Recent content by proofintheroof

Yes..hindsight and all that. Thanks so much though for your help. I appreciate it

I'll be honest , even as a lay person , I could see my building control inspector fell far short of what I'd have expected. He missed loads of stuff. I have recently paid for a local building firm to do an overall report of the roof and build as I'm launching a claim against my dodgy builder...

Thanks - yes fillets and I will probably change tiles to the ones specified on the drawings anyway. Want no shortcuts this time. My worry is the velux. He used the wrong flashing kit so that will have to be addressed somehow in the midst of it all

Well it was designed to be 12.5 degrees but crap builder didn't achieve that in most parts of the roof. I wonder if I can use this product as well as raising the pitch , sort of like a double insurance?

Thank you so much , and to everyone else actually. That's an amazing piece of info about the membrane !

And thank you so much

Oh is it? I really need some guidance on the way forward. And what I can expect to pay. I really have no capacity to get taken advantage of again.

Lol , I despair at the people who are out there calling themselves professionals of their trade. The ripple effects on people's lives can be huge. At least you had the foresight to throw him out. I wish I had! You're right though. I know a higher pitch is always more preferable but it was...

The builder actually said to me when I first spotted the ingress that I should expect it with such a low pitched roof. At no point during the design of the roof Di the architect say that could expect water on a 12.5 roof, and at no point did the builder say it was an issue when he took on the...

Sorry yes Mendips 12.5 Thanks so much for your input. I appreciate it hugely

Thanks. Pretty sure builder got them from Burton's?! So if he chose a tile that was not specified on drawings then he has failed to follow drawings. He also lied to me as a layperson by saying they were suitable as I trusted he would not be so foolish to use unsuitable ones on a low pitch roof...

Thanks so much datarebal. I managed to get one of the tiles off and it says 'condron' on the back. I looked these up and it's an Irish brand. As condron is only the brand, I asked the builder to specify which type of condron it was , but he won't disclose. I checked their website and they have...

Thank you so much Johnny. That's really cleared my mind you know. Appreciate it

Ah ok , I thought you were perhaps a roofer and could comment on the way the roof has been left. No worries though and thanks for your input so far!

Some more , thanks