I'm so fed up of having to rely on tradespeople getting back to me, Ive decided to tackle the work myself. Ive had a dormer fitted and need that section of the roof tiled. Can anyone point me in the direction of videos or instructions to do this. There is some lead work required which is quite skilful I know, but it seems I have no choice now but to have a go.
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- Thread starter melross
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Crikey. Cutting your teeth on a dormer roof is not the wisest move. In the first image below, if you zoom in you can see that I have mocked up a few tiles prior to setting the lead soaker at the bottom of the dry valley on the dormer roof. This is so that when I tile the main roof, I know that I have allowed room for the tiles to fit under the dormer fascia and soffit and will comfortably slide under the lead soaker.
I did all this in advance because I needed to tile the dormer roof before tiling the main roof, which meant setting the dry valley and the accompanying lead soaker.
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