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I live in a 3 bed/2 story semi. I have a small leak coming through the upstairs ceiling, close to the chimney breast. I called a couple of people to come out and have a look and got 2 seperate opinions.
1st person said it was too windy to go up on the roof, but went into the attic and showed me that I have a rip in my felt at one end of the roof, and further down on the same side of the roof, there is a section of felt that is torn also. He advised me to run a new length of felt across that side of the roof, repair the tiles/flashing near the leaking section by the chimney, and quoted me £500.
The 2nd person that came went on the roof, but advised not to bother repairing the felt because "all the houses in my estate use an old type of felt and it's likely to have holes all over it, so repairing a section will mean the water will just trickle down to another hole in another part of the felt". He instead advised just repairing the tiles and flashing and leave the felt as is. £200. He didn't actually go into the attic to inspect the felt, so I'm not sure if he's making a completely incorrect assumption about it being a waste of time doing the felt.
I would obviously like to get the felt repaired, but if it's a waste of time as roofer #2 says, then I don't want to throw money away either. If a tile comes loose again, is it just going to puncture any new felt again anyway?
Any advice or opinions much appreciated.
1st person said it was too windy to go up on the roof, but went into the attic and showed me that I have a rip in my felt at one end of the roof, and further down on the same side of the roof, there is a section of felt that is torn also. He advised me to run a new length of felt across that side of the roof, repair the tiles/flashing near the leaking section by the chimney, and quoted me £500.
The 2nd person that came went on the roof, but advised not to bother repairing the felt because "all the houses in my estate use an old type of felt and it's likely to have holes all over it, so repairing a section will mean the water will just trickle down to another hole in another part of the felt". He instead advised just repairing the tiles and flashing and leave the felt as is. £200. He didn't actually go into the attic to inspect the felt, so I'm not sure if he's making a completely incorrect assumption about it being a waste of time doing the felt.
I would obviously like to get the felt repaired, but if it's a waste of time as roofer #2 says, then I don't want to throw money away either. If a tile comes loose again, is it just going to puncture any new felt again anyway?
Any advice or opinions much appreciated.