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Roof now on, scaffolding coming down on Tuesday. I had a few leaks before the tiling was finished as the rain wasn't running off the felt well due to the low pitch, nothing 18 buckets, pot/pans, etc couldn't handle! Even though the replacement roof was lighter than the stramit and felt, the...

It was the original roof for the main house and single storey lounge that juts out. Both are single pitch at 15 degrees. It is an early 60s individual architect designed place, with dodgy felt roofs :( Upstairs is timber frame, downstairs brick and block. The original house drawing quotes 3...

I am planning on replacing single pitched 15 degree 3 layer bituminous felt roof on 2" Stramit (approx 40 years old) with reconstituted slate tiles. I have been told i will need building regs for this and assume they will want to check roof loading. I have searched all over the place but can not...