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Does anyone know what price lead is at the moment?appx will do.

Just got a job to start.The roof in question has been on around 5 years.250sq m.The so called roofer did not strip the roof and then nailed plywood sheets directly onto the existing(i kid you not).The existing being felt and woodwall slabs :twisted: He then fitted a fibre glass roof on the...

Can you felt onto kingspan isulation?t/o or pour and roll?

Does anyone here supply free estimates if a customer does not own the property but is thinking of buying it?If someone calls me for such a job i advise them i wont do a free estimate as its for a property they do not own and as such they are not in a position to give me the work.I do supply a...

Wondering if any other roofers start early when the weather is hot,like now?We get on job by 6am and leave at 1pm,no dinner break though.Gets to dammed hot to be on a roof in the afternoons :roll: .

I have been repointing verges on a house in the town where i live.These houses are appx 5 yrs old and cost an arm and a leg(very exclusive shall we say).Anyway i must have done work on at least 8 different houses.All pointing,not enough cement in the mix,all powdery.Basicly the whole estate is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3Bs1M_z_Q&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3Bs1M_z_Q&feature=related Notice the moon walk method of securing the seam in video one.

I have always had trannie vans but newer ones.Im looking to employ a couple of lads for appx 1 year for a contract and im going to have to supply them with a van(not a new one though).Now i know that while trannies are great runners if you buy older ones they can rot on the chasis.So im wanting...

I dont know if you can buy something simular?A while ago i got a mate who welds to make me a couple of brackets to hook onto a cat ladder.It looks simular to a ladder stay.I use it for stacking slates/tiles on.Its alot safer/easier than just trying to put them between the rungs of the cat...

Anyone know much about this group thats recently popped up?

I have a large garden but its on a slope.Im going split it into 3 terraces each one will have a 3ft(ish) drop.Now im not wanting to lay blocks/bricks as i want to do the work myslef and im no brickie :wink: .Anyway would this work=If i concreted some fence posts in every 4 ft and to these fix...

When felting while i always put welted verge on i never put welted drips on and have not done so for well over 15 years.The reason i dont is because as you will know many flat roofs are just too flat with little or no fall.When putting a welted drip on you off course end up with some sort of...

Not my disaster but i had a call 2 weeks ago and they said my chimneys dropped and could i have a look.Off i went and the chimney in question was defying gravity,leaning at an acute angle.It had also dropped around 2 feet into loft space.The reason=The guy decided to enlarge the bedroom and hoiw...