New (ish) roof leaking

[^woody^]

Irrespective of where a small leak is now, if those slates are not laid properly you will have a much bigger leak later

 

[joe-90]

Joe doesn't know what headlap is and is the Forum village idiot btw.

That said, it'd be worth investigating the leak further before condemning the lot.

Don't be such a dope Freddie have another look.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

You stick to conservatory roofing Poppit!

 

[joe-90]

You stick to printing plans me old muppet.

 

[scottishslater]

if you look at tiles in background it looks like there's a small Watergate on them that's why I thought they could be edgemere

 

[scottishslater]

post a close up of one of those tiles close up there saying theres no headlap when they could be single lap tiles

 

[BethesdaSlate]

Oh dear, what a disaster. Rip it off and start again with someone who knows what they are doing.
And you shouldn't use those things at 17.5 degrees even if you had 4" lap or more, they're not suitable at such a pitch.
1. Rip it off and start again
2. Change the roofer.
3. Change the tile or the pitch.

 

[Xenon]

Zoomed in, and i can't see any interlock

 

[joe-90]

Oh dear. Worra plonka that lad is. Won't be long before he is banned - yet again.

 

[joe-90]

Zoomed in, and i can't see any interlock



The interlock is on the spare slates at the end of the roof.

 

[suts89]

They look to me a bit like a Sandtoft Penine slate or similar as I can see no interlock so they are double lap slates laid with a single lap. The felt must be keeping the water out to the rest of the roof so the felt may have dropped at the top edge or is getting through a side lap of there is any.

Seems to be getting more and more common that a builder is doing their own roofing at the moment rather than paying for a specialist. After the early 90's recession we ended up with a fair amount of work putting things right when the same situation occurred

#edit#

Just seen your comment about flashing being below where the piccy is taken from. Is it a side abutment to a wall? If that's the case it could be a soaker / secret gutter problem

SRE thanks for your comments, "double lat slates laid with a single lap" can you elaborate please and offer your thoughts on the correct way to fix it?

Yes the flashing is at a side abutment to a wall, i don't think their is a secret gutter or soaker under it. It looks fairly neat however if the wind is severe and in the right direction i,m thinking it could get under.

I,m away from home at the moment so don't have a picture however this next picture shows the adjacent wall and gives an idea of the standard of leadmanship (i think) and hopefully a better perspective of what i am trying to explain.

 

[suts89]

Okay found the tile.

http://www.forticrete.co.uk/products/141/hardrow-solos.html

The main reason this tile was chosen was its suitability for 17.5 degrees.

Thanks again for all the comments, keep them coming

 

[suts89]

Oh dear, what a disaster. Rip it off and start again with someone who knows what they are doing.
And you shouldn't use those things at 17.5 degrees even if you had 4" lap or more, they're not suitable at such a pitch.
1. Rip it off and start again
2. Change the roofer.
3. Change the tile or the pitch.

Sounds expensive

Surely changing the pitch is a bit excessive?

What tile would you recommend?

Thanks for your comments

 

[scottishslater]

Marley Wessex

 

[suts89]

Thanks for that Scottish Slater, although the look we were after was a "slate affect"

I've just been looking at the specs for my tile and it states a 5'' headlap at 17.5 degrees. What will be required to achieve this?

Cheers