No ridging tiles on neighbours roof.

[Matthew Joules]

Hi. I know nothing about roofing. I'm from the UK and my neighbor was having work done to his building and ran out of money in result the work was abandoned and he now has no ridging tiles. The building is attached to mine (used to be 1 building but was divided into 2 buildings) it is a slate roof. My question is this.. will this situation affect my building and if so where do I stand?

Thanks

Matt

 

[vinn]

Post photos.
Where is the property?

 

[Matthew Joules]

Post photos.
Where is the property?

Property is in wales. We recently had our replaced using reclaimed slates so had he. But they didn't finish the job. The building is 5 floors so getting a close picture is not achievable. The scaffolding has since gone down

 

[motorbiking]

Is the boundary where the tiles stop or where the drain pipe is?

It might be worth nipping up to the loft in daylight and seeing if you can see any holes

 

[Matthew Joules]

Is the boundary where the tiles stop or where the drain pipe is?

It might be worth nipping up to the loft in daylight and seeing if you can see any holes

It's where the my boundary would be where the drain pipe would be. I can't access my front loft as there is no hatch. (Back loft have 2 rooms with a sky light but front is empty space with no way of acess)

 

[JohnD]

did they put felt or membrane down before the slates?

 

[Matthew Joules]

did they put felt or membrane down before the slates?

Yeah they took the old slates off took old membrane off then layed the reclaimed tiles but didn't put the ridging tiles down. That's just the front the back was never started

 

[vinn]

Very little rainwater should enter at the unfinished ridge - which starts about 550mm to 750mm from the party wall in the loft. But, long term, it obviously needs finishing.

None of the ridge tiles appear to have been bedded-in? If thats the case then they will be vulnerable to being blown off the roof esp. the last tile.

If water stains do appear over the winter then you will have to carefully open the attic ceiling to locate the source of the leak - or insert a borescope or similar.