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What to do about the roof?
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Most rooves are repairable in the right hands if the timbers below are in fair condition. Clay tiles of all ages can be found in reclamation yards. Tired nail fixings (loose & rusting) are the main cause of slipped tiles and with a roof of 118yrs, I would expect to find many such nails.
No. That roof needed replacing about 20 years ago. If they are machine made and spalling on the back, expect to bin the lot.
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Can I ask your reason for saying that?
The tiles look suspiciously like machine made fellas which spall badly.
The tile battens and/or fixings (or both) appear to be shot.
The roof looks tired. You will spend thousands trying to keep that roof up to snuff.
I sympathise though because it's an expensive roof to replace.
In my experience of old rooves like that, you need to take ten for every one you need to replace!
As the previous guys said the tiles are spalling and will be very brittle.
Even access to the broken tiles breaks more as they are so fragile.
You can literally replace hundreds and be back again next year in the same position.
Even access to the broken tiles breaks more as they are so fragile.
You can literally replace hundreds and be back again next year in the same position.
And the survey will say it needs a new roof!
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