roofer self cert

moving1moretime

Will be mostly recycling the tiles so like for like

moving1moretime

His reply....it all depends on the job, but if it's just like for like it comes under modernisation and only needs to comply and not be inspected ??

Doozergirl

moving1moretime wrote: »

His reply....it all depends on the job, but if it's just like for like it comes under modernisation and only needs to comply and not be inspected ??

It's a bit of a funny one. Whenever we do roofing it's under a larger project anyway so we always cover it. It costs nothing. It certainly was straightforward before 2010 that a like-for-like fell outside the requirement for inspection. Their main concern now is thermal effiency, so they inspect the insulation, but it's a bit of a no brainer for householders to have the insulation put in, if indeed it hasn't already been done - the payback is so fast.

Even the guidance is a little bit vague, talking about 25% replacement as the threshold (this is the thermal thing - same for removing plaster inside). A lot of the time on older houses the roofers are replacing the same tiles with some new ones mixed in. So what is repair and what is re-roof? I suspect that roofers and BCOs have different views, especially as roofers were trusted to install the main elements in compliance.

It's pretty simple to book an officer for initial and final inspections, so I'd do it anyway as Building Control is ultimately your responsibility and it's nice to have a certificate for work when selling, but call them and ask if you want a definitive answer.

moving1moretime

Thanks very much, I will call them to be on the safe side and will use your reply above as a reference for the question, seeing as you put it across so much better than I can ha ha