roofing

Hi there. I've had some very helpful advice from this forum recently, but need some more if possible. Just wanted to confirm the insulation specs. The plan is currently; Floor 75mm PIR insulation laid directly on concrete with glued battens spanning front to back as a fix for scaffold...

What would be the best way to fix a piece of 4x2 to the top of a steel ridge beam? The 4x2 would be used to fix the rafters to to create a vaulted ceiling.

hi all, just wondering if anyone can help with a little roof issue a workmate has, he's had an extension that has an almost flat roof(slight pitch) which butts up against the pitched roof of the garage, currently theres a 200mm brick upstand to the rear of said flat roof, the tiles from the...

I have purchased a small terraced house. It is in a linear setout (where each room is behind another, NOT next to each other) i have proposed a plan to install a mezzanine floor above the two bedrooms. for this to happen, i will need to remove the current ceiling. however in doing this i will...

Hi All, I'm just looking for advice on pricing up replacement of our guttering, facias and downpipes. We've had one quote advising that we need 40 metres (seamless aluminium guttering) downpipes and pvc facias and we are looking at a price of £4600. it is a 3 bed detached 8x6mts with 2 bay...

Hi, I have an existing loft conversion with dormer and I'm looking to add a toilet/ ensuite to it. I need to run a soil pipe to the existing stack and the easiest way to do it is vertically out of the pitched roof. Is this possible with a rubber boot of some sort? I know the ideal would be to...

First time poster here - Hired a roofer & the attached picture was his solution to the transition on the split level. Not liking this at all it is very visible from my deck. Perhaps it is practical, but was wondering how to pretty this up ? (And yes, the gutters are next on my list !!!!!) Any...

A property I am looking at buying has had an extension put on many years ago, at the moment it is a flat roof, could anyone advise on the sort of cost I would be looking at to have this taken off and replaced with a pitched tiled roof with 2 skylights. The room size is 5.94m (19'6) x 2.74m...

Our flat roof was done about 4 years ago and we noticed a "house shaking" noise about a month ago. It happened about 2 or 3 times, but we had no idea what it was. After being away for a few days, we recently came back to notice that the corner of the flat roof had peeled and rolled back on...

Hi I'd welcome some advice in regards to the slate roof verge detail required on my new garage build. I'm clear on the setting out & fitting process for the battens & tiles it's just the detail of verge I'm a bit unclear on. Would someone be so kind as to point me in the direction of a decent...

We moved into a property 6 months ago, and shortly thereafter I noticed a lot of water coming down the facia the whole way round the house. The house is about 25 years old and had redland tiles with a lowered interlocking part (watergate?), but the interlocking part doesn't run the whole length...

Hi there, I have been a regular visitor here but have signed up as I need a bit of advice about my parents roof which was replaced three years ago. There were several leaks in the roof and two major ones which had been left far too long resulting in rotten rafters around both chimneys to the...