Hi folks
Please can you help.
I have a pitched tiled roof on 1950's end of terrace house. About 3 times in 12 years the roof has leaked in extreme weather - has to be torrential rain with very high wind blowing that side of the roof.
I got some quotes and now am confused.
One roofer says the leak comes through where felt has sagged and rotted at the bottom of the pitch where the angle changes(and is just above where the leak appears in the house). Sounds reasonable - 60 year old felt, and west facing so gets hot afternoon sun. This roofer would remove bottom two rows of tiles and battens, patch in new felt, replace battens and re-bed tiles.
Second and third roofers say who cares about the felt, there's a gap in the tiles higher up. Fix the tiles and the roof won't leak.
Spent ages yesterday inspecting roof with binoculars. Yes there is one gap in the mortar between a ridge tile and the next one down.
But what looks more dodgy is the mortar under the bottom row of tiles, next to the gutter. There are big gaps, many tiles look like they're dropped, and in line with where the leak is, there is a big hole. I can imagine that when the rain is really heavy so the gutter is full, the wind blows the rain in through this gap.
Opinions please. The only roofing experience I've had is slapping bitumen paint on a leaky shed roof.
Many thanks
Min
Please can you help.
I have a pitched tiled roof on 1950's end of terrace house. About 3 times in 12 years the roof has leaked in extreme weather - has to be torrential rain with very high wind blowing that side of the roof.
I got some quotes and now am confused.
One roofer says the leak comes through where felt has sagged and rotted at the bottom of the pitch where the angle changes(and is just above where the leak appears in the house). Sounds reasonable - 60 year old felt, and west facing so gets hot afternoon sun. This roofer would remove bottom two rows of tiles and battens, patch in new felt, replace battens and re-bed tiles.
Second and third roofers say who cares about the felt, there's a gap in the tiles higher up. Fix the tiles and the roof won't leak.
Spent ages yesterday inspecting roof with binoculars. Yes there is one gap in the mortar between a ridge tile and the next one down.
But what looks more dodgy is the mortar under the bottom row of tiles, next to the gutter. There are big gaps, many tiles look like they're dropped, and in line with where the leak is, there is a big hole. I can imagine that when the rain is really heavy so the gutter is full, the wind blows the rain in through this gap.
Opinions please. The only roofing experience I've had is slapping bitumen paint on a leaky shed roof.
Many thanks
Min