Recent content by gregblack

Hi Joe-90 I have been advised that it is a civil matter (police not interested)and as such I would have to take them to court, I will have to wait until after the new year 6th January for the solicitors to reopen. One thing for sure I am not accepting the work done until I am satisfied. Have...

Hi he is not working for me and has already done work without my consent and will probably do the rest when I am out. The neighbour has been told I do not want him on my roof. He puts nothing in writing. Cheers greg

Hi the latest on this is the contractor has now changed his mind and says he is not finished, I have not yet been able to seek solicitors advice because of he holidays. The question now is do I let him continue ? merry christmas all cheerio Greg

I am not a roofing contractor and therefore need to get an unbiased opinion, will my local authority (council) have a department that would deal this? or where should I look to get this inspected. Next door argue that anyone I call in will only be interested in getting work, so it has to be an...

Thanks yorkie1969 the neighbors believe their contractor, I did show them and the contractor a print out of some of the earlier replies and got told that they did not believe them, I offered them use of my ladders to have a look that was declined I provided them with photographs of the work but...

Hi there was a central drain forward of central in the flat roof area this went under the roof and came out through the wood shingles just above the catch box on the drain pipe. (The lead pipe was inside of the flat roof except for the inlet and exit I don't know why they altered it. The council...

Hi this is going to get messy as my neighbor says he wont allow anyone on his part of the roof other than a building inspector. who would I contact to organise that is it building regs? Should I be paying toward having the roof returned to its original look? Obviously I will have to pay the new...

Hi sorry I am not very good at this, the before & after pictures the one with the ladder is the after picture and gives a totally different look to the front of the house. pictures are in http://www.diynot.com/network/gregblack/albums/ I have not discovered how to include the in the...

Hi thanks for you comments, I am not a roofing contractor and have only gleaned what information I can from the internet and trying to use common sense. The contractor can not or will not produce any evidence of any qualifications. My gut feeling tells me he is a cowboy and my neighbor only...

Is the job so bad that it should be re done,it is supposed to be a permanent repair or could it be saved and how? thanks all

Hi thanks alastairreid it is not so much a gutter but a small flat area about 50 inches by 30 inches with a run off of less than 10 degrees. It originally had a centre drain pipe that was leaking at the join between the sheet and pipe. The same guy had actually poked a hole in the pipe with...

thanks palaceray foryour reply I am really concerned about the joint across the flat roof we live in a very wet windy area in southern scotland I think that water will creep under the overlapped lead and this should have been lead welded along with the fillets, it is a flat area with less than...

Hi all I came home from taking my wife to hospital to find a guy on my roof, he was there without my knowledge or consent and He is a person I would never ever have work done by. He had by this time lifted two rows of roof tiles cut the lead pipe out rolled the lead sheeting back and cut it. He...