Advice needed

[Gary Walls]

Can anyone tell me if my roof is safe held by one half brick for some reason there seems to be a lot of the inner wall missing and it's gable end terrace ,thanks

 

[motorbiking]

Can you take a picture zoomed out a bit? There may be something solid you can put some cross bracing on.

 

[Gary Walls]

That any good .

 

[motorbiking]

Can you get a vertical beam (king post) to connect to a horizontal and then two diagonal braces? What seems to be happening is your roof is working the wall inward. I have a similar situation with a neighbouring property on a house I own, where their wall is walking outward. Any strapping you can attach will certainly help.

 

[^woody^]

Looks like it's been pretty safe for the last 100 years or so.

 

[Gary Walls]

Thanks m8 and yes it makes sense what you say as rubble and dust keep falling ,my cousin who's a brickie said it needs rebricking loose bricks taking out replacing and also replacing the ones that are missing just wondered why the builders who I bought the house off left it like this as they did a full refurbishment on the house

 

[Gary Walls]

It was a new roof 18 months ago and I'm hearing rubble and dust falling every now and then from my bedroom underneath

 

[^woody^]

It was a new roof 18 months

What, those are new roof timbers?

 

[^woody^]

my cousin who's a brickie said it needs rebricking

Do you have a cousin who is a carpenter? He might know the principles of roof framing and that a ridge is held up by the rafters not the wall your brickie cousin may build.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

New roof 18 months ago? Was the previous roof Slate by any chance and you've had it replaced with concrete tiles?