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Thanks very much for your reply Vinn. Glad you don't think it looks like dry rot. The tiles are indeed concrete. I thought it was a strange type of lining - very tough and inflexible, and it doesn't feel very breathable. Any idea if that sort of thing is likely to have been misused in the 60s...

Hi all, I discovered a gap in my roof lining the other day with a little pile of woody debris under it. On closer inspection the surface of the batten exposed by this gap feels soft and crumbly. But despite a wet few days the whole area seems dry, and the ceiling immediately beneath has never...