Cost to repair cracked tiles?

[mick1970]

Hi
I am in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Any idea what would be a reasonable estimate to replace 2 cracked tiles on my roof. I’ve also asked to check the felt underlay underneath . House is a bungalow so not working at massive height but scaffolding is seemingly required. £700 + VAT?

Thanks
Mick

 

[Alastairreid]

Get another couple of quotes.
Some companies use scaffold for every job working at height..smaller 1 man bands not so much, a couple of tiles on a bungalow would not be anything near the £700 mark..couple of hundred where I am at most.
Why do you need your underfelt checked?

 

[mick1970]

The trigger was water coming through a ceiling , I was able to get to the ingress point by taking out some insulation , there was a rip in the felt that the water was getting through. I’ve patched that myself on the inside for now. I’m a bit paranoid about the state of the roof , last owners did very little maintenance, we had to have the ridge line remortared last Sep as that was crumbing so water may have been getting in for a while (but running down the felt / celotex.hence suggestion to have a look while they have tiles lifted. I forgot to mention the job involves replacement of a ridge tile as well - I managed to get up there and patch it as a quick fix but needs properly done

 

[Alastairreid]

Even with a ridge tile it is still a bit steep.
Keep your roof maintained and it will not matter about the underfelt.

 

[Wayners]

Scaffold for 2 tiles?
Need to find tiles and swap which is 10min job.
£100 Ish with a roof check

 

[Alastairreid]

Scaffold for 2 tiles?
Need to find tiles and swap which is 10min job.
£100 Ish with a roof check

A tower which takes 10min to build then charge £700.

 

[Wayners]

It's a bungalow.
I'd use a ladder and stay.

Recently I seen a cherry picker used on a bungalow. Guy jumper off and run around roof.
I can't understand the logic other than the company policy.

Local roofer will use ladder or other imo. Be up on roof in minutes.

Anyway. Agr tower takes 5 mins to put up. Rapid. Really clever making other tower designs obsolete

 

[mick1970]

Thanks all . I think I will shop around for some alternatives!

 

[johnny2007]

Roof ladder and 10 minutes =£100 at most, just for the trouble of getting up there.

 

[datarebal]

Post a picture ..

 

[mick1970]

Two tiles marked, ridge tile is in line with these

 

[datarebal]

tell them to jog on.
The tiles will need to come from a reclamation yard, ebay "Somerset Interlocking Clay Tiles" they wont be easy to come across.

to replace 10 - 15 minutes

 

[mick1970]

Thanks - I’ve inherited about 15 spare and picked up another 25 last weekend from a house rebuild in Reading via eBay. The roofers on the last job said they’d never seen them before

 

[noseall]

Thanks - I’ve inherited about 15 spare and picked up another 25 last weekend from a house rebuild in Reading via eBay. The roofers on the last job said they’d never seen them before

Me neither.

Datarebal is your man!