Dormer and roof.

diz79

Hi

I’m not sure if anyone can help. A small part of my nans roof had a tile slip which created some damage to the roof and inside the house, inside is not a problem but obviously the roof is more important and may need some expertise. Its probably been like it for 20+ years but a roofer came round and said it would create lots of problems around the whole roof every few years, and would need the whole roof re doing for £18000, I find that hard to believe as its still the same area since 20 years. It is an old house(60s) and to be fair the roof and felt hasn’t been replaced in that time, but itis only a small section of the roof. We will look to get a second and third opinion.

 

There are two dormers one is fine, the other has a small crack along the outside of the roof which I filled with some sielent but its hard to decide if we actually need to re do as only a small section of the dormer (the dormers have been redone in the last 20 years) but from inside we can see a small section of either water or maybe just the seilent but unsure it hasnt got worse.

I will add some pics later when figure out

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

diz79

Roof Pics

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Dormer Pics

FreeBear

The damaged felt is not a huge issue - Many roofs didn't have felt (mine doesn't), and are no worse for it. Just get the loose tile reseated (should cost around £50, £100 tops if there are any access issues).

As for stripping & retiling - This guy is either pricing because he doesn't want the work, or is looking to rip tour relative off. Had a ballpark quote to have my roof stripped only yesterday. Subject to survey and no major issues, £4 to £4.5K including scaffolding. My roof is a basic hipped semi with no frills. Dormers would add a little to the cost, but I would expect £5-7K. London rates would be quite a bit higher, but certainly not £18K.

diz79

Thanks yeah its in the west country, someone else said they may price it high as dont eant the job,  we've managed to wedge the tile back by bending some of the old led up, but obvioulsy there is some damage to the beams where the tile is so would need to be replaced I think?What do you think the white stuff is in the dormer section, is that the seilent we put through , do you think we need to do re do the dormer roof just becasue of this one section?

Thanks again