Plastic sheet tacked inside roof timbers

[Surya2089]

I have seen one property loft and seen plastic sheet covering on top,I cannot remove because it’s been glued and ask vendor and they told me it’s there since they bought it.

Attaching picture below
Any input pls

 

[JohnD]

The vendor might not be telling you the truth

From what I can see, the roof looks very old and will be dirty

The lining is probably an attempt to reduce dirt penetration, but might be to catch water leakage, or possibly an ill-advised attempt to reduce heat loss.

How thick was the sheeting?

 

[Surya2089]

It was not to thick

 

[RandomGrinch]

I have seen one property loft and seen plastic sheet covering on top,

It looks like bubble wrap to me?

 

[Nige F]

Old roof no sarking felt . Have a good look @ the outside condition

 

[JohnD]

It was not to thick

That's no help.

 

[Lower]

Its quite common for people to do something like that on old roofs to try and limit the muck that makes its way through the unfelted roof, and all the old torching that drops off the back of the tiles.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Old roof no sarking felt . Have a good look @ the outside condition

This. You can see the underside of the slates? on the left in the pic.
You do get lots of dust and rubbish dropping on the inside on that type of roof.
Have a careful look at the timbers (and the dust) looking for any signs of water coming in.
And have a good look at the outside of the roof (binoculars or drone survey)- looking for cracked or missing slates, lumps and bumps

 

[cwhaley]

Probably just backing material to stop the ingress of dirt, dust, bird nesting material, etc. etc.

Our roof is made up of the original tiles and timber and nothing else. Although lovely and dry up there, everything gets caked in dust!