Are these quotes correct? And true purpose of inner felt?

[FlamRackett]

Following extreme weather the day before, I discovered a small, dribbling leak coming through some ripped inner felt in my 1960's roof. This felt has been ripped for several years with no leaks. The rip is quite large, the width if two beams and about 3 inches in height.
Had 2 roofers quote today, both said concrete tiles would need removing from one side of the house, up to the rip, replace with membrane and relay. One quote was £1750, other £2400.
I want to ask if this is correct or am I being taken for a ride?

Also, having researched, I'm confused on the purpose of the inner felt. Is it there in case of failed tiles and carries water to the gutters, or is there to prevent frost?

Thank you.

 

[catlad]

Yes they are ripping you off! try elsewhere... Membrane is to stop driving rain mainly.

 

[FlamRackett]

Yes they are ripping you off! try elsewhere... Membrane is to stop driving rain mainly.

Thanks for the response. If it helps, the felt is the old style, I'll attach a pic below. Is this still the case? Thanks

 

[Alastairreid]

What's on the roof? It may be something as simple as a broken tile.

 

[FlamRackett]

What's on the roof? It may be something as simple as a broken tile.

Hi, thanks for replying. They are concrete overlapping tiles, original from 60's. Have tried best to look from ground level outside and can't see a particularly broken or damaged tile.
What is your opinion on the quotes, if it is just a tile? Thanks

 

[Alastairreid]

I would get another couple of quotes from roofers who go up on the roof to find what the actual problem is.

 

[ree]

OP,
Why not Post a pic of the roof - annotate the pic to show the area of the ripped felt?
FWIW: fixing a felt rip from inside the loft is a straightforward job.
Dont have endless boots traipsing across your fragile 1960's tiles - why not wait for a bit of advice from here after you've posted a pic?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks for the response. If it helps, the felt is the old style, I'll attach a pic below. Is this still the case? Thanks

If it's just the felt which is damaged, can you not manage to repair it from the inside?

 

[FlamRackett]

OP,
Why not Post a pic of the roof - annotate the pic to show the area of the ripped felt?
FWIW: fixing a felt rip from inside the loft is a straightforward job.
Dont have endless boots traipsing across your fragile 1960's tiles - why not wait for a bit of advice from here after you've posted a pic?

Hi Ree, thanks for reply. I'll get a photo of outside later today.
Please see below for the inside felt. Advice would be much appreciated, at least before roofers start removing tiles!

 

[FlamRackett]

If it's just the felt which is damaged, can you not manage to repair it from the inside?

Hi Harry, thanks for reply. See the pic just above, it would be possible to fix inside but I've seen conflicting info on the use of felt; some say it's in case a tile fails and water will go down to the gutter, others say the felt is only there for frost.
Thanks

 

[Alastairreid]

There are millions of roofs up and down the country without any felt.
Concentrate on the tiles..could be a slipped, cracked or channel broken which would not be seen from the ground.
A 60s concrete tiled roof will be coming to the end of its serviceable life.
Possibly may be better to patch it up with a view to re roofing in the future.

 

[Mottie]

If it’s like our felt was in our 60’s built house, it was a waxy type of paper that had gone brittle over the years. It was ripped and torn in places. We moved in in 1990 and a few years later we had a terrible storm that made things worse. A few tiles were blown off and the felt ended up in a terrible state. Our insurance company paid for a new roof. Mrs Mottie didn’t want new tiles as she said it would make the roof "stick out like a sore thumb" so we had the tiles removed, roof re-felted, new battens and refitted the original tiles. My mate did the job and sourced some secondhand tiles to replace the missing ones and we split the tile money between us.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

There are millions of roofs up and down the country without any felt.

Including my own house!

 

[Iwilldoit]

I have seen 1960s houses around my way have the concrete tiles taken off and new membrane and laths installed and the old tiles re installed with any broken ones from the removal replaced with new ones out of sight from the main road.
They also used a dry system mechanical roof fixings for the new ridge tiles instead of the original mortar bed.

 

[Nige F]

Hi Harry, thanks for reply. See the pic just above, it would be possible to fix inside but I've seen conflicting info on the use of felt; some say it's in case a tile fails and water will go down to the gutter, others say the felt is only there for frost.
Thanks

It's there to direct water to the gutter. There should be enough ventilation in the roof to mean 0 degrees outside = 0 degrees in the roofspace.