In October I noticed a leak on my bedroom ceiling. I had a leak that was running along the timber frame from the pitch of the roof/ adjoining neighbours wall and hitting my bedroom ceiling.
Back in 2021, I noticed a tiny damp patch in the same area and a roofer came out and pointed the chimney breast side that faces my roof (this is not my chimney) as he couldn’t see anything wrong with my roof. It was put on before I moved in, it is probably less than 10 years old.
I had to get a different roofer to come and look at it in November as my usual one was too busy. He said my felt was dry and couldn’t see anything from the outside. Again, commented my roof still looked new. He asked me to check with my neighbours if they had a leak as they had a new roof put on last year. He said they don’t have any leaks in their loft. The roofer said he would come back with another ladder to get a close look at the chimney stack. The chimney stack doesn’t service my house at all, so I’m reluctant to have to pay for pointing on the other sides of it.
Roofer never came back, anyway.
I’ve just gone up into the loft again to see how bad it is as we’ve had a lot of heavy rain just now in Yorkshire and it’s now leaking at the other end of the roof. more sleepless nights listening out for the constant dripping into a bucket.
I managed to contact the roofer that put the roof on, but I wasn’t left any kind of guarantee. I suspect it was a cash sale job as the owner’s dad was builder and arranged all the renovations. He didn’t offer to come and have a look, he told me to paint some extreme climate stuff on the chimney stack! (I haven’t)
I’ll try and upload outside photos tomorrow. I’m just looking for some advice before chucking loads of money that I don’t have trying to fix it. Considering getting a survey done to try and locate the leak.
Original leak (wet patches on the timber)
New leak at other end of the roof
To me, it looks like it’s the original ridge running along the roof. Could that need replacing?
Back in 2021, I noticed a tiny damp patch in the same area and a roofer came out and pointed the chimney breast side that faces my roof (this is not my chimney) as he couldn’t see anything wrong with my roof. It was put on before I moved in, it is probably less than 10 years old.
I had to get a different roofer to come and look at it in November as my usual one was too busy. He said my felt was dry and couldn’t see anything from the outside. Again, commented my roof still looked new. He asked me to check with my neighbours if they had a leak as they had a new roof put on last year. He said they don’t have any leaks in their loft. The roofer said he would come back with another ladder to get a close look at the chimney stack. The chimney stack doesn’t service my house at all, so I’m reluctant to have to pay for pointing on the other sides of it.
Roofer never came back, anyway.
I’ve just gone up into the loft again to see how bad it is as we’ve had a lot of heavy rain just now in Yorkshire and it’s now leaking at the other end of the roof. more sleepless nights listening out for the constant dripping into a bucket.
I managed to contact the roofer that put the roof on, but I wasn’t left any kind of guarantee. I suspect it was a cash sale job as the owner’s dad was builder and arranged all the renovations. He didn’t offer to come and have a look, he told me to paint some extreme climate stuff on the chimney stack! (I haven’t)
I’ll try and upload outside photos tomorrow. I’m just looking for some advice before chucking loads of money that I don’t have trying to fix it. Considering getting a survey done to try and locate the leak.
Original leak (wet patches on the timber)
New leak at other end of the roof
To me, it looks like it’s the original ridge running along the roof. Could that need replacing?
(his responsibility)
