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    Tile roof - sealing the space between tiles

    you have stonewolds on your roof,could be mini stonwolds they are very thick concrete tiles and have loads of life in them they are usualy used on low pitched roofs ,but a problem you will get is debri gets in the chanels or joins and builds up cuasing water ingress although your leek is...
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    Roof valley downflow overshoots gutter

    one trick for long steep valleys is to silicone baffles onto the face of the valley use something like a piece of plastic trim cut into short sections and stick them on alternating sides of the valley for as far as you can safley reach it slows the flow down or just screww something...
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    Help! Snow melting on newly insulated roof

    yeah could be that the finish on your tiles is slippery enough for the snow to just slide of as shown on the rear of your house rosemary tiles have a resin coating ,if you try using a diamond blade grinder on em you find the blade will only cut a few tiles and then its clogged with resin gunk...
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    2 basic roofing questions...

    old houses with original roofs simply didnt use roofing felt up to a certain time frame a few slates and a bit of pointing shouldnt cost more than a couple of hundred quid but make sure you stand in your garden and watch to see what they replace
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    First Time Self Build - No Experience !!

    nice job ,and your spot on its only nuts and bolts i looked at self builds as just a big lego kit,i built two 15 months ago in london they allowed me to sell up and move down to cornwall and carry on building prior to the builds id only had experience in roofing but found it was all the same...
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