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Hi all,
I’m a long time reader but first time poster so please bear with me.
I would be very grateful if the roofers amongst you had a moment to cast your expert eyes over the new roof on our extension. To date we’ve been very pleased with the job our builder has done for us but we are slightly disappointed with elements of the roof - please see these photographs (also located in my photo album):
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The original quote included the deep profile concrete tiles but our builder was very helpful in providing a selection of alternative tiles as we were keen to use a modern product that was nearer in appearance to the original main slate roof. In the end we opted for Sandtoft 20/20 tiles and the builder supplied Keylite windows (980x780) with Keylite flashing kits.
From reading similar threads on this site I am aware that some uplift of the tiles adjacent to the windows is to be expected but we feel ours is perhaps excessive. As so often happens, since the fitting of our roof everywhere we look we seem to be spotting velux-type windows on roofs fitted with a variety of tile types but none have uplift anywhere near what we see on our roof.
The tiles immediately above the window (which is also the top row of tiles) also appear to be set at less than the minimum 15 degrees pitch – what impact is this likely to have? (NB: I’m sure our builder still has to complete the pointing on the ridge tiles by the way).
Our concerns have not been helped by a neighbour telling us that their builder who was round sorting their snag list had commented that our roof didn’t look right.
We spoke to our builder when the roof first went on and he assured us that this is correct. If it is then fine because ultimately we want a roof that is water tight but we feel it is a shame that we opted for the more expensive option on aesthetic grounds and have ended up with a roof that in our opinion looks worse than those roofs in the nearby area that have the concrete tiles and virtually no uplift around the velux windows.
Apologises for the length of this question but I wanted to provide the maximum information. We have a very good relationship with our builder so don’t want to wade in telling him we think his work is incorrect (to whatever degree) without first getting some opinions from people in the know.
Thank you in advance.
I’m a long time reader but first time poster so please bear with me.
I would be very grateful if the roofers amongst you had a moment to cast your expert eyes over the new roof on our extension. To date we’ve been very pleased with the job our builder has done for us but we are slightly disappointed with elements of the roof - please see these photographs (also located in my photo album):
//media.diynot.com/208000_207855_65973_20330173_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/208000_207855_65974_59274466_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/208000_207855_65972_73046122_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/208000_207855_65970_95199626_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/208000_207855_65971_47336522_thumb.jpg
The original quote included the deep profile concrete tiles but our builder was very helpful in providing a selection of alternative tiles as we were keen to use a modern product that was nearer in appearance to the original main slate roof. In the end we opted for Sandtoft 20/20 tiles and the builder supplied Keylite windows (980x780) with Keylite flashing kits.
From reading similar threads on this site I am aware that some uplift of the tiles adjacent to the windows is to be expected but we feel ours is perhaps excessive. As so often happens, since the fitting of our roof everywhere we look we seem to be spotting velux-type windows on roofs fitted with a variety of tile types but none have uplift anywhere near what we see on our roof.
The tiles immediately above the window (which is also the top row of tiles) also appear to be set at less than the minimum 15 degrees pitch – what impact is this likely to have? (NB: I’m sure our builder still has to complete the pointing on the ridge tiles by the way).
Our concerns have not been helped by a neighbour telling us that their builder who was round sorting their snag list had commented that our roof didn’t look right.
We spoke to our builder when the roof first went on and he assured us that this is correct. If it is then fine because ultimately we want a roof that is water tight but we feel it is a shame that we opted for the more expensive option on aesthetic grounds and have ended up with a roof that in our opinion looks worse than those roofs in the nearby area that have the concrete tiles and virtually no uplift around the velux windows.
Apologises for the length of this question but I wanted to provide the maximum information. We have a very good relationship with our builder so don’t want to wade in telling him we think his work is incorrect (to whatever degree) without first getting some opinions from people in the know.
Thank you in advance.