Tile Damage

[ninebob]

Got a phone call from my grandmother this morning, in a bit of a tizzy because a crack had appeared in the bathroom ceiling with water coming through. In view of the heavy rain grandad had decided it wasn't a plumbing issue and was making plans to go up on the roof himself and have a look. As he's 92 years old I shot over there with some haste to beat him to it!

I found this:

Three questions...

1. What could possibly have caused this? The house is a 1960s build so the tiles are original, my own suspicion is that the tile was like that from new but it's taken this long to rot a hole (of which there was one, approx 4cm diameter) in the felt.

2. I used their last remaining spare tile to replace it, so I need to know if it looks like a "standard" tile type and where I might go to buy them some more spares?

3. Although replacing the tile itself was simple enough, I have no proper experience of this kind of thing, and would like some pointers as to repairing the hole in the felt underneath (which presumably I can't do until it's dry again?)

Cheers guys,
Simon

 

[Nige F]

Ans. 1 recon t`was there all along...Ans.2 Redland 49

 

[masona]

1. What could possibly have caused this? The house is a 1960s build so the tiles are original, my own suspicion is that the tile was like that from new but it's taken this long to rot a hole (of which there was one, approx 4cm diameter) in the felt.

Hmm no idea, some object fallen out of the sky??

2. I used their last remaining spare tile to replace it, so I need to know if it looks like a "standard" tile type and where I might go to buy them some more spares?

They look like ludlow tile, don't get caught out like I did as some are metric size

3. Although replacing the tile itself was simple enough, I have no proper experience of this kind of thing, and would like some pointers as to repairing the hole in the felt underneath (which presumably I can't do until it's dry again?)

Try using a small patch of roofing felt bedded with bitumen paint over it.

 

[bikerm4]

The tile looks like a ludlow.Your local roofing centre will have some. There are ludlow major and ludlow minor so be sure to get the right one, the difference is in the size. I've come across many tiles where an area has rotted through, must be an area of inferior mix or a foreign body has got into the mix and rotted away.

 

[breezer]

why not take the one with the hole with you, its only problem is the hole, but the size is right.

just dont ask the bloke behind the counter "ere mate, got any of these?" (lifting up tile)
bloke, "no mate, you will have to make the hole yourself"

 

[ninebob]

Thanks for your advice guys, good to know the type of tile is still available.

Like I said, my experience is in computers and other technology, if someone asked me for a computer part from 1965....

Two more questions then....

1. Bearing in mind items 4 and 9 in the forum rules, can anyone suggest the best place for me to buy my grandparents some spares for the future (ie local Jewsons or somewhere more specialised), and what it might cost me for, say, half a dozen?

2. Can anyone expand on the earlier advice on repairing the hole in the felt under the tiles? What exactly should I buy and what should I use to stick it together?

Cheers guys!

 

[bikerm4]

Half a dozen tiles will cost less than a tenner, roofing merchants is better than a general builders merchants. To repair a tear i run another strip of roofing felt from under the lap of the felt above the tear, you may have to take a couple more tiles off to find the lap, and run it down well over the torn area. I ease the laths up either side of the tear and trap the repair piece under the laths and nail them back down.Hope that makes sense,

 

[masona]

See here type your postcode to see your nearest one is.

I just brought 20 Ludlow tiles from them at 40p each.

If there isn't one near you then still go for roofing merchant as mention above post.

The roofing merchant will explain the best way to repair the hole