We have a large (8.2m x 2.6m) shed in the back garden, it has a monopitch roof with the highest point right on the boundary with the neighbours. The neighbours have at some point (before we moved here) built their own shed as a kind of 'lean-to' onto the back of ours.
The roof as it stands is a solid timber roof that's been felted, then a system of rubber pipework on top, then corrugated plastic (what's left of it, anyway) on top of that. The idea I think was to heat water for a pool but it's now all redundant.
So, my plan is to strip off the corrugated plastic, remove the pipework, and fit new corrugated roofing sheets in place of the plastic, using the same purlins and adding more if necessary. The felt is pretty much shot but I figure if the new corrugated sheets go on right it'll be redundant anyway.
The main problem is: how do I get up there to fit the sheets? I guess I'll need to actually climb onto the roof, assuming it would take my weight (dubious) since I can't get to it from the other side? How would you do it?
I'd got the the stage of thinking I'd get a professional to do it, but I've put in more than a dozen calls to local roofers/builders/handymen and not one has even called back, let alone turned up to quote for it. So I guess I'm doing it myself somehow!!! Any helpful pointers from someone that's done this sort of job would be great.
The roof as it stands is a solid timber roof that's been felted, then a system of rubber pipework on top, then corrugated plastic (what's left of it, anyway) on top of that. The idea I think was to heat water for a pool but it's now all redundant.
So, my plan is to strip off the corrugated plastic, remove the pipework, and fit new corrugated roofing sheets in place of the plastic, using the same purlins and adding more if necessary. The felt is pretty much shot but I figure if the new corrugated sheets go on right it'll be redundant anyway.
The main problem is: how do I get up there to fit the sheets? I guess I'll need to actually climb onto the roof, assuming it would take my weight (dubious) since I can't get to it from the other side? How would you do it?
I'd got the the stage of thinking I'd get a professional to do it, but I've put in more than a dozen calls to local roofers/builders/handymen and not one has even called back, let alone turned up to quote for it. So I guess I'm doing it myself somehow!!! Any helpful pointers from someone that's done this sort of job would be great.
