Hi all,
Myself and other property owners in the building we live are having difficulty determining the level to which our roof needs replacing.
We live in an Edwardian four floor property and recently became aware that the soffit and fascia were in need of repair down one side. We had a roofing company come to fix the issue, but whilst on the job they flagged to us what they deem to be rotten timber joists in our roof and have suggested that we should commit to the roof being taken apart and depending on how far the rot goes, stiching new joists to that point.
Attached are some images we have from the brief period they had scaffolding up and we were able to inspect. We can appreciate the fascia above the gutter is clearly rotten as you can see into the roof where the joists are, but struggling to determine how rotten the joists themselves are and how necessary committing to an open-ended job is, given the cost will be determined by how far up they go. They also didn't complete the repairs to the soffit and fascia because they claimed that gutter wasn't reattaching properly due to the rot and was sagging again already.
We have tried obtaining new quotes for the job but obviously anyone that has come round has said they cant formally quote until scaffolding is up.
I was just wondering if anyone had any experience in similar looking damage, and what the best option is regarding what we request to be quoted, and what we should look to repair.
Thanks in advance
Myself and other property owners in the building we live are having difficulty determining the level to which our roof needs replacing.
We live in an Edwardian four floor property and recently became aware that the soffit and fascia were in need of repair down one side. We had a roofing company come to fix the issue, but whilst on the job they flagged to us what they deem to be rotten timber joists in our roof and have suggested that we should commit to the roof being taken apart and depending on how far the rot goes, stiching new joists to that point.
Attached are some images we have from the brief period they had scaffolding up and we were able to inspect. We can appreciate the fascia above the gutter is clearly rotten as you can see into the roof where the joists are, but struggling to determine how rotten the joists themselves are and how necessary committing to an open-ended job is, given the cost will be determined by how far up they go. They also didn't complete the repairs to the soffit and fascia because they claimed that gutter wasn't reattaching properly due to the rot and was sagging again already.
We have tried obtaining new quotes for the job but obviously anyone that has come round has said they cant formally quote until scaffolding is up.
I was just wondering if anyone had any experience in similar looking damage, and what the best option is regarding what we request to be quoted, and what we should look to repair.
Thanks in advance
