Roof slate arrangements

A roof arrangement comprising:

• a. a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel adjacent battens arranged on increasing higher levels;
• b. a plurality of rows of roof slates supported on the battens, each slate having a lower end and an upper end;
• c. each row of roof slates comprising a plurality of adjacently arranged slates, a gap being defined between two adjacent slates;
• d. the slates of one row of slates being off-set relative to the slates of an adjacent next row of slates;
• e. a support strip located below the gap between two adjacent slates and extending laterally beyond the gap to a location underneath the two slates defining the gap, and further extending from one batten to a next higher batten;
• f. a waterproof strip extending below a row of slates from close to the lower end of the slates of said row of slates and being bent over the upper end of the slates of said row of slates to rest on to the upper end of the said row of slates;
• g. first attachment means passing through each slate near its upper end and through the waterproof strip below the slate into a batten located below the slate;
• and
• h. second attachment means passing through each slate near its lower end and through the support strip located below said slate.