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Hello, Im in the middle of having lead valleys redone and have to strip the slates to the top of one of the ridges and remove one ridge tiles, its probably lime mortar bedded. I absolutly dont want to break this as its an old house and wont be very easily replaceable if at all. I was...

so are you saying it would have all been bedded with mortar? Once the sarking was laid and the wooden valleys batons fixed, the plumber would have laid all the lead valleys. Final would have been the slater. So did they use mortar to get rid of any uneveness or are you saying they would have...

Plumber did that so Im ready to slate. Ive read some valley edges were bedded with mortar and when removing them I did see some mortar in places but not everywhere! Would this have been used to level the last slates next to the valley to make up for any discrepencys with the sarking? Thanks

I have had to remove enough slates to have one of my lead valleys releaded. I have managed to remove most slates without damage and I am hoping to put them back in the same place! There isnt any reason this shouldnt work really is there? What is the correct overhang distance for a...

Presume it is a temporary barrier then while building work is ongoing? Why bother on new builds then with the extra cost of vapour barriers and the time to fix etc, just get the sarking on and slate or tile asap? cheers

I have had to strip the slates either side of one of the lead valleys on my house as it has split. I have the plumber coming shortly to do the lead work and then I will be able to get on with the reslating. The house is 85 years old and has a bitumous felt on top of the sarkin board...

Ok youve answered my question then. If Im doing a simply slate repair I'll use my roof ladder. If Im doing a bigger project painting windows soffit and facia round the dormer etc I'll have to remove a couple of slates and fix my roof brackets properly then replace the slates with a Hall Hook...

I have looked at a couple of videos on this and see often people are using the roof hooks ive bought but they are removing a slate to fix them to the roof? Is this to allow more than one fixing? Is sliding a roof hook under a slate to catch on the one nail not the done thing? I have...

[/url] It is actually the adjustable ones I bought just couldnt find a pic. Ive looked at all roofing places in the UK and phoned my local roofing supplier. Why arent they available here? Please tell me that everyone isnt having to make their own due to health and safety not allowing them...

I recently bought a pair of these roof brackets from the Home Depot (B&Q) in the US while on a tool shopping spree filling my trolly and wondering if id get it back on the plane! Rather like a woman in a jewelry shop except what I bought was usuefull and not over priced! Anyway I forgot to...

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I moved from a new house with a Megaflow pressured system about 18 months ago to 1930's old stone house that needs renovating. It currently has electric showers. To make more room in the bathroom im looking to move the hot water cylinder into the loft. Both bathroom and ensuite are being...

I wish people on forums wouldnt get angry and have a go at each other chill out its not worth it! You have to be practical and accept certaing things. If your not willing to lose any internal space then nothing is really going to help with insulation. You could go the proper building...

Hello, The mains water comes into my house under a tarmac drive about a foot to the left of the front door step which is granite. The left hand end of the step gets damp in certain weather. Not soaking but you clearly see the 'patch' and if you touch it can feel its moisture. After...

Span between joist ends is 4 metres. PS why the username daddad. Thats what my boys call me and when your asked for passwords, names etc on computers i never have a clue what to use!

I have a loft in an old house im looking to floor and make semi inhabitable for kids to layout train sets, scalectrix etc The trusses are simply triangles, ie one horizontal and two angles, they are not like attic trusses or fink, no hanging posts etc. The timbers are 5" x 2" and some that...

I have a very tall chimney stack that comes out a bungalow roof and want to get to it to fit a stove liner. I have a 6ft stone wall next to the house which would allow me to fit my quickstage 4 foot wide scaffold but the rafters overhang. The wall stops me building the scaffold further out...