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Yes I know it'd be much damper without but this 1880s roof is becoming semipermeable through the zinc. So roofer is up there now measuring up.
Looks like I'm working for a few more years.
Literally working to keep a roof over your head
Yep. 60m2 of zinc to be replaced. That's gonna sting.
Ouch!
After yesterdays deluge it's obvious that a repair to one of the valleys on my roof is no longer working so it's replacement time.
The only silver lining I can see is that my mate has a scaffolding company that I'm doing some work for and he's going to supply the scaffolding FOC!
Living at the top of a tenement block my roof was half a million quid to replace if that makes you feel better
Fortunately for me the council did it under statutory notice and cocked up the paperwork so badly I don't have to pay 🙂
Do it yourself. Zinc isn't expensive and the specific soldering iron is a few hundred euros. My local zinc seller has a bending machine for customer use. Join a caving or climbing club to learn some single rope technique and off you go.
I'd be surprised if it all needs replacing, if you DIY you can just do the bits that are leaking.
Yeah I used to climb but at the end of the day. It's not a job I want to mess up, most things I'll have a pop at but. I reckon I'd be ok with the flat/slightly sloped part but it's the multiple chimneys and the butting up to the stonework that would concern me. Alongside the 3 floors to the ground (well the last couple of inches of that height). Being goes my new bike and possibly hols next summer.
You have my sympathy. We've got a pair of roof's / rooves / whatever (one big extension, one original but appears to have been at least part tiled with pig/cow barn tiles) and we're probably having to have most of the tiles replaced and the felt and some proper insulation putting in, oh and the newer roof to actually extend over the doors.
Upside is we're going to put flush solar panels in. Downside is the three quotes we've had so far for the roofing work have been eye-watering, hoof in the slats and well we'll not be having that new porch as well then 😉
Not much to add but a good friend of mine has a historic buildings restoration business and does high end specialist roof, stone carving and leadworks.
Him and his lad specialises in the leadwork and some of the stuff he's done is amazing.
I've had a clamber round the scaffolding with him on some of his jobs when they've been local including Manchester cathedral.
Still waiting for insurance (8 months +) to pay out for our storm damaged rooves and gutters for +125 sqm house, 45 sqm shed, carport and double garage. Would certainly save some money if I did it myself, but don’t want it to go wrong.
Hoped that last week's storms might have done a little damage but roofers says not. He couldn't even make it look like an insurance job if you squinted a mile away.
Was happy he arrived as all roofers here are very busy.
We're having our 'attic conservatory roof' (yes you read that correctly) taken off and replaced with a new flat roof. The scaffolding is up, new velux windows are now fitted at the front of the roof, to compensate for the light lost when the old poly carbonate roof goes. We've waited since February to get the right company and I'm hoping things can go as smoothly as possible. Fingers crossed that the weather is dry next week when the work starts.
All a tad stressful as this attic is my workroom and it's the busiest time of the year. I've had to turn work down and losing this is a recession as a sole trader is not good.
We’re having our ‘attic conservatory roof’ (yes you read that correctly) taken off and replaced with a new flat roof. The scaffolding is up
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new velux windows are now fitted at the front of the roof, to compensate for the light lost
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Internal view (from february when we first started looking for someone to do the job)
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External view
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We've been here 15 years, this was done 5 years before we moved in. We found out in the last two weeks that it was originally built with a proper conservatory roof pitched at 15 degrees, but someone complained to the council and it was rebuilt to the monstrosity you see there. There's not enough pitch for a roof built like that, so it's not shedding water properly.
It's not a huge job - it's kind of a "b" shape so 6 metres aross by about 3 metres deep, with the walkway at the top of the staircase forming the stem of the "b" (and don't even get me started on why the idiot decided to build a shaped turret rather than just having square walls) so we're only expecting the roof replacement to take one day itself to take it off and put a new waterproof flat roof back on - but it's too small for the big boys, yet too big for one or two-man teams. Fingers crossed the weather is kind and the job is completed as scheduled.
One benefit of the original builder just ghosting us and not bothering to turn up is that by getting the scaffolding, veluxes and roof work done separately, we've saved about 3k. That's not small change. It does however mean the jobs are dragging out, hopefully it will be finished soon
My extension now has 1/3 of the roof and needs some zinc. I found the chimney on th emain house quite easy because I could make up the zinc surround in two parts in the workshop so only the wooden support and mortaring in with bits of slate needed doing perched on the roof.
Yeah I know that's a lot of bricks around the window opening, I ran out of full "brique poteau" with holes for the steel reinforcing so had to use multiple 1/3 bricks. Oh and the reinforced concrete along the top of the gable end bricks has only been done on one side. The weather was about to break so I put the roof on quick and will have to take a bit off again to finish that. Can't think of anything else that will confuse some north of the border.