Does it matter there is no felt in the roof?

buppy

we are looking at houses and around here they are generally 1930's terrace,semis and none seem to have roof felt even on the ones with new roofs.

Is this normal? One house we didnt even bother to think about offering as you could see the roof had loads of holes, I guess we wouldnt have seen them if there was felt in place.

Is it something we should be budgeting for in our offers to get them refelted?
I have a feeling it could be expensive.
x

justjohn

Yes and no lol

roofs did not always have felt.

i have seen scotch slate roofs over 70 years old with no water damage.

there are arguments for and against roof felt. i am all for roof felt, however its not there too compensate for a bad roofer.

the roof can survive without felt.

it is expensive and labour intensive, i had a quote for half a roof and it came out at 7k. (roof was nail sick)

BTW you budget for everything you can get away with for buying a house. My last purchase budgeted for 15k for re-roof with no intention of doing it in the next 2 years.

Happy-Days_3

In my opinion, so long as the roof structure is sound - e.g holes haven't been left open to let water in and rot the beams, why does it matter? Ours is 1930's, no roof felt. Roof looks a bit worn, all it means is we must be willing to pay £50 every now and then to pay to get a few tiles replaced. The roof has worked for last 80 years, all the wood is still sound, like I say, just a few tiles that need replacing every now and then.

LandyAndy

My first house was a 30's semi without roof felt. Never gave a moments trouble in 5 years.

27col

The roof in my sister's house dates back from the 30's and has no felt. The main problem with un-felted roofs is they get very dirty inside in the loft area.

buppy

Thanks all, I wont stress over that then as long as it doesnt have holes

justjohn

buppy wrote: »

Thanks all, I wont stress over that then as long as it doesnt have holes

Don't stress but try to knock something of the price lol

You are better with felt than without lol

keystone

Does it matter there is no felt in the roof?

Errm - no not on a 1930s property.

Cheers

keystone

justjohn wrote: »

.........try to knock something of the price lol

LoL indeed. Your idea just has to win the "eternal optimist of the day" prize.

Cheers

justjohn

keystone wrote: »

LoL indeed. Your idea just has to win the "eternal optimist of the day" prize.

Cheers

you reckon lol i know from experience

buppy

I'll certainly add it to my list of things to come off the price