I live in a Victorian "halls adjoining" house. My neighbour had his roof repaired a couple of years ago and this included his side of the fire parapet wall which separates our two roofs. His builder was supposed to repair my side at the same time but there was a communications failure and he left the site without doing it. It is now in poor condition.
Recently a roofer working in the area knocked me up and offered to quote for mending my side of the parapet wall. He went up his ladder, had a look, came down and said it was in poor condition (which I knew already) and would cost £650 to repair. it seems a bit high to me.
Is £650 reasonable for a repair of this type? I live in south London.
Also my neighbour's repaired wall has external lead flashings where it joins the roof tiles. On my side the flashing is under the roof tiles where they abut the wall and I cannot see what the material used is. It may be lead it may be galvanised tin, I cannot tell. I am not about to go 60 feet up a ladder to find out. Should any new flashing be external and be lead and how would this affect the cost? Should this really be done with scaffolding?
Rockette
Recently a roofer working in the area knocked me up and offered to quote for mending my side of the parapet wall. He went up his ladder, had a look, came down and said it was in poor condition (which I knew already) and would cost £650 to repair. it seems a bit high to me.
Is £650 reasonable for a repair of this type? I live in south London.
Also my neighbour's repaired wall has external lead flashings where it joins the roof tiles. On my side the flashing is under the roof tiles where they abut the wall and I cannot see what the material used is. It may be lead it may be galvanised tin, I cannot tell. I am not about to go 60 feet up a ladder to find out. Should any new flashing be external and be lead and how would this affect the cost? Should this really be done with scaffolding?
Rockette
