Request advice on roof repair please

pseek1

Hi,
Earlier this year we bought Victorian house and moved in. Yesterday we did gutter cleaning and the guy who did gutter cleaning shared a pic saying a hole in the roof and he says this can’t be patched needs a full roofing done. We are new to owning house didn’t expect lot of repair this soon. Can experts help by looking at this picture if it needs full replacement of roof or we can do some patch work? Also what it would cost to do this please. It’s a mid terraced house

anselld

From that picture it looks like a couple of new tiles and a patch of underfelt needed.  A new roof looks highly unlikely but the picture is too close up to see what else may be going on.
Get some other opinions.

pseek1

Thanks @anselld. Do you think this patch work also need scaffolding which will push the price much higher

Grizebeck

pseek1 said:

Thanks @anselld. Do you think this patch work also need scaffolding which will push the price much higher

A roofer will tall you. But it depends on where on roof and other factors
Just get a roofer out to sort it.

stuart45

Take a few more photos from further back.

anselld

pseek1 said:

Thanks @anselld. Do you think this patch work also need scaffolding which will push the price much higher

If he got close enough to take that picture off a ladder then it can be repaired off a ladder.

jimbog

Very odd. It looks like there are markings at the bottom where a tile has been slid out recently. 

Was the individual who cleaned the gutter happened to be 'in the neighbourhood doing work for a neighbour'? 

On-the-coast

I agree with the two posters above.  Get that hole repaired quickly.    If it was like that for the last 6 months surely you’d have noticed internal evidence by now?
at very least you need a trustworthy second opinion. 

caprikid1

Go into the loft ? Have a good look and take some photo's look for signs of damp etc.

If that had been like that for some time I would expect a lot of damp

tacpot12

Your tiles look to be fairly modern concrete ones. It is unlikely that a Victorian house would have been built to carry the weight of concrete tiles on its roof. A much lighter covering such as slate was probably originally installed. The roof structure might not be strong enough to take the weight, and the roof might sag over time. Did your survey mention on this?

If not, it might be worth getting a structural engineer to review the construction of the roof and the weight of the tiles to reassure you that there isn't a latent problem that would require more major work on the roof.

peteuk

What did your survey say about the roof… is it visible from the street/garden?