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Hi SNM, im not a million miles away from you and often work in Liverpool, if you get stuck i can show you how to lead weld for a small fee of course lol Cheers Dave P.S. The art is getting you welding gun set up right.

What has amazed me is that the price for the replacement boards and the cover boards have been the same! it should cost more to used replacement upvc boards that cover. Personally i prefer using cover boards because its quicker and cleaner but if im honest i would use replacement boards on my...

Dont be thinking they have it all good in Europe , it just the pooh hasnt hit there fan as quick as ours!, believe you me it will and soon, theres no way they are in better shape than we are . Cheers Dave

Hi Guys, thanks for all the replys. Noseall thanks for that,i have had that in my walls the dry salt deposit when i dryed out a leaking door frame 8 months later a salt deposit appeared, i thought the damp had returned but it was bone dry! i just didnt know the name of it. Justlesd , thanks...

Hi Noseall, can you explain abit more for me? Cheers Dave

Hi Guys,just wondered if you have any ideas, had a guy call me in July to look at some leaks he had on his property which was built cira 1900's the roof had been re-slated 5 yrs ago and the lead work around the chimneys wasn't the best but also not the worst i had seen but on closer inspection...

Lol Wotan, i mean i have had the hard hat along time and i don't remember where i got it!

i've got a hard hat which has a built in visor, clip on ear defenders and at the strap at the back theres a slot for your pencil! Cant remember where i got it though.

Hi, i have just used epdm, i left the original flat roof on had50 kingspan on top, then new boards and then finished off with epdm, you have me worryed now but i will still have a void vetween the original flat roof and the ceiling. i will let you know what happens Cheers Dave

It indeed sounds like condesation, condensation forms when the hot air inside, meets the cold air from the outside, the point of this contact seems tobe your bay window. The water probably forms on the inside of your window and runs down to the sil/wall. you need air flow to combat this, not...

The way i see it is like this, they have a thick as pooh idiot in charge that looks like a kiddie fiddler and insists on surrounding himself with knuckle dragging fools. give them a decent,eloquent and educated leadership with a modern outlook and less extreme views on repatriation of people...

Just a question about the land valley(the lead at the bottom of the tiles) what length did he lay it in?(how long from one end to another) does it step down as it goes along? what grade or code is the lead? Cheers Dave

If you have two different tiles meeting together you should have a bonding gutter in between then (underneath)and normally a mortar bond for each set of tiles, they should touch or a small valley should be visible between them. Hope this helps Dave

It does seem strange that this post has turned up a year later but he does have some good points, asbestos can develop from 15 to 60 years which seems along way away for all of us but i would not touch it with yours these days and you would not want to die from it as its a very long and painful...

If you are going to fill the holes used sand and cement mix on a 3-1 ratio(3 sand to 1 cement) Cheers Dave

Just an idea, strip the roof off, board it out with ply and then cover it with lead! that stuff even keeps out kriptonite! with the price of lead returning to normal now the chinkeys don't want it any more it might not be as expensive as you think(just do the side facing the mask)

Thanks for the reply Noseall, you have said what i was thinking and what i have said to the customer, will have to look for windows to fit inside the trusses. Thanks Dave

Hi, hope someone can help, i've fitted many velux windows but they always have been in a traditional cut roof, mainly i guess is because people want to use the loft space or to get light in there. Anyway i've been asked to fit one in a trussed roof and im wondering if this is possible, i mean...

I had to laugh, watching the One show tonite, they lit a bonfire and the crowd seem to be a 1/4 of a mile away! We used to be right on top of it and only moved when your puffer jacket started to melt!

Hi Charlie, at a guess i would say that he has probably just rolled the lead and dressed it in to the valley boards and the boards do not have a lip( small angle piece of wood) fitted down the edge from top to bottom, this helps stop any water flowing in to the roof at the edge of the lead. If...