I'm in the process of having an extension built on our 1920's built house. The existing roof is clay tiled and in a reasonable state of repair, albeit 90 years old.
The extension involves a lead valley and a new section of roof adding into the old. The roof work we've had done generally looks good, but i'm not sure about how the tiles that abut the valley have been done.
Essentially, because the valley is at an angle, there are points where slivers of tile would be needed but can't be fitted because there is nothing to attach them to. Consequently, the roofer has simply left the tile out. Nor has he bedded the edge of the tiles (verge?)onto the lead with anything.
The photos hopefully show what i mean.
The roofer says that this is the way its done and he doesn't bother bedding the tiles onto anything as it just falls out on lead. I'm not convinced about that and the missing tiles bother me as it just doesn't seem right.
Comments about whether i'm making a fuss over nothing or what the correct way to do this would be appreciated. The rest of the roof work is generally good but there have been a few different people working on the roof and i've found a few bodges where they've had to make minor repairs to other areas that have been affected by the work eg the removal of a stench pipe that went through the soffit and the roof. They've now been dealt with, but the roofer is adamant that he's done the valley correctly. But the bodges have made me wonder if he is trying to pull the wool over my eyes to avoid having to source the correct tiles and redo the work.
If i'd been doing the work, i'd have used a wider tile cut to the correct profile to avoid ending up with slivers with nothing to hold them in.
The extension involves a lead valley and a new section of roof adding into the old. The roof work we've had done generally looks good, but i'm not sure about how the tiles that abut the valley have been done.
Essentially, because the valley is at an angle, there are points where slivers of tile would be needed but can't be fitted because there is nothing to attach them to. Consequently, the roofer has simply left the tile out. Nor has he bedded the edge of the tiles (verge?)onto the lead with anything.
The photos hopefully show what i mean.
The roofer says that this is the way its done and he doesn't bother bedding the tiles onto anything as it just falls out on lead. I'm not convinced about that and the missing tiles bother me as it just doesn't seem right.
Comments about whether i'm making a fuss over nothing or what the correct way to do this would be appreciated. The rest of the roof work is generally good but there have been a few different people working on the roof and i've found a few bodges where they've had to make minor repairs to other areas that have been affected by the work eg the removal of a stench pipe that went through the soffit and the roof. They've now been dealt with, but the roofer is adamant that he's done the valley correctly. But the bodges have made me wonder if he is trying to pull the wool over my eyes to avoid having to source the correct tiles and redo the work.
If i'd been doing the work, i'd have used a wider tile cut to the correct profile to avoid ending up with slivers with nothing to hold them in.
