Slate undercloak nailed onto battens

[First Timer Lady]

Hello,

I bought my first house three years ago. The house is in gothic revival style and built in 1861.

recently I have had the bargeboard and finials repaired and replaced some part by a local joiner. Now, a roofer is putting tiles back but he decided to have a new piece of wood made and added by the joiner to the original bargeboard, because some part of board is very rotten and not straight line, he says the new wooden parts will protect the damaged wood underneath, and without it, he needs to fill some gap with mortar underneath the roof and it would look ugly. He has also decided to add slate undercloaks which my house did not have before. He cut the slate to 100mm wide and nailed and screwed onto the battens. I went up the scaffolding today and took pictures. i also did some research online, and now i can see that battens should be over the undercloak, but on my roof the top line of batten is at the same height as the bargeboards. so I somehow understand why he did this, but if I were him, I would have waited until the new wood has been added, and attach the undercloak onto it. The undercloak projects only 25mm above the bargeboard due to the 15mm thick wood added.

i am concerned how he is doing my roof. I am a single woman from abroad and has little knowledge of DIY, let alone building and roofing. I know nobody to ask. Please see the photos advise if he is doing ok or not. 5th photo is the original.

this project is really causing me Sleepless nights….

 

[datarebal]

Nothing wrong with slate under cloak.
But here you have not enough over hang.

 

[First Timer Lady]

Nothing wrong with slate under cloak.
But here you have not enough over hang.

Thank you for your post. Can you tell me what would be the implications of having not enough over hang?

 

[datarebal]

Increase in barge board rot

 

[First Timer Lady]

Ok, so what need to be done now? ask him to continue? or remove the new wood covering? What is the best solution?
also I don’t like the look of how the wet verge was done and it’s colour. Is the mortar too thick or ok?

 

[noseall]

Ok, so what need to be done now? ask him to continue? or remove the new wood covering? What is the best solution?
also I don’t like the look of how the wet verge was done and it’s colour. Is the mortar too thick or ok?

That bedding has been hit by rain or frost and he has been clumsy or lazy with it. We like to bed our tiles well into the muck so that the kick (from the mortar) is minimal or invisible.

 

[First Timer Lady]

Now that i have narrower over hang, should I
1. remove the wood covering and the slate undercloak to make the roof back to original,
2. just remove the wood, leave the undercook, or
3. any other good option?

please help me…!

 

[noseall]

Now that i have narrower over hang, should I
1. remove the wood covering and the slate undercloak to make the roof back to original,
2. just remove the wood, leave the undercook, or
3. any other good option?

please help me…!

The wood 'capping' has been fitted to cover the ends of the roofing battens, because of the way he fitted the under cloak - i.e. directly above the battens as opposed to directly beneath them.

 

[First Timer Lady]

The wood 'capping' has been fitted to cover the ends of the roofing battens, because of the way he fitted the under cloak - i.e. directly above the battens as opposed to directly beneath them.

Do you mean, we need fit capping on the end of batten to protect its wood?

 

[noseall]

Do you mean, we need fit capping on the end of batten to protect its wood?

...and the fact that the batten ends are normally concealed because they are pig ugly - yes.

 

[catlad]

Looks ok to me.