Recent content by donemybit

I dont mind giving help and advice to anyone if it would help them out, but there are certain occasions where it would be irresponsible to give out advice and this is one of them, except to say 'Get a professional' and leave it to them.

I am now retired from roofing, but when I started all those years ago the most common spec was 3 layers. 1st layer nailed 2nd layer bonded in bitumen and 3rd layer green mineral or chippings and it seemed to last longer than todays 2 layer specs. You can overlay the existing but you need to...

£500 for approx 11sm works out at £45.45 per sm. On that spec I would have thought thats about right. Its a days work, materials won't cost all that much.

After many years of hiring and firing scaffolders, let me give you some advice. When they come out to quote the work, if they say to you,Well how do we get it over the wall? you say to them, not my problem, you're the experts. Do not get involved in making suggestions, if anything went wrong the...