Recent content by Si_

If it looks like this, there might be a problem...

I had a repair done on the ridge tiles, valleys and chimney of a similarly decrepit roof. The chimney repair failed immediately so they came back and removed the chimney completely. Then the valleys failed, ironically because the tiles are in such a state that previously the water that they...

Get a report from them and sue the landlord for damages and costs.

I've just been up there for several hours using a multitool with mortar blade attachment. Easy on stubborn mortar and as for the garbage that last roofer used, it goes through it like butter.

That bit with the yellow arrow? I thought it looks like the seal peeling back. You can see it doing the same thing further up at the inner edge, although that bit likely wouldn't cause a leak.

This one. You can see the standing water on the window sill that can get blown in there.

Check your seal around that window. It looks manky and I can see a hole in it. Could be water is filtering through your walls, hence the delay in it appearing.

I think building control is for removing the entire chimney stack and breast, but not for the bit above the roofline. Why do you want to cap the remaining part in the loft?

I'd have another look at that fake window. I had a similar issue in the old house and discovered that it was a 0.5mm crack in the sealant around the window letting in over 1 litre of water per hour in heavy rain when the wind was blowing in a certain direction. Obviously you don't have an actual...

Looks like they threw those slates up from ground level, like frisbees.

Let me know when you find the answer. 5* reviews are worthless. Recommendations are a waste of time too, because even if they're unsolicited by the roofer, they need to be recent, for similar work and - importantly - you have to know the same individuals will be doing your job as did the...

I'd pay one of them to come 400 miles, stay in a hotel and do the job, because there are none up here.

Can't speak for anyone else, but in my experience no, I've not encountered a single competent roofer. Not even close. Just been on the phone this morning telling the latest one to get out there and fix water trickling from a saturated chimney stack. Wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't given him £3k...

I got a quote from Safestyle a month or so back, just so I could get a ballpark comparison. The salesman came out with (wait for it)... £33k, then said if I consented to 'marketing photos' he'd knock it down to £18k. Then he actually phoned his boss (i.e. the intern) at which point I couldn't...

Check the sealant round the window first. An easy fix if that's the problem. When I had similar in the old house a 2mm gap in the sealant let in three bucketfuls of water during a single rainstorm.