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if it leaks this time, the winds welcome to rip the bl**dy thing off :LOL:

ive not used under felt, ive used a damp proof membrane, but not sure its going to be very effective, just hoping ive actually cured the leak so the membrane wont be needed. ive used new felt, no clouts on top, and lots of adhesive. funnily enough the added felt adhesive seems to have soaked...

thats lovely mate, nice one. i looked at the onduline sheets, even bought them ready to put on, then thought better of it as we live on a ridge where the wind gets up quite badly sometimes. its not uncommon for shed roofs to go for a wander from time to time and i looked at how id built mine...

not entirely sure what you mean. i didnt get a reply for a couple of days so guessed at what to do. ive put more felt on with bigger overlaps now, and a fair old bit of adhesive. dont really understand what you mean by using the felt and my fall to waterproof? by fall do you mean the pitch...

looked into the evercryl and found its exactly what i used over my joins and hasnt worked. i do realise tho that i should have gone under the overlap tho, not just pasted it over the top hoping for a seal. im about to start re-felting today with more rolls, more bitumen adhesive, and wondered...

be around 1981, got knocked off my fizzy and bought a car with the insurance money. got it from a family friend/neighbour, a silver ford escort estate with the lacquer peeling, can still remember the reg, ANN 978H. no guts at all, think it was 1100cc on an estate, i was lucky if it went to...

nice thread, thanks. dont understand capacitors and circuit boards really, but theres enough info there for an idiot like me to be able to have a bash at :-) thanks again

got a hotpoint ultima thats started playing up. when in use the display starts flashing really quickly rather than displaying the time left. sometimes the time will skip a few minutes, sometimes add a few minutes on. apart from that its still working ok. can it only be the circuit board on...

I'd also go for a better bike second hand. A good site for that would be www.singletrackworld.com Real friendly site, plenty of traffic and they could point you in the right direction. There may even be a bike suitable for you now in the for sale forum.

thanks mate. the shell is constructed by sticking 8 x 4" square posts in some uneven ground, then screwing 4x2 all the way round it at top and bottom for roof and floor ring beams. then joists and noggins are screwed to the ring beams. hence another fear of mine that a weighty roof would have...

please dont apologise mate, im not offended, i had the same thoughts myself once built. bit late then eh? :-) all i can say is i hope they are! do you mind me asking why you ask 'especially at the back'? does the back take more strain? im always thinking about what i could do to improve...

haha yeah it sounds complicated doesnt it, but it really isnt. the basic principle is ill be inserting 0.5m wide strip of felt into the present overlap to 'make a bigger overlap'. ideally id just lift the old overlap and insert, but because ive er..... sealed it so well and covered the...

its not localised mate, coming in all over the place :-/

thats sort of the plan :-) ok ill have to try and explain it..... the plan is to use a stanley to just cut the thinnest strip possible out along the length of the overlaps where the clout nails are. this is because its all too well sealed to prise them out individually so i can just rip it...

we've come up with a plan to improve matters. not the easiest to describe without getting all confusing but ill need bitumen. however, im not sure what the best stuff for a good seal will be. i used brush on felt adhesive before, but theres mastics, bitumens, sealants, adhesives, seems so...

Yeah you're probably right, I built it to fag packet calcs with no previous experience, it wasn't til after it was up I started thinking ooooh that spans maybe a little on the large side :-) It's 6ft at the back so I'm hoping not to have to lower it any but if it looks like it'd be troublesome...

thanks chaps. most of it is an open gazebo so no condensation. i didnt finish off with a drip rail which was a mistake, but..... to test that out i did lay an old roll of felt over the front dropping over as a dtip rail would. still leaked. think you may be right with the overlaps then...

the laps are only 3 or 4 inches if that. i realise this isnt optimal but rolls are 1m wide, roof is around 3.5m so i just thought 4 rolls would be adequate with some overlap. front edge is 12mm ply sticking over the timber roof beam by 2", then under that is a 2x1 batten to give the appearance...

hi just built a large gazebo/shed structure, really happy with it but unfortunately the roof leaks. i just cant fathom it, nor can a builder friend of mine who's had a look at it. its a relatively shallow pitched pent roof, dropping 1ft over 3.5m. the roof is comprised of 4x2 joists and...