Concrete Tiles - Lead flashing missing - is it an issue

nightsky224

We have put an offer in on a house and have just realised that the tiles on the roof are concrete and the lead flashing is missing

I dont think that the roof is reinforced from looking in the attic. Is this a major issue or shall we wait and see what the survey says....

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Would really appreciate peoples opinions

Lx

nightsky224

http://www.brightlogic-estateagents.co.uk/CAST/upload/20000094.pdf

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princeofpounds

In my (lay) opinion, yes it is an issue.

Whether it is a major issue or not depends on how bad any previous water ingress has been, and any damage it might have caused below the roof surface.

If there isn't too much damage then it's an easy fix, so it won't be a bad problem, it will just requre a little money thrown at it.

But if the roof timbers are compromised then it will be a big deal.

Speak to your surveyor about this - they might not access the roof sufficiently to tell; standard surveys are often limited in terms of places difficult to access, though i'd expect them to pop their heads into the roof space at least.

nightsky224

princeofpounds wrote: »

In my (lay) opinion, yes it is an issue.

Whether it is a major issue or not depends on how bad any previous water ingress has been, and any damage it might have caused below the roof surface.

If there isn't too much damage then it's an easy fix, so it won't be a bad problem, it will just requre a little money thrown at it.

But if the roof timbers are compromised then it will be a big deal.

Speak to your surveyor about this - they might not access the roof sufficiently to tell; standard surveys are often limited in terms of places difficult to access, though i'd expect them to pop their heads into the roof space at least.

Hi Ya, thanks for your responce, just so I understand are these possible issues relating to the flashing being missing rather than the fact it has concrete tiles?

andy.m_2

What makes you say that the lead flashing is missing.
there is more than 1 way to skin a cat and you can use angled tiles to flash an area, mortar'd in they'd be great.
But they would need repointing and it is easier to replace them with lead.
Small job like that, maybe £1000 all in including access?
maybe theexisting original coping is there.
Is the roof sopping wet inside? can you see daylight with the loft light off looking upwards at the area?

Our roof stack was tile flashed and was fine for 83 years, it broke up a little and we leaded it, £400 all in and now no daylight and no water.

It only used to leak when the wind was in the East anyway.

Also you say the roof isnt reinforced, waht do you mean by that?
There will need to be timbers in the roof or it would have fallen down by now.
Or are you put off by the term "concrete tiles"? in which case they are normal, you can get clay tiles as well but nothing wrong with concrete tiles.

Gra76

I don't think there has ever been any lead flashing on your roof to start with as I can't see any signs of it having been dressed in on the photo, looks to me like the neighbour has installed flashband on their roof, usually a relatively cheap fix to solve a water ingress issue. It's not a very good photo and it's quite hard to see for sure, but that looks like what they've used.

The concrete roof tiles shouldn't be a problem.

andy.m_2

looks like next door (to the left as you look at the pic) havent used lead when they replaced the flashing, rather the stick on artificial flashing so they will be replacing it again in a few years!

Also they have concrete tiles as well, looks like redlands but too far away to know exactly.

To the right have still obviously got slates but they are just as heavy, if not heavier than conc'ers

nightsky224

My obsession with with the convcrete tiles is that we were buying another place and surveor said that the roof was bowing because it had concrete tiles and there wasn't addional support in the roof for it. This bowing had then caused further issues around the house.

I am really gratefull for all your responses, this house buting lark is not fun lol!!!

andy.m wrote: »

What makes you say that the lead flashing is missing.
there is more than 1 way to skin a cat and you can use angled tiles to flash an area, mortar'd in they'd be great.
But they would need repointing and it is easier to replace them with lead.
Small job like that, maybe £1000 all in including access?
maybe theexisting original coping is there.
Is the roof sopping wet inside? can you see daylight with the loft light off looking upwards at the area?

Our roof stack was tile flashed and was fine for 83 years, it broke up a little and we leaded it, £400 all in and now no daylight and no water.

It only used to leak when the wind was in the East anyway.

Also you say the roof isnt reinforced, waht do you mean by that?
There will need to be timbers in the roof or it would have fallen down by now.
Or are you put off by the term "concrete tiles"? in which case they are normal, you can get clay tiles as well but nothing wrong with concrete tiles.

andy.m_2

the ridge line looks fine, the survey often makes a statement to that effect