Hi All,
After having a loft conversion and new concrete man-made slate roof fitted on my terraced house, by Bodgers. They fitted soakers, then just rendered over the soakers with a concrete mix. There were some leaks. I heard that, of six roofs they have done in this area, four are leaking.
I had to get in another roofer who was recommended to me as fully competent, by the local roofing suppliers. He seemed to know what he was doing. He has now, I hope, corrected all the bodges.
He has removed all the defective render, refitted the 200mm lead flashing, by making an upstand where the slates meet the the vertical brick wall, screwing a stop-bead through the lead with lead washers, then rendered down to the stop-bead. He assured me the render would be water-tight. As far as I am aware, he didn't chase the lead into the wall.
A builder friend of mine, says this will NOT work, He says, the render will crack, water will get in behind it, and run under the soakers, and I'll be back where I started from.
Have I been had again ?
After having a loft conversion and new concrete man-made slate roof fitted on my terraced house, by Bodgers. They fitted soakers, then just rendered over the soakers with a concrete mix. There were some leaks. I heard that, of six roofs they have done in this area, four are leaking.
I had to get in another roofer who was recommended to me as fully competent, by the local roofing suppliers. He seemed to know what he was doing. He has now, I hope, corrected all the bodges.
He has removed all the defective render, refitted the 200mm lead flashing, by making an upstand where the slates meet the the vertical brick wall, screwing a stop-bead through the lead with lead washers, then rendered down to the stop-bead. He assured me the render would be water-tight. As far as I am aware, he didn't chase the lead into the wall.
A builder friend of mine, says this will NOT work, He says, the render will crack, water will get in behind it, and run under the soakers, and I'll be back where I started from.
Have I been had again ?