Does my roof need drip trays

Skint_yet_Again

I bought my house a year ago. It is an end of terrace hip roof with torching / no felt. I had a roofer complete all repairs and replace soffits, facias and guttering. 

Yesterday another company knocked on my door and said I should have also fitted drip trays. He left his card. I feel this may be a company trying to just get money out of me but it has made me wonder. 

Should my type of roof have drip trays ? Grateful for any advice. 

stuart45

Does he mean felt support trays? As you've got torching and no felt these wouldn't be needed. You also need to be wary of people who are on the knock.

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks @stuart45 sorry I’m not sure, he called them drip trays and said it was because you can see daylight between the facia and guttering and water on the bottom of the gutter. 

I just wanted further advice as I’m surprised the roofer I used last time didn’t fit them if they were needed (local company highly recommended) 

This door knocker regularly leaflet drop & said they have done work locally but I would have to look into them a lot more before I would even consider using them, including speaking to people in person in my village who have supposedly had work done by them. 

They were stating “about” £300 to get them fitted. 

Skint_yet_Again

… and he mentioned felt but when I said I didn’t have any he said it would rot the timber. Facias & soffits are upvc

sevenhills

Does the rainwater go into the gutting without dripping?

I found this link ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=mXASRwKOTQo

stuart45

Skint_yet_Again said:

… and he mentioned felt but when I said I didn’t have any he said it would rot the timber. Facias & soffits are upvc

The tiles, or slates should overhang into the gutters, so any water coming off the roof should run into the gutter. When felt started being used, it was run into the gutter to begin with, but in recent years plastic trays have been put under the felt at the eaves to support the felt, so you don't need to take the felt into the gutter. 
As long as the eaves slates overhang enough over the gutter there shouldn't be an issue. 
You can always test it with a hosepipe if you don't fancy checking it when it's raining.
You could also call the roofer and get his thoughts.

DansAdvice85

If your guttering is low down on the fascia which is common on long stretches as it has to fall towards the downpipe then yes drip trays are recommended.
Go out on a rainy day and observe if any rain is coming behind the guttering if yes then get some fitted!

Chickereeeee

Were the fascias replaced, or fitted over the old, wooden ones? If the latter, then the new gutters will be slightly further out, and the gap will allow rain to drip down. This is what was happening in my house (previous owner replaced the fascias etc) and it drove me crazy. As a temporary measure, as I had scaffolding up anyway, I had a roofer install Visqueen to bridge the gap at the front of the house. This worked OK, and protected the original wooden windows.

This year, I had a re-roof done, and the roofers found that large sections of the wooden fascias were rotten, and the PVC fascias and guttering had shifted, which explained why I was getting blocked and overflowing gutters all the time. Now, all works properly.

I don't know if the wooden fascias were rotten when covered, or if it happened due to the drips.