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Still the headache of trying to prop the purlin up. Think it would be sufficient to prop up from the room below? Also who would one instruct to carry out such works and ball park of costs in the Kent area?

My purlin was sitting on eroded bricks. The purlins didn’t pass the wall. Next door presumably has a purling in the same place.

Thanks ree . What would you suggest for supporting the purlin near the brick?

this was pre tiles being changed. sorry for the confusion I dont have access to the loft today to take the new picture

so just i can remove the brick the current purlin is sitting on while I carry out the above? Also could you maybe illustarte in a diagram so i can visualise what you mean. sorry to be a pain. (I think i get what you mean but just wnat to be double sure before i instruct someone to carry out the...

Note this is the picture before the breathable membrane and tiles renewal.

Just checked the purlin is 100pc level so it can’t have shifted away as it would then be unlevel it does very much look like they used a short piece of timber 90 odd years ago. Shrinkage of that much would also be unlikely

Sister the brick with timber? Or sister the purlin into the wall? Silly me I just read the other post u did.

The other end is a hip

Unfortunately I was away dealing with a crisis. The silly roofers said they put it back to how it was originally constructed and said it was fine for 90 years so it’ll be fine. I’ve had so much back and forth with them. I just want to rectify the problem now and I don’t really want those guys...

But would it be harder to get under with the weight of the roof on the purlin?. I guess I would need to jack the purlin up slightly to slide the iron in. Really hoping I don’t have to get the tiles off again.

The roof tiles are now on. I’m guessing I can’t do this now? What would be the next best step in this case?

I own this property. The brick wall is double. The house does not have any walls that go straight down from first floor to ground floor. It’s a weird setup to be honest as the main bedroom is slightly smaller than the living room below so it’s not a single wall coming from bottom to top. Most...

Would this be sufficient when we come to selling the house? Just worried it may stop potential buyers from getting a mortgage. I understand most bank surveyors are useless and they tend not to check properly but Sod’s Law would dictate that I get a surveyor that actually says this is terrible.

its just your eyes and the angle. the wall is perfectly straight.

the purlin was previous resting on a crumbled brick, and the brick has been renewed. trying to get ideas as to what we can do to better support this. I have a feeling the purlin is not even supporting the rafters at this point. would the roof collapse instantly if this brick broke?

Ideally it should be going through the wall but I guess it can’t as the neighbours one will be in the same place. Also it looks like the timber is a bit short and only a bit of it is rested on the brick. And remedies to make it more secure? There doesn’t look like any load bearing walls in...

I had a re-roof done last year and noticed a 2 small tears about 4cmx4cm on one of the sheets of the breather membrane. My understanding is that if i patch up from inside then the water would still come in right? i am assuming a good portion of the roof needs to be striped to lay another piece...

did you ever get this repaired? what was wrong?

would I need to involve building control for this sort of work?