Right. Crap situation here. Bought a 30 year old house a couple of years ago with a nice tiled roof. Thought to myself, tiled roof, no issues, happy days (see my old thread getting a conservation area slate roof re-done for my roofing woes).
After buying I found out the roof tiles had been painted about 10 years prior.
Turns out the roof leaks in lots of spots.
Have had lots of things done to try and remedy it. All moss cleaned off, ridge repointed all tiles checked etc all to no avail.
Eventually the concensus between a few independent roofers is that in preparing the tiles for painting, the nice glazed top coating was removed and now that much of the paint has gone, the tiles have become porous. Which would explain why it only leaks when there is a long period of rain (doesn't need wind or crazy torrents of water).
So the only suggested option is a complete reroof. Quotes have come in between £14k and £20k.
There's a good chance I simply cannot afford to do something like that, so, if it comes to it, do I have any other options?
Would repainting the tiles potentially sort the issue for another 10 or so years?
Brutal thing to find out after buying the place with a clean bill of health in the home report.
Cheers.
After buying I found out the roof tiles had been painted about 10 years prior.
Turns out the roof leaks in lots of spots.
Have had lots of things done to try and remedy it. All moss cleaned off, ridge repointed all tiles checked etc all to no avail.
Eventually the concensus between a few independent roofers is that in preparing the tiles for painting, the nice glazed top coating was removed and now that much of the paint has gone, the tiles have become porous. Which would explain why it only leaks when there is a long period of rain (doesn't need wind or crazy torrents of water).
So the only suggested option is a complete reroof. Quotes have come in between £14k and £20k.
There's a good chance I simply cannot afford to do something like that, so, if it comes to it, do I have any other options?
Would repainting the tiles potentially sort the issue for another 10 or so years?
Brutal thing to find out after buying the place with a clean bill of health in the home report.
Cheers.
