roofing

Hi all, I hope all is good with everyone. Looking for some advice, as the extension we build to give our child his own room has sadly been hit with some cowboy builders. (We got references, recommendations, saw their previous work and they were not cheap) In a nut shell they have built the...

Hi - this is my first post here and I was hoping someone could advise. I have recently moved into a 3 bed semi detached dating from the 1930's, the house is slated in good quality Welsh slates but had no 'breathable' membrane. We have just had the slates removed, a membrane fitted...

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Hi, I am in the process of planning the fitting of a ceiling mounted disabled lifting hoist and the room it is going in has a ceiling constructed of only 3 x 2 timbers on the rear addition of a Victorian house with a pitched red concrete tiled roof above. I need to create some additional support...

Hi all, I have recently installed a warm GRP flat roof on my extension, the roof is 90m² with a parapet wall all the way around and and a hidden box gutter built in and two 3000mm x 1000mm flat roof. Due to the size of the roof, a few fiddly details and doing it on my own i have had to do the...

Hi, I live in 1920's terraced house with gable roof. I've just finished reproofing the back of my house (garden side) using the mix old plain concrete tiles (cleaned thoroughly) and lots of new ones as well. I've used old tiles purely due to lack of funds and also Covid closures meant...

My 1st post hopefully I've done this correctly: Just had roof, chimney, soffits & fascias done. 1. I informed the NFRC roofing contractor when he did site survey that surveyor said soffits could be Asbestos Cement (house built 1970) - roofer said he'd need to get them tested. 2. Roof work...

Hi, For the past few months I've noticed a leak in the roof causing water to drip down the outside of the chimney on one side of the loft. I had someone come to fix it and he replaced the lead flashing at the back of the chimney. It didn't work however and the water continued to leak through as...

Hi, We live in an old Victorian terrace from about 1870, the roof is mainly original with slates but no underfelt. At some point someone has put mortar under the tiles (not sure if this is usual). There were a few gaps with daylight showing here and there but mainly fine, especially on the...

hi, With the current downpours my bay window roof is leaking. I noticed the dead end of the gutter looked dropped so I propped it up, but its still leaking. Theres maybe 1 and 1/2 inch gap under the gutter,looks like just plywood under there, I wonder if thats the problem, or something else ...

Hi all. Im planning on building a summer house at the bottom of the garden but it’s going to be quite large approx 7m wide x 5m deep. An the wife has now decided that she wants a apex tiled roof on top. I was just wondering would this be possible on a timber frame an if so what timber would be...

Hi, This is my first time here and being a homeowner and not a builder/roofer go easy on me! We have an adjoining parapet wall on a groundfloor extension which is leaking damp through the wall just below the ceiling, with signs of previous damp all along the wall. Pic 1 &2. From the outside...

For the past 2 months there has been water leaking into the corner of my front bay window through a bracket installed for blinds, the bay window is covered by a pre-made fibre glass flat roof. The slow dripping gets worse when it rains then slows down and eventually stops about 2 days after it...

Hi, I had a look in the loft and there is condensation above the loft hatch, is that likely to be just because there’s no insulation on it ? Also I noticed some white stuff behind the tiles , not sure what it is ? There’s also I nsulation stuffed down the eaves which I guess is a good thing ...

Hi I am looking around at various roofing ideas and stumbled across Britmet tiles, they claim to be able to be used on roof pitches 5 and above. Doesn't this go against building regulations? https://www.britmet.co.uk/lean-to.asp Thanks Nick

Ive had a quote to replace lead which is between the house and a flat fibreglass roof (which is also a fairly large balcony area). The original lead, I am told, was installed wrong, as it wasnt split in to sections to allow thermal expansion and contraction, so it has split. It also seems to...

I appreciate things are hard to explain without pics but here goes. I have a square house with an attached square garage (just say it is the same size as the house) but this is set forward of the house by around 2 metres. I am building a small extension to the rear of the garage so back of house...

hi looking for some advice would anyone happen to know the growing rate per m2 for applying the liquid I've been given a price of £23 a m2 but have been told this is low so before agreeing would like some more advice Thanks

Hi all, newbie here. About to try my hand at some roofing on a new shed. Wanting it to look good and last forever, I have gone for 600x300 fibre cement slates. Perhaps I am going mad, but I cannot for the life of me find a supplier of Slate-and-a-half slates to use on the verges. They all seem...

This flat top roof porch was installed by a cowboy leaving exposed timber to the elements. I want to reroof it. What is the easiest way to do this without the use of a blow torch?!