Flat roof edging worry

[MogMogz]

Hello, I have recently had some work carried out to an outbuilding at my new property and I have some concerns over the finish on the edging.

I have a background in building insurance so I am constantly seeing failed flat roofs and this has a few alarm bells ringing.

The exposed nails on the top layer worry me as i am expecting thermal movement to cause the seal around the nail to move/fail. I would have expected this layer to be bonded without roofing tacks on display?

Secondly as you can see from the photos the sheet doesn't seems fully bonded down to the edge. To my knowledge the adhesive should be applied all the way to the edge to stop any chance or wind or rain penetrating and causing damage?

Id like a second opinion to see if its just me being a little too paranoid.

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• MogMogz
• 26 Oct 2014
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• MogMogz
• 26 Oct 2014
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• MogMogz
• 26 Oct 2014
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[Mw Roofline]

When is he going to finish it?

 

[MogMogz]

This is it finished according to the roofer. This is how it is meant to be.

 

[foxhole]

Shoddy , even for a garden shed.

 

[sully72]

My god that's shed felt isn't it? proper rough!

 

[Alastairreid]

Its supposed to be torch on felt.

Hope you havent paid for that.

 

[Mw Roofline]

Take a pic of the roof in general, not zoomed in.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

If you are in the Building insurance game and have seen your share of faulty rooves, why are you on here asking?

 

[MogMogz]

most of the flat roofs I see as part of my work have failed due to age related wear and tear, don't see many due to initial faulty workmanship. So i usually only see the end result when its all falling apart rather than how it was to start with.

Thanks for the responses, it has given me the confidence I needed to complain and know i wasn't making a fuss over nothing. The roofer has now returned and resealed the roof properly to a standard i am happy with

 

[catlad]

Hmmm I should wait till its had a good downpour before parting with any money.