Hi All, have done a fair bit of research and observations on my roof but could do with some guidance at this stage.
Pointing is being done on the house and scaffold is up. I seized the opportunity to spend time near the gutter when it rains and unfortunately I noticed that quite some water is getting behind the gutter, on the fascia board, on onto the brick work, falling on window sills below. The gutter is too far from the slates, particularly at one spot.
We are looking to overclad the fascia board for a long term low maintenance solution (no need to repaint, wooden fascia protected from elements). This means more water will fall behind the gutter if nothing is done because the gutter will be even further away from the slates (about 1 cm).
Had 5 roofers come around for quotes and they all said they would slide eaves tray under tiles and above the batten. One roofer also mentioned it is possible to turn the tray upside down so the shape allows to screw the tray onto the lateral side of the batten to secure it. None would remove the slates and place the tray under the batten and membrane, this is probably not helped by the fact that the batten is immediately behind the fascia. Now, I spent hours on this forum and everybody says it's the right way to do this is to place the tray under membrane and batten.
I pushed the last few roofers with questions to understand why not removing slates and they explained a few rows would have to be removed and more importantly the bottom row cannot be nailed back, tiles have to be masticked or glued. One roofer which seemed to know what he was talking about and that I found on the NFRC database (holds "Competent Roofer" accreditation) said: "What would you prefer, to have the eaves tray possibly flying away, although I've never seen that, or some slates without nails holding with mastic?"
I have since bought a tray, cut a small piece (about 60 cm) and slid it under the tiles myself so I can experiment and learn what happens next time it rains. In the meantime, this is where I could do with your guidance on next step:
1. Are they right that removing slates can be a worst remedy than the disease because they have to be "masticked" or "glued" back and not be nailed?
2. If they place the tray between the tile and the batten it will at least solve my big problem of rain going behind the gutter. I appreciate if there are droplets rolling onto the membrane from moisture in the eaves and those will hit the fascia (I guess it's been like this for 7 years when the roof was redone). However what can really go wrong and how would it make the current situation worse to place the tray as the roofers suggest?
Thanks a lot!
Pointing is being done on the house and scaffold is up. I seized the opportunity to spend time near the gutter when it rains and unfortunately I noticed that quite some water is getting behind the gutter, on the fascia board, on onto the brick work, falling on window sills below. The gutter is too far from the slates, particularly at one spot.
We are looking to overclad the fascia board for a long term low maintenance solution (no need to repaint, wooden fascia protected from elements). This means more water will fall behind the gutter if nothing is done because the gutter will be even further away from the slates (about 1 cm).
Had 5 roofers come around for quotes and they all said they would slide eaves tray under tiles and above the batten. One roofer also mentioned it is possible to turn the tray upside down so the shape allows to screw the tray onto the lateral side of the batten to secure it. None would remove the slates and place the tray under the batten and membrane, this is probably not helped by the fact that the batten is immediately behind the fascia. Now, I spent hours on this forum and everybody says it's the right way to do this is to place the tray under membrane and batten.
I pushed the last few roofers with questions to understand why not removing slates and they explained a few rows would have to be removed and more importantly the bottom row cannot be nailed back, tiles have to be masticked or glued. One roofer which seemed to know what he was talking about and that I found on the NFRC database (holds "Competent Roofer" accreditation) said: "What would you prefer, to have the eaves tray possibly flying away, although I've never seen that, or some slates without nails holding with mastic?"
I have since bought a tray, cut a small piece (about 60 cm) and slid it under the tiles myself so I can experiment and learn what happens next time it rains. In the meantime, this is where I could do with your guidance on next step:
1. Are they right that removing slates can be a worst remedy than the disease because they have to be "masticked" or "glued" back and not be nailed?
2. If they place the tray between the tile and the batten it will at least solve my big problem of rain going behind the gutter. I appreciate if there are droplets rolling onto the membrane from moisture in the eaves and those will hit the fascia (I guess it's been like this for 7 years when the roof was redone). However what can really go wrong and how would it make the current situation worse to place the tray as the roofers suggest?
Thanks a lot!
