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Roofer has come and gone. They've done the following: - Replaced the cast iron gutter they broke at the rear ground with PVC - Applied silicone to the joint that was leaking at the top, front of the house They said they can't use a bonding gutter as the two ground floor roofs aren't level...

What would the correct thing to use be, assuming some type of lead mastic / silicone?

Yep the red roof is mine. And yes well aware that it needs replacing. We moved into this place last Feb so it's on the long list of things to do but for now, it's not (it wasn't...) causing any issues

Thanks for the feedback folks. Waiting for the roofer to turn and will then update you all here. I'll ask the roofer to take photos of the main roof too, if this is what they've done with what we can see, I'm a little concerned about the areas we can't e.g. the chimney stack.

Hi Folks - My neighbour had a roofer over who I believe has done the following: - Replaced all roof tiles - Replaced guttering front / back - New insulation - Replaced roof tiles on ground floor extension As part of doing this work, the roofer had done the following: - Attached our front...

Hi Ivor - The survey I had done at time of purchase included a few photos of the roof which I have included below. Before I purchased the place I had two roofers inspect the roof and they said it generally looks ok. I had the gutters cleaned a few months ago but will get them...

Thank you all. I'll knock off some of the plaster on either end of the wall along with some plaster on the beam itself in order to hopefully get a better look at the condition of the beam. Forgive the poor image quality, this was taken from google earth but should hopefully show what the roof...

No, not as far as I am aware. We topped up the loft insulation when we moved in but that's about it. The loft hasn't been converted either.

Hi folks, removing wallpaper from my bedroom and noticed a number of cracks along what I understand is a Bressumer Beam. The cracks run along the beam itself as well as the walls on either side of the beam. It looks like the previous owner may have attempted to fill the cracks at some point...