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We have water coming into the room below the roof on the sides of the room when it rains. I'm unable to climb onto the roof to take a closer look as it is too high and I don't have access from below. I've taken a look at the roof from the window above and the flashing looks a bit suspicious -...

Hi, Rushed felting my shed yesterday as I had a few days dry. Was basically dark and cold when doing it which was probably a bit silly. Can I save it, without needing to bin that layer? The middle panel is down with adhesive, that’s where it went major wrong for me. I watched someone roll...

Hi Folks - My neighbour had a roofer over who I believe has done the following: - Replaced all roof tiles - Replaced guttering front / back - New insulation - Replaced roof tiles on ground floor extension As part of doing this work, the roofer had done the following: - Attached our front...

We are having a single story gable house extension built. The roof pitch is 15 degrees so we have gone for a low pitch Sandtoft 20/20. The idea was to have a wet verge, but the roofers have put these roof tile clips along the entire gable end, which look horrible. How do we hide them? I’ve seen...

Hi all, We live in a chalet style house where the bedrooms are essentially in the roof. The bedroom walls are stud with uninsulated plasterboard. The studs are visible from the eaves side of the wall and would seem easy enough to put some flexible batt insulation in here, was thinking wood...

I will try to be as concise as possible. See photos for context Jan 2023 - re-roof with existing stone slates, fitting of felt, fitting of velux windows, cost of £6000 Jan - April 2023 - always been an attic room in this house, no insulation so I knocked the lath and lime ceiling down. Then...

Hi all, I have a small 4.5 x 3m studio with a pitched roof in my garden. The roof is corrugated bitumen sheets. They have now failed and have started to leak. The roof inside & tongue in groove boards. I need to replace it urgently to address the leak. I've had a quote to replace it with...

Hi all, I bought a home in March 2023 and noticed recently after heavy rain that the front entrance to the property is allowing water to enter above the front door. From the photos attached, I have shown the front door and the square shaped entrance. I have attached photos from the outside...

I have posted this on roofing forum so apologies for repost. We have recently purchased a late Victorian end stone terrace property as our first home and are encountering lots of issues which is proving disheartening and costly! We were aware of damp issues in the upstairs bedroom on the...

We have recently purchased a late Victorian end stone terrace property as our first home and are encountering lots of issues which is proving disheartening and costly! We were aware of damp issues in the upstairs bedroom on the Chimney Breast which is on the top floor (attic is converted). We...

Hi all, We are going to replace our polycarbonate conservatory roof with a timber construction for all the typical reasons that people change them. What we understand from the various companies we have spoken to along with the research that we’ve done independently is that once the...

We have just had a homebuyers survey report come back for the property we are selling and they have advised on a structural engineer for a distorted/deflected beam (pictures attached) - The buyer of the property is happy to proceed only if a structural engineer is brought out and the work is...

Hello, We’re figuring out the design for our crown roof - something like the attached image, where we have a flat part on the top (with appropriate fall to stop water pooling), and then it would be pitched on three sides. Would this kind of roof be better as a cold roof or warm roof? I...

Hi there, I'd really appreciate some advice. We've just had a dry ridge system installed (previously wet ridge with mortar). This was to fix a leak near the chimney but the roofer said the ridge tiles were in a bad way and they were the likely cause and suggested a dry ridge system (mortar was...

Morning all, Next problem to tackle. Old chimney was rendered years ago ( not sure when) and I had it stormdried 2 months ago but water is still tracking through the brick work and then running down the face inside the loft. 100% sure it is not a problem with the roof all soakers in place...

Single story extension is leaking in heavy rain - we have a flat ceiling inside and in heavy rain both spotlights are dripping heavily with water. One towards the back of the extension wall and one towards the front. We’ve also got 2 other wet patches. We’ve been on the roof and inspected the...

Hello, I’m trying to design a crown roof for our rear extension with two of the sides at 270cm (to reduce light impact for the neighbour) and 300cm at the other two side (to allow us to have higher kitchen units). This creates the problem of what to do at the transition between the heights. I’m...

Hi, Since moving into my house last year I’ve had a constant problem in the colder months with my felt being wet through on the underside and droplets of water dripping onto my insulation. I have had a gable vent fitted, lap vents installed, ridge vent fitted and the house already has vents in...

hello! Could someone advise me on the best way to repair my garage roof. Flat roof. - felt with stones. The flashing into the gutter has worn, which is now allowing a small amount of water into the ply underneath. Looking for the best way to seal.

Hi everyone, I noticed water dripping from the corner of my Velux roof window in my loft extension. I've read on this forum that water around Velux windows is common, but the leak might not be due to the window installation itself. However, I found a tear in the Velux flashing. Does anyone...