Rotted felt on the eaves.

evilgoose

I've just had my gutting replaced and fascias and soffits fitted (there were no existing fascias). When the house was reroofed (long before I bought it) they fitted the first row of tiles quite high - leaving very little overhang - which has been exasperated by fitting a fascia. This combined with the poor condition of the felt means that the rain runs off the roof and drops between the guttering and the fascia.

The scaffolding is still in place from the fascia work, so using that, I've fitted the rigid plastic eaves protector sheets on the front of the house. Which quite frankly, wasn't that easy! To get the tiles to sit correctly and to get the protector under the felt, I had to remove the lowermost batton, and slide the protectors under it.
I'm wary of damaging the felt.

Could I use a roll of damp proof (the one for walls) instead? - just to provide a 'drip tray' from the roof to the gutting.
I could then just lift the first row of tiles, tack the roll on, overlapping it into the gutter, then put the tiles back.

Help please!! as only a few days of scaffold left!
thanks,

evilgoose

or something like this - http://www.wickes.co.uk/roofing-felt-cap-sheet-strip/invt/240023/

http://www.angelplastics.co.uk/Product_Large.asp?PID=4669&PP=502&PCT=1&U=20&N=9mm_capping_fascias.gif

vaio

or even lead

Antispam

Yes I was thinking that lead might be best

27col

You could use a roll of wide plastic DPC. I suppose, that if you are rich you could use lead. The green mineral strip is not intended to be used except where there is a board for it to sit on. (As in a shed roof.) It would probably stretch and tear under it's own weight when it got hot in the sun. Alternatively, buy a roll of slater's felt and cut it into strips. This is what is normally used to felt a roof before tiling anyway.

docmatt

If you've fitted eaves trays, you don't need to fit anything else. the existing felt is on top of the trays isn't it?

Any decent fascia fitter knows that fitting eaves trays or even a layer of DPC is paramount when installing fascias.

27col

That's my age showing through then. When I did my last house there was no such thing as an eaves tray, Or, if there was, I had never heard of it.

aboard_epsilon

weather you've already fitted these i don't know

http://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/product/pitched-roofing/roofing-felt/rigid-eaves-protector-15m-packs-of-10.html

they are sort of flexible PVC

but they are meant to go on first ..they go onto the roof .by about 10 inches...the felt is then laid on top of them..then the tiles ...the bent bit goes into the gutter

the problem is ..that you may not be able to just lift the tiles and the felt and get them under....tiles are laid from the bottom upwards that make it hard.

you cant lay the above on top of the felt ..it wouldn't work

all the best.markj