roof

Hello all, I've taken a photo of my roof after hearing the slates rattling in the high winds whilst I was in the attic earlier tonight. There's no leaks in the attic. Is it normal for a slate roof to look like this? Or does the roof need repairing/replacing? Any advice is greatly appreciated...

Hello! DIyer here.. however this job seems beyond me.. I'd really appreciate some opinions on what you guys think would be a reasonable solution - some context/knowledge/insight, before I'm swamped in quotes. Or in the event I decide to do it myself. This is my mum's house, and the diagonal...

I just bought a terraced house and noticed a huge person size whole in the gable party wall. From reading around I understand that this should be bricked up to the rafters. Do i need to agree a party wall award to do this? Is there any specific requirement about how close to the rafter is has...

Hi there. Can anyone give me any tips on installing Rounded Ridge tiles to my new build please? I've heard that its better to use sharp sand. Can anyone confirm the mortar mix ratio and any additives? How do you pack underneath the gaps/joins to ensure mortar doesn't drop endlessly onto the...

This is a general question to get a better understanding behind the reasons of doing something a certain way. I am researching building a office in the garden and have been reading up and looking at videos on the process. In almost all cases, the base is built based on the required...

Hi all, we are planning on adding a pitched roof to an extension we want to build with Marley concrete tiles on it and two roof lights in it. The total span will be about 5.5 metres. 31 degrees pitch. Which leaves the rafters length at 3430mm and the rise 1646mm What I wanted to ask is if we...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and would massively appreciate any comments. Recently I had a dry ridge system fitted to roof hips and ridges. As I look at it the ridge tiles now look wonky and out of line rather than a smooth continuous run (like when they were cemented down) It's late so I'm...

Hi, In the last year we moved into a 1960s semi detached. The house has a chimney stack which is no longer in use but, from what I can see, has no vents. Over winter, we had some issues with condensation, one of which was on the chimney stack itself (see pictures, darker discolouring due to a...

I'd like to add a couple of roof windows to the pitched roof above our kitchen to let more light in, as well as a window on the external wall but that is more straightforward. The kitchen is a combination of an old off-shot kitchen (half the width) plus a later (but still old) addition to make...

Hello! I have a bowing roof on a mid terrace. The 4 purlins at some point in the past have had supports removed along the length and have rotated slightly and bowed. Ive had an engineer round who has provided the spec for steels to replace them with, although it's suggested leaving the purlin in...

Hi, first time poster here and sorry this is a bit of a long one. We have rusty reddish coloured marks coming through on a bedroom ceiling, in the corner nearest to the guttering. See photo. The same thing happened in May last year and the roofer we used fixed it by installing new lead...

We're in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian/Edwardian (estimated at 1900) house and have just received our Home Buyer's Survey. Unsurprisingly, given the age of the property, it gives the impression the place is about to fall down! Most of the issues are things you'd expect of a...

Good evening, I have recently moved into a 1960s bungalow with a dormer. We started to get leaks in the living room after a couple of weeks of moving in. You can clearly see the history of botch jobs to hide the leaks and damage to the ceiling boards. The finlock guttering sags outside the...

Hello, I recently moved into a house and there’s water leaking from the point where the roof meets the chimney breast. I’ve put a bucket down which has caught some water. The roof was completely redone 2 years ago because of the leak, the outside chimney stack and flashings have also been...

Had a new roof done and I'm a little concerned as to the standard of finish. Is this normal!? New home owner and first time employing a roofer, so Im not sure what it should look like, flashing and pointing wise.

Hello everyone, I have just started a new job in the commercial and industrial roofing sector, as a trainee estimator, are there any commercial/industrial roofers on here that would mind answering a few questions of mine please?

This is a section of my flat roof extension. The top rafters simply support a suspended ceiling below the original ceiling. The bottom ones are only approx. 500mm short and are placed inside the RSJ that supports the building and connected to the frame that supports the roof light, I cannot...

Our Victorian property has a flat roof side extension for the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is in part under the original property and in part under the flat roof. A long RSJ props up the original wall of the house. We are going to fit a ceiling extractor above a new kitchen island. The...

Any views on this mechanism of insulating conservatory roof? Have been looking at replacement roof but perhaps this may be more economical? What are the disadvantages? https://www.insul-8.co.uk/

Hi there, I had my roof done last year and chimney flashing replaced on both sides - the house is a terraced and our neighbours had theirs done at the same time. We have leaks coming in from the corners of the room (it’s an attic bedroom) also - there’s an unused fireplace with a lot of grit...