Flat felt to pitch tiled roof - worth the cost?

[GR87]

Hi folks, long time reader of the forum’s but first time post. Hopefully don’t p**s anyone off cause I know people on forums can get very annoyed when folk ask questions that have been asked before but I couldn’t seem to find an answer for this one.

Recently moved in to a house in the UK which has a flat roof extension (old garage conversion). It’s at an age the felt needs resurfaced and I’m in two minds to have a pitch tiled roof put on instead - I actually think it looks better than flat felt. The area is approx. 3000 x 7000 mm. Before I gets guy’s out to price, I’d like to have a ball park figure so I’m wondering if there’s a rule of thumb for pricing a job like this (e.g. £xx.xx per sq m)? I get it will differ depending on bits and pieces, type of tile etc but just a stake in the ground to give me an idea. As a keen DIYer, curious if anyone has built the timber frame themselves?

Appreciate any advice. Cheers.

 

[Ian H]

I put a roof on my kitchen extension.

It was very basic, just 1 angle from wall to wall and a couple of velux. It was 6.3x3.3, once the first rafter was cut it was pretty easy and once the felt is on you can take your time tiling it.

 

[GR87]

Thanks Ian. I’m a keen DIYer but think I’ll be getting the boys in for this. Was just keen to see if there was a ball park cost per square meter. I’ll be getting a price or two in the next few days. My Plan B is to simply have a 3.5m by 2.8m section re-torch felted. Wondering if anyone can help with an approximate cost for this? Sorry if this has been asked, and thanks for any replies!!

 

[Tigercubrider]

Just out of interest

I have a 3M square extension (filling in the gap where the garage is 3 M shorter than the House so 2 walls squaring off the house. It has a flat roof that will need replacing. There is only about 12-18" wall before a window cill gets in the way

Do you need planning consent to change to a shallow pitched tiled roof? Is the angle an issue? A mate is a chippy that I could get some help from but do most of it myself?

 

[noseall]

£6k plus another £3k if you want a full scaffold canopy.

 

[GR87]

That’s a lot more than I thought it would be, noseall. But thanks for the heads up. Looks like it’ll be getting a new sheet of felt and I’ll just need to learn to live with the anxiety! Cheers.