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What is the pitch of your roof? If you go for the torch on felt the best performance to price ratio of Marley torch on felt would be their Quikflo range. It is a Elastomeric SBS Polyester based felt which is very easy to use. Marley Quickflo Torch on felt comes in 16m x 1m x 2mm underlay...

The standard type of stones to use are 6mm Limestone Chippings, which cost from a roofing merchant about £3.00 for a 40Kg bag, which will cover about 2-3m2.

With the new regulations you should use ply with has a CE marked, a better alternative would be 18mm OSB 3 Smart Ply which exceeds the regulations and is a lot cheaper. Here’s their website You can get this and all other roofing materials nationwide, from Asphaltic.co.uk which is the...

I assume that you are tile hanging with a plain tile (265x165mm), you finish the top course of tiles with an eave tile, which is a shorter tile (the same tile you use to start at the eaves course), then cover flash with a lead flashing.

I'm sure that Fibre Cement sheets replaced asbestos cement sheeting in excess of 20 years ago but here’s the manufactures website for more info.

The lowest pitched roof tile is a Lafarge Redland Regent in a smooth through colour, which is suitable down to a pitch of 12.5 degrees. There is over ways of acheving a lower pitch but it generally is only when appearances matter. Hope this helps.