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    Decking a small flat roof

    There are allot of manufacturers for promenade tiles, try Spartan Tiles, Castle composites, Slate systems, langley. suppliers, try www.asphaltic.co.uk www.proos.co.uk
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    Re-roofing

    try http://www.nfrc.co.uk/ Oh, and don't forget recommendations. Try phoning your nearest roofing merchant or builders merchant and asking them who they could recomend
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    Holding a slate in place

    It doesnt crack the slate below it, because it doesnt touch it. The hole of the slate that has slipped, sits above the top edge of the 2 slates below it. But you need to get into your local builders/roofing merchant and get a slate hook, or copper/plastic/lead slate strap. Or you could just...
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    conservatory roof

    Usually conservatories have polycarb sheets or the like on, so I'd start looking there. Where the lean-to reaches the brickwork of the existing house, you want to use lead - raked into the brickwork, then down and over the sheets. Google for leadwork, its a top edge abutment your going to do.
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    covering asbestos garage roof (white)

    You can get pretty decent paint-on solutions. The bitumen based ones aren't generally so good. I woul recommend either Flexacryl or Acrypol, they are very similar products, which when dried form an almost rubber coating. They have fibreglass strands in them which fill any holes in the roof. If...
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    Valley repairs to a 'london' roof.

    You can repair lead gutters with a variety of solutions, but in all honesty, they are just repairs, and the problem is going to come back and haunt you sooner rather than later. Get the leadwork done, ensuring the right code (thickness) is used, and that its laid correctly. 6 years doesnt...
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    Help!! Re-roof problems - Ventaflex underlay leaking

    To quote from Tyvek Literature and However, saying this, I wouldnt expect a roof covered with this or similar to actually leak, unless it was prolonged in severe exposure, or pooling at the eaves. And, ina ll fairness, another manufacturers literature (Marley) claims their brathable...
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    Help!! Re-roof problems - Ventaflex underlay leaking

    This is a bit of an old thread, but am new to the forums and was just having a nose around so thought i'd throw my thoughts in. Datarebels, completley right in what he's saying. Brethable felt does "leak". I would however disagree with woody. The purpose of modern felts is to prevent...
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