Recent content by Evo78

So if it’s not standard practice for the roofer to board maybe they were not used to doing it and missed the firrings. They could have just told us to get the builder to do it, but they priced it accordingly. They are father and son, both came out to board and lay the GRP. They were rushed on...

The roofers stance is he quoted for OSB and GRP coating. I still think though they should have noticed there were no firings and checked for a fall. I have checked NHBC and 7.1.4.4 states about a deck survey to check for backfalls before laying the coating. If they complied with this they would...

I would love to but it was my wife. We arranged trades ourself to try and save some money. It seemed a simple 1 storey extension project.

We hired the roofer independent of the builder.

Thanks for the reply’s so far. The builder went as far as the joists. The roofer installed the OSB then the GRP coating. Neither mentioned firrings in their quotes, but equally we didn’t know to mention that or look out for it. The roof was installed as a cold roof. In emails the roofer briefly...

Hi All, First time poster but long time viewer.. In 2023 we had a flat roof installed on our bungalow extension. The builder installed up to the joists and then the roofer boarded and applied the GRP coating. After a while we noticed water was pooling so called the roofer back out. He said it...