Thieves Beware of the dangerous roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ottolia

@ Patman 99 "A lot of Churches, public buildings and schools are replacing lead with stainless steel. This despite stainless steel being worth 40% more scrap value than lead. Go figure!!"

Yes, that's a great point about stainless steel! I might be a little biased here but a roofer client of mine actually has a very good solution that's helped lots of churches, schools, and so on with this problem, using a liquid polymer alternative to lead and copper - it's theft-proof/anti-theft (because it bonds to the roof and is valueless as scrap to thieves), doesn't require insurance, and creates a very realistic, traditional lead-look or patinated copper-look, depending on what's needed.
For anyone interested, you can Google 'RM Polymers' - he works absolutely anywhere in the UK. I know the forum's not for selling, but I really thought people ought to know about this and hope it can help others in this terrible situation!

SellyOakBlade

esuhl wrote: »

Reading between the lines, I think the "point" of the law is to prevent landowners from booby-trapping their property and claiming that they have no liability whatsoever towards intruders. Imagine an orchard owner who regularly sees 5 year olds scrumping the odd apple or two. You wouldn't want him setting tripwires and killing anyone who ventures onto his land.

I'll bet they'd soon stop nicking his apples if he did though...