Roof questions

[m0t]

A 'roofer' just knocked on the door to tell me I had big gaps around my ridge tiles, to be fair he is right.

My roof seems to have sagged a little creating holes - a lintel above a door was taken out and everything seems to have spread a little (the fascia's have been pushed out a cm in this area). We had a lintel reinserted but haven't done anything to correct the movement in the roof (I assume this will be big ££).

Separately we have a few small leaks in the roof. We can't see from outside how the water is getting in but much of the roof is missing felt.

I suppose my questions are:
How much of a problem are the gaps around the roof tiles? How much to put right?

Presumably to correct the movement we would need to take the tiles off and reset the beams (from inside the roof you can see the structure has moved quite a bit and doesn't seem to fully contact the wall any more). It appears to have been like this for a while (and from a number of the houses round here is a common problem). Do I need to be worried?

Some photos below, thanks in advance for any help.

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• m0t
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[freddiemercurystwin]

Got some better photos of these perceived (or otherwise) problems? Inside and outside.

BEWARE OF ANY 'ROOFER' KNOCKING ON THE DOOR!!!!!!

I'd wager he lives in a caravan!

 

[m0t]

I won't but anything from anyone coming to the door, although this chap was in a marked van and a professional at of business cards.

I'll get some more photos.

 

[geraldthehamster]

I won't but anything from anyone coming to the door, although this chap was in a marked van and a professional at of business cards.

"A professional at of business cards"?

Plenty of people who live in caravans drive marked vans for work. Not that there's anything wrong in living in a caravan.

Cheers
Richard

 

[m0t]

I got auto corrected, it should have said set of business cards (not that it rules out the caravan club).

 

[Nige F]

Here in Sussex I've seen travellers vans that are works of art with wrapping to rival SKY vans another favourite of theirs is a fake Motorway Maintenance truck and wearing Hi Viz.

 

[geraldthehamster]

Here in Sussex I've seen travellers vans that are works of art with wrapping to rival SKY vans another favourite of theirs is a fake Motorway Maintenance truck and wearing Hi Viz.

Why would it be fake?

 

[Mw Roofline]

Here in Sussex I've seen travellers vans that are works of art with wrapping to rival SKY vans another favourite of theirs is a fake Motorway Maintenance truck and wearing Hi Viz.

Why would it be fake?

Because they aren't real

 

[geraldthehamster]

Because they aren't real

Who the hell is going to go to the trouble of faking motorway maintenance signs on a van? Where would that get you access to, apart from a motorway?

Reminds me of the sketch in "Alas Smith & Jones", where they're sitting outside a house, in a van marked "MI5 Undercover Surveillance"

Cheers
Richard

 

[m0t]

I suppose it could be so they look less suspicious when parked at the side of the road pulling up all the copper cables?

 

[adamcrag]

Now, you need to be more careful...

Greetings! good luck.
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