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I had a re-roof done last year and noticed a 2 small tears about 4cmx4cm on one of the sheets of the breather membrane. My understanding is that if i patch up from inside then the water would still come in right? i am assuming a good portion of the roof needs to be striped to lay another piece...

did you ever get this repaired? what was wrong?

would I need to involve building control for this sort of work?

yes 15k.

i have gotten a few roofers to come and have a look (I'm thinking of re-roof in short term anyway), and they have all suggested that they need to strip the tiles and batons off and extend and fix the purlin on a metal plate to the party wall. I have had prices of around £12000-£15000 for a...

I've just been up and checked and the party wall is 1 brick thick, not half a brick thick. I'm assuming next door purlin is sitting on a corbell.

To use a longer piece of timber that catches both mine and my neighbors purlin would require feeding it through the party wall right? If so I think that might be very tricky.

I am absolutely lost now. What would be my best approach to make sure the roof doesn't collapse? And what sort of trades people would be best placed to help?

What would be the concern for the scenario in your diagram? Would it be better to rest the purlin on a metal bracket or plate which is bolted to the brickwork?

who would be able to? A carpenter?

This is the other side of the purlin. The tube light is attached to the purlin. Does it look standard? Or should there be more support there?

is it a very expensive procedure to replace rafters and purlins? how much would it likely add to a "normal" re-roof?

would i still need to prop from first floor or ground floor in this case?

I am thinking of re-roofing. What would be the best option in that case? Can the purlin and dip in the roof be fixed by a roofer, when they do a re-roof?

I just got into the loft the other day and discovered that the purlin is barely supported, and the 1st rafter is even coming away from the purlin. Images are attached. The house is a 1930's build and has the original roof and timbers. I have no idea how long its been like this. The purlin...