Pear projectile proof pitched parapets

One thing stands between me and having a workshop again, the destructive power of pears. And a large amount of other things, but mostly pears.

They've punched through the roof, scattered pears inside, rolled more off the roof coating the garden. The previous occupier tells me they are delicious if you catch them but I've had to take his word for it.

The two roofing materials I'm familiar with and am so far doing after a coin flip (after attacking the tree with a polsesaw) are:

Re roof with slate. Future maintenance possibly infinite. Somewhat laborious to install

Re roof with corrugated iron. Maintenance free. Cheap and easy. Not original if not ugly. The roof continues the the neighbours outhouse and I don't know how that boundary line will work out yet.

Could anyone chip in with their experience with other roofing materials. Ballistic properties and aesthetics aren't a common combination but I'm hoping to find such a thing

cut the tree down!

Once the tree is down, you may experience some ground "heave"

But at the very least, SEVERE pruning!

Lets hope that no one has put a preservation order on it, or you'll have reams of paperwork to complete before you dare lay a hand on it.

A good slate roof might be expensive but shoud be long lasting.

The house in which I grew up had a slate roof dating from 1923, (before my time! ) but had caused no problems when I left it in 1958, nor for a cpouple of years after when my parents moved away.

Our present house has a tiled roof, trouble free so far, for fifty years.

Rather than corrugated iron, something like Kingspan would be a good roof, and provide insulation, as a benefit.

HTH

Howard..

Ah well at least part of the rear of the outhouse doubles as the retaining wall for the rear neighbours garden. Save the roof, blow a hole in the side of the building, what a life.

To avoid inter neighboural disputes ending in my tragic loss to a drive by shooting, pruning can only go so far as about the boundary line. Which will leave a very lopsided tree and a brief respite before the branches start encroaching again.

have a look at some of the man made slate, the Redland interlocking ones look good and are easy to fix. Another option is the lengths of metal roof tiles such as these again easy to fit and won't crack but still look the part, I have them on my conservatory and they make it useable all year round unlike the old twin wall polycarb (there is kingspan under them

Wait a minute. Is this the neighbour's tree?

If so, talk to them (after getting better advice than you are likely to get from a public forum). They are liable for damage to your property caused by the tree...

At the very least you should chuck the pears back.

;O)