Recent content by vancleef

Noseall of course you can use slate and a halfs on hips as the last slate on the course going into the hip as the hip runs into the roof as the valley runs out of the roof.In the hip there are no courses continuing above and beyond your slate and a halfs. You do not use slate and a halfs on...

I have just newly been on the epdm course which was done through Firestone who make tyres. I have been doing flat roofs for many years with felt and this rubber style flat roof is far superior because there is no heat involved and does'nt need the expense of high insurances.The rubber sheet...

No no no no no Power washing is a bad idea and you could use some kind of moss and algi killer but it will grow back ,it's inevitable that moss will grow back which makes it all a false economy.

There is'nt an easy way of doing it the corner bracket's have to sit on the same height as the top of the tile batton.If your worried about the water getting in ,felt over the top of the hole and put the water tray in above the velux which catches any penatrating water from above.Then put your...

Luke warm would probably be optimistic as i think it's only blowing through the atmosperic temperature of the room.

I'm not as bad i sometimes make out. Should of said it's a condenser and it does'nt have a high,low setting just settings for loads and materials. Just need a rough idea to see if i could possibly get it sorted.

I have had this dryer for over a year, it rarely gets used but lately it's stopped producing heat.I have cleaned out the filters, the air feed and the water trap but still works fine but the dryer is luke warm. If there is something obvious i'm sorry for my incompitence as roofing is my game...

Personaly i would just cut them back easier and cheaper. To be honest you might think it does'nt look right but after it's done you'll probably rarley give it a second look.

If thats only that it's not that big of a job to fix and roofs are not made to work in for full tiles........ so it very uncommon for a whole roof to work that you don't have any cuts up the verges. You always need to have cuts in somewhere as long as they are fixed in properly.

What size of slate are you using? If for instance you are using a 400 by 250 the last full slate before the half slate can have any thing up to 50 mm taken off ,by this your gonna increace the size of your half by 50 mm

In my line of profesion i'm sick of people bodging valley's up with crap such as sealants and tape such as flash band.......ok it'll last a year or two if your lucky but when that point comes you'll have the same problem again.Do it properly and you can forget about it.The only way to patch it...

30 years can be too long for a valley because where the water drips off the tile on to the lead it can eventualy wear away at the same point creating holes.Yes if the lead is put in longer than 1.5 metre lengths it can crack with the atmospheric temperatures making it heat up and expand and...

How much of this roof has this problem? As much as you have allowed us to see the problem is only with the off shot to one side.

The overhang is designed to keep the water from running down the face of the verge and it stops the water from soaking through where the cement compound board meets the wall and running down the wall head and into the inside the house.You could seal it but it's common practice to give a minimum...

If Roughcaster can't help you out the guy's i work alongside specialise in wet harling and would be willing to pass on your details and could advise you on different options.They seem to swear by Chaps cement which comes pre coloured to what your specifications. We are based out in Insch.