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Hi seeing as nobody has been able to answer my recent post about my valley roof - can anybody tell me the best way to get my reroof properly inspected for worthiness? I don't want to get roofers round, presuming that I am going to give them work - and I want an official opinion. I phoned...

Hi I've had various troubles with my new roof - but I've just checked how the valley is done, and I can only come to the conclusion that it is wrong, but would like more experienced opinions please. The valley is EPDM (couldn't afford lead), but it is thick Rhepanol. Personally, I am...

Hi all I've got a parapet wall with big old coping stones without a drip edge. Can anyone suggest how I could create a drip edge on them? I was thinking of getting something like a strip of rubber seal from a PVC door and sticking it on with 'sticks like sh*t'. Is that a crazy idea? Cheers

Hi I've got a few small holes in the membrane in my new roof (mainly caused by the roofers walking on the tiles and breaking them, thus puncturing the membrane). I don't have any water coming in the holes, but just would like to know if there is an easy way to patch them up without...

Hi I've just had my roofer fix the faulty render after chasing him for 4 months. I just noticed on the photos I took of the stripped render - that some of the soakers don't seem to be rising up the parapet wall very much. Can anyone tell me if my suspicions are correct please? Cheers...

hi can anyone give any suggestions of the best way to ventilate my roof? the cmineys are capped.

further to my questions about my reroof - is it possible to give a rough figure for a reroof based on the diagram? by the way - there is a mistake on my diagram - the flashing DOES go above the tiles. Also - I have missed off the other row of coping stones on the left side. I would want...

Hi I'm not sure what work needs doing on our roof. The valley seems OK but needs doing in the future. We had a roofing contractor in when the render on one of the chimney stacks blew and fell off. It turned out we didn't even have lead flashings just thick felt (I didn't know anything...