripper to pull a slate out or chop the nails fixing the slates.
Removing shingles involves moving nails.