Bonding in tiles.
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Neighbour’s have just had a new roof and their roofer has bonded in the original very old tiles from when these houses were constructed 1950-60’s into my 5-6 year old roof. The old tiles have also been painted previously. They have used a bonding gutter in between but have put …
Replacement Roofs
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My next door neighbour terraced villa had to have a replacement roof due too leaks. That is when my troubles started. My roof started to leak from next door and because of the lock down it was nearly a year and a half before a roofer came to look at …
Call out charge for London roofer
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Hello What is the normal call out charge for a roofer in London please? I have been asked to pay £150 plus VAT call out. I was not told in advance and the charge is separate from the cost of any work carried out.
Do loft steels require planning permission?
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Previous house owners removed the chimney stacks but only as far as the ground floor and top floor. The stacks still come down into the loft. We want to get a steel put in for piece of mind that they are secure from collapsing (can't take them down as they're …
Leaking roof - fixing poor work
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Hello,I first used this particular roofer about 4 yrs ago.He said it will last close to 20 yrs.A couple of years later,they were called out again for the exact same problem.Then last week,the same area leaked again.I called them again to repair it.The 1st day he promised to come round,no …
Extractor Fan Duct in Roof Leaking
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We have started to get water dripping through our en-suite Extractor Fan, but only when it’s raining. The duct goes directly into the loft, and up to the roof where it goes into a plastic vent. The leak seems to be coming from the lip on the vent overflowing rather …
Dripping sound in wall?
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I have have water coming in above my front door . Can hear a drip above door. I have had new guttering new flat roof and the front of the building repointed
How to stabilise concrete with steel rebar roof which is flaking?
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I have an outside stand alone bricked out building, that has a concrete with steel rebar roof that is cracking, but mainly flaking. The concrete is flaking off mainly where the steel rebar is behind. I think the concrete still has the support from the bar and I do one …
how much should it cost to replace 2 roof tiles and point 2 ridge tiles
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how much should it cost to replace 2 roof tiles and point 2 ridge tiles due to storm damage, which took about a hour?
Is lighting fire in redundant back boiler safe?
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I've got an old back boiler solid fuel but it is redundant now for many years but I still light the fire is this safe done it for 7 or more years.