You do not want these nails to stay on the roof nor do you want to leave them scattered around your yard.
How to remove roof slates.
Cutting sculping splitting trimming and hole punching.
Removing shingles involves moving nails.
Tossing the shingles safely is actually an important step in removing slate shingles.
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.
In the manufacturing process large irregular blocks taken from the quarry are first cut with a saw across the grain in sections slightly longer than the length of the finished roofing slate.
Use heavy rubber gloves to scoop up material in areas you can safely reach.