Any idea why my roof is dropping at the corner?
- Thread starter Gary111
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The tile battens are rotten, probably.
Battens cannot be replaced without removing the tiles. The tiles are then affixed to the new battens. A few tiles stripped off at the gable end should confirm is the battens are rotting. How is that gable end finished? If the wall was to be too far back and battens over sailing too much, they could be bowing with the weight. More investigation is needed IMO.
That depends on your tolerance of heights and skill off a ladder.
It might be the battens or the ladder noggings or the barge rafter or all three.
To me it looks like it's an optical effect because the guttering is on a slope.
Cover the guttering in the picture and the roof is straight
Cover the guttering in the picture and the roof is straight
It may be so. It doesn't alter the fact there are large gaps under many of the verge tiles.
There is an increasing gap, under the tiles on the right, approaching the gutter - which suggests it is the roof.
It might be worthwhile the OP trying to get a photo of that section of the roof, but from the inside, if he can access the tight space.
The problem area won't be visible from the inside. It'll be obscured by the gable masonry. In fact, all may look healthy on the inside, whilst the outside can be rotten as an old pair.
It'll be rotten/ ing, that's why it's sagging.
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