Hi all,
Is it better to re-tile the front roof during a loft conversion? The loft company initially suggested if it isn't broke don't fix it which sounded good to me.
But now the old insulation foil has been removed from the loft and they can see there is no felt under the old tiles, they suggest it might be cheaper in the long run to replace the front tiles and put a breathable water proof layer down first between tiles and rafters.
This makes sense and in an ideal world we would replace the tiles on the front too. The house is 80 years old and the roof has never leaked in the 10 years we have been here, only the flashing round the chimney leaked once and this was fixed with acrylic paint which has lasted 5 years so far.
Its an extra £4k we hadn't budgeted for, £120+vat per m2, outer London prices, and would mean trying to find savings somewhere else.
It looks like around 20% of the neighbouring properties replace the front as well when getting the loft done. Thinking it might be better to just patch the front roof if it ever does leak in the future.
wondered if anyone has any thoughts on this
Is it better to re-tile the front roof during a loft conversion? The loft company initially suggested if it isn't broke don't fix it which sounded good to me.
But now the old insulation foil has been removed from the loft and they can see there is no felt under the old tiles, they suggest it might be cheaper in the long run to replace the front tiles and put a breathable water proof layer down first between tiles and rafters.
This makes sense and in an ideal world we would replace the tiles on the front too. The house is 80 years old and the roof has never leaked in the 10 years we have been here, only the flashing round the chimney leaked once and this was fixed with acrylic paint which has lasted 5 years so far.
Its an extra £4k we hadn't budgeted for, £120+vat per m2, outer London prices, and would mean trying to find savings somewhere else.
It looks like around 20% of the neighbouring properties replace the front as well when getting the loft done. Thinking it might be better to just patch the front roof if it ever does leak in the future.
wondered if anyone has any thoughts on this