flat roofing....

stressedashell

I'm buying a property and our homebuyer survey says that the flat (felt/!!!!!amin-sic) roof needs fixing, or ideally replacing as has likely reached the end of its lifespan and will be more cost-effective to get replaced.

I'm struggling to find a roofer locally who'll pop round and do an assessment quote quickly - anyone done a replacement for a flat roof of this type for a small extension recently in the south, and might have a very VERY rough idea of the sort of range of quotes we'd likely expect?

I think it's approx 12 feet by 8 feet roof - and it's a shared freehold so we'd have to agree any work with the other 50% freeholder and share cost...

Just getting an idea of what we may need to put aside for this sort of work.

Thanks!

DIY_mad

HI,

I've recently renewed my flat roof with torch on felt. I do love DIY but now i've got a real passion for roofing. I bought a book called "felt and torch on roofing", i think its relatively new. But it literally covers everything, just to let you know what i spent and then you can work out the cost, the felt is roughly £50 a roll, you'll need two layers of underlay (16m on a roll) and a layer of cap sheet (8m on a roll), if the roof is above a heated area you MUST MUST MUST have insulation installed and apply for a building regs application! - this was £300 in itself! Many roofers quote work without this but it is illegal and the council can issue fines if they find out! (and then make you re-do the roof properly!!) The insulation is about £80 per board (2.4x1.2m) and the one i used has timber on top. In total my roof cost around £800 for materials and the £300 for the building regs application but it was larger than your roof. Then obviously add the labour, but because i did it myself, i'm not sure what that would be.

My roof turned out brilliant and i am so pleased with the finished result that i may get some cards printed to do more roof work. If DIY isn't your thing, it may still be worth buying the book i mentioned so you have a rough idea of what to expect to be charged for.

Please could you post some quotes once they are received?