Recent content by jamesrandom

It's taken a while, but thanks to everyone who provided advice: [/img]

A single piece sounds good. I don't like the idea of joins/overlaps in the felt: it just feels like a leak waiting to happen. Manhandling one great big rubber sheet verus cutting and laying a dozen rolls of felt... Hmmm... What could possibly go wrong :) Now I need to ask the wife how...

There is a huge difference between recommending someone else's products and services because you have a had a good experience, compared with recommending your own because you want to make money from them. Now, I am sure that you (and 99% of the others here) are completely honest and above...

I have been giving some thought to this. This is a free-standing building with a single pitch. So I assume no need for flashing/upstands as the roof doesn't meet any adjacent walls. The drip edge sounds fiddly but doable. I am not sure about the other three edges. I suppose I can't assume that...

> hinder you from heavy(ish) lifting just my natural skinny wimpiness :D. I am not a regular diy-er ... in fact I don't normally do anything much more energetic than walking the dogs! Getting the professionals in is tempting - I am assuming I will need a couple of days to do this myself...

Thanks for the suggestions. The joists are 50x100mm (2x4) spaced at about 530mm (21") and about 4m long. There is also a supporting beam going across but I am not convinced it add a lot of value. Here are a couple of pics: The joists are pretty marked by water but seem to be...

I need to put a new roof on a large outbuilding in our garden - we call it "the garage" but it isn't actually big enough for cars: it is about 4.5m x 8.5m. The roof has a pitch of about 10 degrees. It is currently tiled and leaks terribly (not surprisingly for such a shallow slope). I am...