New roof

Matra

Hi there,

We are entertaining the idea of extending our 3 bed bungalow up the way. For this we would require a brand new roof as the pitch on the current one is too low. As a very rough idea can anyone give us an idea of cost? We would also require new fascia, as the current wooden one is done. I don't think we could reuse any of the existing tiles as i believe they are no longer in manufacture. We live in the NE of Scotland.

Any advice would be greatly apprecaited.
Thanks

southcoastrgi

surely if you are extending then you will be using a builder ? he will inc the roof in his quote if it's needed

Matra

Thanks for your reply southcoastrgi. We would indeed be using builders but hope to do alot of the internal / electrical work ourselves. I know my question is a bit vague but we are just in the really early stages of looking into this extension and i was hoping for a rough idea of cost, just for a replacement roof.

Ectophile

I wouldn't assume that you can't re-use the original tiles.

I had my roof re-laid last year with 3 extra rows of tiles to make it more waterproof (the original builders had skimped on tiles and overlapped them as little as possible). The builder managed to find a couple of pallet loads of reclaimed tiles of the correct design.

ed110220

If you need to replace the roof wouldn't it be a good idea to extend the walls up as well to turn it into a proper second storey? Seems a bit odd to build whole new roof just to make a loft conversion.

southcoastrgi

ed110220 wrote: »

If you need to replace the roof wouldn't it be a good idea to extend the walls up as well to turn it into a proper second storey? Seems a bit odd to build whole new roof just to make a loft conversion.

doing what you suggest will turn it from a bunalow into a house which you prob wouldn't get planning for, if i'm reading it correct the OP's roof pitch is quite low which means there isn't enough internal head height to do a loft conversion so by altering the pitch this will give the req internal height.

fluffymuffy

southcoastrgi wrote: »

doing what you suggest will turn it from a bunalow into a house which you prob wouldn't get planning for, if i'm reading it correct the OP's roof pitch is quite low which means there isn't enough internal head height to do a loft conversion so by altering the pitch this will give the req internal height.

...which will raise the overall height of the building and so it will still need planning permission.

cyclonebri1

The op needs to ask planning and involve local builders rather than ask here, without offence.
Plus it's further complicated as building regs are different the other side of the wall to keep us southerners out, ;)

southcoastrgi

fluffymuffy wrote: »

...which will raise the overall height of the building and so it will still need planning permission.

i didn't say it wouldn't req planning, what i said was you prob wouldn't get planning to turn it into a house.

Matra

Thanks for all our comments. I am pretty sure that we wouldn't be able to turn it into a 'house' as we are one of 5 bungalows. However one already has a higher pitched room to make it into a 1 1/2 storey.
No offence at all Cyclonebri1, totally right. I think our next step is to get a couple of quotes.

ed110220

At the risk of being pedantic, surely a bungalow is a type of house? I'm always puzzled by by the fact that many people in the UK seem to think a house has to have more than one storey!