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There is no prep work involved. its a bare shell Luckily a friend of a friend has been round who is well recommended. He has quoted job price around 80% lower than the loft company. Pheweee Maybe some loft companies would rather not get involved with tiling as it is one thing that can leak going...

thanks again for replies folks. crikey, you had me worried there geraldthehamster. There is 3 rows of tiles so yes it must be 200 mm back from eaves, phewee :LOL: I've been up there measuring again. The height from top of old loft boards to top of new ridge beam is 267 cm so there was plenty of...

hi all, We've been quoted £186 per m2 to tile our new loft bathroom by our loft conversion company, not including tiles and materials. More if the area is 5m2 or less. That's around £1k to tile the shower and a few tiles around the hand basin. If we tile the floor and much of the bathroom...

Thanks for reply chappers. It is under permitted development. They have agreed to trim the lip that stops rain water blowing on to neighbours roof. Not sure if they will need to shave the firring as well but then we lose gradient on the flat roof. They say its no problem. There was no mention of...

hi all, I've attached an image of our dormer loft conversion under construction. The lip of the dormer roof is higher than the ridge tiles. I'm presuming this will be trimmed down, although they have torched the felt on now so I wonder if its too late? Any advice from somebody who knows about...

Our dormer is under construction and is a fraction wider than on the plan despite endless reminders and questions to the loft company. I've attached some pictures where I've marked the centre line in Red. The flashing crosses the centre line of the party wall just slightly which is allowed. I'm...

Thanks for replies folks. re confidence in installer, I haven't met him yet, or her of course. Just met the 1st fix team who are good. My parents shower leaked between tray and tiles. Maybe it was a plastic tray I will choose a sturdy shower tray which I think will help. We were going to tile...

If you are building a loft conversion and installing a shower cubicle into the new bathroom, is it better to tank the shower area first, and if so what would a reasonable price be in Outer London? The contract with our loft company only specifies installing bathroom so I think it will be extra...

we opted for the concrete tiles in the end. need to save a few hundred quid

Thanks for the advice Chappers regarding state of current roof, I definitely agree, now is the time to do it. its 28m2 in total including the triangle bit on the front above the bay window. The roofer who quoted a few years ago has just had a quick look and says he could do it for only a little...

you sound pretty handy foxhole, wish I could do that kind of work in 1 day let alone 1 hour. They haven't built the dwarf wall yet, they are just finishing off the studwork. I made a mistake, the price was actually £300 inc VAT. I had always requested 2 cupboard doors from the initial meeting...

anybody got an idea what a fair price would be in Outer London to create a cupboard door in the dwarf wall of a loft conversion? I think its about 50 cm wide by 70 cm tall our loft is under construction, and in the bedroom, there will be a dwarf wall under the sloping front roof with storage...

The whole of the back is being replaced anyway as the dormer takes up most of the roof and what little remains on the back may as well be re-tiled. So the extra £4k quote is to do the front as well. I did check this quotation check website for outer London prices and the front and back price on...

thanks for replies. the builders think the roof could be fine for another 5 years but not longer. When we had the full survey done when buying it nearly 10 years ago, the surveyor said it would probably last another 5 to 10 years. I've included some pictures. The tiles don't seem too bad but the...

are clay roof tiles better than concrete? we are not sure whether to tile our new dormer and what little remains of the rear roof in clay or concrete tiles. 1930's mid terraced house. The original are concrete but I've read clay absorb less water, and therefore less mold will grow on it. We get...

Hi all, Is it better to re-tile the front roof during a loft conversion? The loft company initially suggested if it isn't broke don't fix it which sounded good to me. But now the old insulation foil has been removed from the loft and they can see there is no felt under the old tiles, they...

thanks again for more info chaps. It's filled in with ballast for now and sprayed with yellow highlighter paint around the area to draw attention to the remaining trip hazard. Council know about it. Round here, if you tell them its dangerous, then its 3-5 days for the council to come out and...

thanks for the replies chaps. that puts my mind at rest. I will ask them to sheet over the materials though. I'm concerned wood lower down that stack can get wet and the water can't evaporate whereas at least the wood on top can dry out when the weather is dryer. I suppose building control will...

Hi all, we are having a loft conversion done and a lot of the materials were lifted on to the scaffold before the weekend. I was surprised to see it wasn't covered up. There is a some treated battons, but also a lot of what appears to be untreated timber which I think are for the floor joists...

thanks for your replies folks, very helpful. Not sure whether to anonymously report this to council and hope they come and fix it, or have a crack at it myself, or report the crane company to the council. My neighbour can't park on their drive at the moment which is unfair on them. After the...