Recent content by Big Blue

Thanks Robin. We knew the job was going to take a long time (started in April) and couldn’t move out all our stuff into storage, so decided to go for the full scaffold to remove the stress. Has been a great, if expensive, investment…it’s actually quite pleasant working under there, even on...

Catlad/Noseall: Thanks for the suggestions-I’ll look at ripping some strips of ply as packing pieces to sit on top of the battens. Robin: Thanks for the continued thoughts…and sadly I read your comments on the fixings lengths just a little late! I noticed this afternoon part way through fitting...

Thanks for the input Robin-appreciate you taking the time to reply. You’ve confirmed what I thought with regards the pooling and lack of alignment. Hadn’t thought about using the wider strip of ply on top of the batten to give me a wider surface for fixing.

Afternoon again…and again apologies if this appears somewhere, I just couldn’t find anything to match this specific issue. Our roof has been battened and and fitted with facia by our builders, and I’m due to slate it over Christmas. I have, however, run into an issue around fixing the eaves...

Good afternoon all. Apologies if this has been covered somewhere:I searched around for what I thought were the right terms, but couldn’t find an answer. I’m about to start skating the inner faces of a double-ridge roof with a wide gutter between them. Photo 1 shows both roofs, with the...