Recent content by muteparade

Cheers Woody that's cleared a lot up then, I got a roofer over and he gave me the lead option and nothing more, so I had no idea I could do any of the things you mentioned. I get that it doesn't look brilliant but then it doesn't look too different from 2 doors down which does have real lead...

The problem is it's the same on the other side but with the chimney stack on top so I could have only done that on the gable side. Plus I can imagine that being labour intensive, i.e a similar price to paying to get it covered in real lead by a pro.

If you don't mind me asking why would you say this is a temp fix only? Is it because I didn't use real lead? Just I think this stuff is supposed to last up to 30 years. The issue I had is that I was paying roofers hundreds to go up and re-render parts or the lot of it, one time I had chunks...

Cheers for the reply man, those were bolt head screws with a washer baked in under the bolt head, granted not 50mm but they still didn't hold it long. I think a strip has more chance of stopping it, just with me not being in the trade I didn't know if it was the done thing or whether a roofer...

Hi, after having my roof abutments 'professionally' patched up a couple of times only to find bits of mortar raining down on my car I eventually bought the gear and went up there myself and covered them in a lead substitute. This has been great for a few years but it's now lifting badly at the...