roof repair

Hi all, grateful for some advice. Just moved into a c.1900 Victorian terrace. Quickly spotted, unnoticed by the surveyor, a crack in one of the purlins. You can see failure is a combination of the purlin strut being removed for hatch installation, knot in the purlin, and heavier roof tiles...

Hi guys, I am looking at replacing a large concrete roof. The concrete roof is installed in slabs each around 4m long by around 80cm wide so a crane will be able to lift the slabs once the felt is removed. Want to replace the roof with a steel roof (pics attached of the current roof). Theres 5...

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Hi Looked through previous threads and seems could be a few reasons, but wanted some simply explained bespoke advice on this please Leak coming into top of window when rains heavy (see red circle picture of entry) 2 bed semi property, downstairs kitchen window Can see on pics, and not sure...

Evening, New to the forum and so thanks in advance for any info provided. Trying to deal with a leak at my fathers house. The leak has been coming from this hip end of the roof and, I think, from the dislodged/broken arris hip tiles. All the arris tiles are fixed well but are loose but...

My job for the weekend was to remove the polystyrene tiles off the ceiling of one of my upstairs rooms. As soon as I slipped a putty knife behind one, the lath and plaster crumbled and disintegrated: Removing the weakened plaster shows the laths have rotted away and the bits that are left are...

Hello, We had long standing water ingress from a slipped roof tile on a three story Victorian house. Eventually the lath and plaster was damaged and caved in- which was the first we knew of the problem! We've had it repaired but I'm concerned the work may be more cosmetic than structurally...