Recent content by Tangoman

Thank you - looks useful :)

Thank you My fear was that matching the profile would be impossible, due to the age of the old roof - must be at least 40 years if asbestos right? But I'll look into it. If not I was wondering if something like self-adhesive roofing felt underlay would work.

So I know this is a bit of a no-go area for some, but the context is my friend lives in a rented property with a double garage (separate to the house). The roof is gable style with corrugated asbestos sheets. Several of the sheets are damaged/cracked. The landlord won't repair it and I suspect...

So the job was to reline the bottom of the valley to stop water coming in, and replace the gutter. Here's the photos taken after the work was completed. Water IS still coming in, and possibly quite a lot when it rains heavily - awaiting the next heavy rainfall to test that theory. Couple of...

Sigh, what an absolute mess this project is turning out to be. Had 4 lots of roofers out - first guy (above) just viewed it from the ground and said they'd redo the valley. Second guy's ladder wasn't long enough so they just looked at it from the ground, but they did have the photos as well -...

Also if anyone can recommend any reputable roofers in the Wigan area??

The path of the water inside is clear - you can see it best in photo #3 above - the white line on the underside of the roofing felt - where that meets the baton attached to the rafter against the wall, the felt is damaged and water is clearly coming through there as the timber below is wet...

Nobody would have attempted a repair - what I think you are referring to as polythene is I think lead - it's certainly metal - the small flap folded over the end of the thin wooden strip there. Originally on the RHS of the house the front was single storey (a garage) and the back was two...

The gutter may not be a good thing, but it isn't responsible for the leak as the second set of photos show - the water isn't coming in where the gutter is.

Possibly - I''m wondering if the water is coming down onto that gutter and discharges into the lead valley where in heavy rain it it flows up slightly and gets under the top layer of lead -there appears to be a slight gap in the lead just above the end of the wooden gutter bit.

Well nothing has been done yet, and I'm finally got chance to examine the roof myself inside. The leak appears to be in the newer roof on the RHS from the external pictures as that is felted and the felt extends slightly across the divide and is leaking right on the bit where the roofs meet...

Given that you will likely want a central bracket otherwise they'll sag over time, I'd ask friends to see if anyone can lend you an SDS drill for a day - with the right tools it's a 10 min job.

I managed to get a friend to take some photos of the roof. I've put a red rectangle on the full roof view to show the area where water appears to be coming in. I'm awaiting a loft inspection report as there are a number of cracked tiles directly above the window but that's to the left of where...

Finally managed to get someone out to quote - they only looked at the roof from the ground and quoted £680 to: Reline valley to stop water coming in, repair slates and flashing to side. I presume they're planning on doing this off a ladder as quote seems a bit low to involve scaffolding? Seem...

Unfortunately I'm 200 miles away and she's in Tier3 area otherwise I'd have gone up to have a look. Appreciate it's not really possible to advise much given a distant photo. I'll try and ring around some roofers local to her and see if any are willing to go out and give a quote.