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This is the gist of another quote.

Had these two quotes through from the same company & would like people's thoughts on them. This company is the only one that said he thought a repair could be done, the others said due to the age of the tiles & risk of breaking any that only a full replacement they would quote for. Many thanks...

TBH, the roof is nearly 60 years old & we've had a leak repaired twice & it's not worked. We will hopefully be staying where we are until we peg it 20-30 years, so looking ahead trying to offset any issues later on.

I've contacted a few roofing companies to come round to quote us for a reroof. What questions do i need to ask so i can get a proper itemised quote without getting any shocks halfway through the job. Many thanks

TBH i have never noticed that, i obviously need to put my glasses on when looking at things. Thanks for pointing that out.

That wall was painted using McPherson's Powerkote if i remember. I know i can only see a tiny proportion of external wall but after heavy rainfall the other there are no signs of any ingress coming down internally.

Looking into it.

Had quite a bit of rain yesterday & overnight & can see by photos that water is getting in underneath the dpc due i think no bellcast as per earlier post. It's hard to see from 3rd & 4th photo but the edge of the mortar above the dpc is damp there. Going forward, i am assuming it's happening...

Yes. Using off cuts of wood

Cheers Ree, many thanks. I'm going to wait a few days as expecting heavy rain later tomorrow & Friday. Hopefully might be able to see if there are any issues. Anything i need/should do before bricking it back up?

DPC is slightly higher than the internal one, which was below a row of bricks below first row of blocks if that makes sense.

Gully trap is clear. Must admit i was concerned about taking anymore blocks out, thinking it might weaken the wall too much. Will get on it again today. Didn't check the DPC/DPM DOH. Will do that later

Removed a couple of blocks & behind it was full of expanding foam(pic 1) Removed as much as I could & where it attached to outside wall was very damp. I cleaned out quite a lot of mortar, broken block/brick & foam/CWI. If I put my hand down into the cavity LHS as you look at wall i removed...

Yes

Measured it & it comes out where top of brickwork is , so I scraped away a bit of paint & you can clearly see dpc. Hopefully these pics are a bit better.