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My next door neighbour (semi-detached house)
has just been caught by some roofing cowboys, and I'm suffering as a result.
They agreed to having soffits,fascia, bargeboards and guttering all replaced with upvc - the original soffits,fasci and bargeboards remain in place, with the new upvc overlaying them. The original guttering was OSMA squareline, to be replaced with identical guttering. The job has been botched - at the front of the house where it meets my guttering at the propertyline in the middle of house, the new guttering is between 1/2 and 1 inch higher than my guttering. The joining bracket they used to attempt to connect the two pieces of gutter has been smothered in mastic to try to get a water tight seal. Worse still, as the back of the property, the new gutter is too short
to connect to the joining bracket properly at the property line, as well as being 1/2 inch too high and they have tried to bridge the gap with masses of mastic. This a complete bodge job, those joints, if they are water tight now, will likely fail within a few months. The work was agreed to as a result of a single cold call - but the contract makes no mention of the required 7 day cooling off period (this is a criminal offence, I understand). The work was completed within 2 days of the contract being signed; fortunately, no money has exchanged hands yet (not even a deposit).Any advice would be welcome.
has just been caught by some roofing cowboys, and I'm suffering as a result.
They agreed to having soffits,fascia, bargeboards and guttering all replaced with upvc - the original soffits,fasci and bargeboards remain in place, with the new upvc overlaying them. The original guttering was OSMA squareline, to be replaced with identical guttering. The job has been botched - at the front of the house where it meets my guttering at the propertyline in the middle of house, the new guttering is between 1/2 and 1 inch higher than my guttering. The joining bracket they used to attempt to connect the two pieces of gutter has been smothered in mastic to try to get a water tight seal. Worse still, as the back of the property, the new gutter is too short
to connect to the joining bracket properly at the property line, as well as being 1/2 inch too high and they have tried to bridge the gap with masses of mastic. This a complete bodge job, those joints, if they are water tight now, will likely fail within a few months. The work was agreed to as a result of a single cold call - but the contract makes no mention of the required 7 day cooling off period (this is a criminal offence, I understand). The work was completed within 2 days of the contract being signed; fortunately, no money has exchanged hands yet (not even a deposit).Any advice would be welcome.