Advice on roofing

[SzSteve]

Good evening all

I have moved into a new build and I ended up in the attic space looking for the aerial lead.

Looking at one side of the attic roof all was dark (as I would normally expect) but looking on the opposite side I was surprised to see the top third also dark, but the two-thirds below it was able to see light through..... not straight daylight but light as if looking at the sunshine through a sheet of paper.

I'm not an expert but to me this doesn't seem right, as if a membrane or something is missing. I'm hoping that somebody here with more knowledge can advise if this is normal or, if not, what is likely to be the issue.

I have attached a picture below

Many thanks in advance for any assistance or advice anyone can give

Cheers

Steve

 

[Alastairreid]

Different type of felt.
top looks like type 1f non breathable tar felt.

 

[catlad]

Has it got solar panels on ?

 

[SzSteve]

Has it got solar panels on ?

No, no solar panels. From the outside the area that light can be seen looks the same as that above that can't.

 

[SzSteve]

Different type of felt.
top looks like type 1f non breathable tar felt.

Wouldn't you use the same over the whole roof?

 

[datarebal]

Looks like tiles missing.
The battens are showing through but light showing in between..
Looks like half the roof .
Get some pictures from outside.
Possibly a few unfitted ones left up there too

 

[SzSteve]

Looks like tiles missing.
The battens are showing through but light showing in between..
Looks like half the roof .
Get some pictures from outside.
Possibly a few loose ones left up there too

As far as I can tell all appears as it should be, certainly to me no tiles missing.

 

[datarebal]

When was the picture taken?
The outside picture shows approx 10 courses at the bottom of the roof a slightly different shade.
Internal shows approx 10 battens showing.
Perfectly possibly to fill in the bottom after the top.
With tiles on virtually no light would show

 

[SzSteve]

When was the picture taken?
The outside picture shows approx 10 courses at the bottom of the roof a slightly different shade.
Internal shows approx 10 battens showing.
Perfectly possibly to fill in the bottom after the top.
With tiles on virtually no light would show

Once I noted the (what I perceived) issue I went outside and launched the drone within an hour, so to all intents they were taken at the same time.

 

[datarebal]

Oh right

 

[catlad]

It's probably as Alistair says a different felt but it does look like too much light!

 

[^woody^]

Different felt, slight camber in the tiles and the sun seems to be direct and low enough to be shining through the gaps.

Other than that, a portal to another realm.

 

[SzSteve]

Different felt, slight camber in the tiles and the sun seems to be direct and low enough to be shining through the gaps.

Other than that, a portal to another realm.

If you look at the shadows being cast, the sun was very high, so I'll go with the portal theory