Recent content by holt79

Thanks to everyone for your advice. I have had three fascia companies round to give their opinion. One said that they would cut some fascia to the same size as the exposed wall plate and attach it to the wall plate then attach the guttering to the piece of fascia. Another company said that under...

Re-posting: OK I am very confused as to what I should do moving forward...the roofer has responded to my email with the following: "The timber wallplates are always left exposed on the terrace type of property, usually recessed back slightly from the brickwork beneath. The old...

first 3 are my house - last one is my next door neighbour's house

OK I am very confused as to what I should do moving forward...the roofer has responded to my email with the following: "The timber wallplates are always left exposed on the terrace type of property, usually recessed back slightly from the brickwork beneath. The old, seasoned timber would not...

Thanks Gregers. So could I apply some wood preservative to avoid insect attack/moisture causing problems or won't this work?

Thanks woody. I don't even think a fascia board could be added as the overhang of the roof tiles is minimal so once a fascia is added it might mean that the guttering can't catch rain water properly. Do you know what the lifespan of the wall plates would be treated vs untreated? I'm not...

I'll take some more pictures tomorrow. However, my next door neighbour's house (identical to mine) doesn't have fascias on the back roof but you can't see what the guttering is attached to as it's so close to the building - I'll take some pictures of that too for comparison. Is there anything...

Thank you for your replies. Attached are two pictures of part of the wall plate (behind black guttering). It's not an extension - when I bought the house the back roof needed to be completely replaced. This covered the main back roof and also the roof over the bathroom which is...

I apologise for the lack of technical knowledge on this post. I would appreciate some advice concerning my new roof. The roofer has used a wood beam (is this called a wall plate?) to support the bottom of the roof and to this wood beam he attached the outside guttering. It is therefore...