It never rains when it pours!

[Buckeye]

We had water streaming down the inside of the window in my Granddaughter's bedroom and water pooling in the bowl type lampshade in the toilet room so much that it overflowed onto the floor, at least we knew then that water was the cause of the light fitting buzzing away merrily. The roofer climbed the ladder and just walked onto the roof which made me queasy even though I was at the bottom of the ladder. Two broken concrete tiles, so nothing major, he will see if he can find the same tiles and we should have fixed later this week, so I am hoping for some dry weather. The same for the neighbour next door but one. I was up the ladder yesterday scraping moss off the roof, but at that angle I couldn't see any broken tiles. I had visions of having to have half the roof done so am a bit chuffed it is not as bad as I thought.

It has given me the resolve to clear the loft of at least half the junk up there including lots of old photographic gear and there must be at least 30 large frames that I used to make to frame canvas prints that I also used to make, it will all go to my mate who will put it all on eBay as I can't be asred.

Peter

 

[fortress]

Let's hope you will get it all sorted, then carry on carrying on.

 

[Jim]

Get a bucket up there, or maybe a couple of buckets .. Hate water leaks, they cause so much damage even those little drip leaks ..

 

[chas_41_uk]

Never good to have water coming through your roof. At least it wasn't anything major

 

[edlea]

My gutters are blocked up...next door neighbour keeps promising to do them for me,bin waiting nearly 12 months Should never have given my extention ladders away .

 

[Vic Perrin]

My gutters are blocked up...next door neighbour keeps promising to do them for me,bin waiting nearly 12 months Should never have given my extention ladders away .

Got the Window Cleaner to do mine last week. He cleaned the guttering out all round and then wiped all the PVC guttering and boards with a PVC cleaner. A grand job done for £30

 

[bassethound]

That's a pain Peter, at least you know where it's coming in, It's a bugger when you can't find out the place where the water is entering!

 

[Lons]

Don't wish to upset you but I'd still want to know how and where the water got through.

Tiles are there to clear from almost all the water but some will always get through somewhere even if just windblown under the tiles. The roofing felt under is the issue as it must be holed for the water to get through, that's why it's there and why when building, once the roof is felted or preferably Tyvek covered it can stand totally dry without the tiles for lengthy periods.
You should ask him IMO

 

[edlea]

Got the Window Cleaner to do mine last week. He cleaned the guttering out all round and then wiped all the PVC guttering and boards with a PVC cleaner. A grand job done for £30

Good Idea Vic ..will wait for ours to turn up

 

[Scots Bill]

I love those attics. My son a civil engineer, after a look in my attic announced "well dad, at least your roof will not blow off"

 

[Buckeye]

Get a bucket up there, or maybe a couple of buckets .. Hate water leaks, they cause so much damage even those little drip leaks ..

Couldn't see any drips whatsoever and where it is coming in over the window there is no room for a bucket.

Don't wish to upset you but I'd still want to know how and where the water got through.

Tiles are there to clear from almost all the water but some will always get through somewhere even if just windblown under the tiles. The roofing felt under is the issue as it must be holed for the water to get through, that's why it's there and why when building, once the roof is felted or preferably Tyvek covered it can stand totally dry without the tiles for lengthy periods.
You should ask him IMO

You are right of course the water in theory should roll right down the felt until it hits the gutter, I have a feeling they didn't do such a great job when they built it.

Peter

 

[Terry Q]

Send some of that rain my way. Its terribly dry and hot here. Weather we usually don't see until mid-late July and into August. Grass is starting to turn brown and I have been watering the vegetables. Could be a long hot summer.

 

[Penpal]

Canvass prints and figured Masonite prints were all the go here in the 70,s. When we sold our Studio we also had negs going back nigh on a hundred years the upstairs roof used to be all glass for natural light. During the second World War the studio used to employ twelve people. When we bought it in 72 all out colour pics were bleached, then sepia toned B&W we had a carry over lady (worked from home) who did the hand colouring. We lived upstairs in the main street, raised our six kids closed the business in 77 came back to Canberra.Kodak commenced commercial printing of the then new colour films. Our days were 6am to 11 pm every day of the week.

Peter.

 

[Dalboy]

Hope all is sorted soon Peter

 

[Buckeye]

Last night my wife said should we just bite the bullet and have the roof renewed, I will ask him for a price, but I know the money would be better spent on lathes and a decent milling machine.

Peter

 

[wm460]

Last night my wife said should we just bite the bullet and have the roof renewed, I will ask him for a price, but I know the money would be better spent on lathes and a decent milling machine.

Peter

Good to see you have your priority right, now you just have to convince your missus.

 

[Buckeye]

The roofer has just been and gone he replaced the two broken tiles on my roof and 1 on the neighbours. He is coming back to fit a pot to the chimney and cement back four bricks that had come loose. He says that the water was coming in at the stack pipes where they obviously cut the felt around the pipe, the two broken tiles are in line with the stack pipes on either side, so he reckons we are good to go at the moment and shouldn't have any more water coming in he wanted £30 from both of us, neighbour gave him £40 and I gave £50 we are both well pleased and I have still got to pay for the chimney pot and bricking when he does that next week. So all in all well chuffed, now just got to get the hair dryer on the electrics in the toilet and make sure it is still fit for purpose.

Peter

 

[Dalboy]

Phew the new lathe is still on then Peter

 

[Buckeye]

Phew the new lathe is still on then Peter

If I gut the garage and make space then a milling machine is on, I don't really need any more lathes, but if there is more space then an upgrade and new addition may be on the cards.

Peter

 

[Lons]

The roofer has just been and gone he replaced the two broken tiles on my roof and 1 on the neighbours. He is coming back to fit a pot to the chimney and cement back four bricks that had come loose. He says that the water was coming in at the stack pipes where they obviously cut the felt around the pipe, the two broken tiles are in line with the stack pipes on either side, so he reckons we are good to go at the moment and shouldn't have any more water coming in he wanted £30 from both of us, neighbour gave him £40 and I gave £50 we are both well pleased and I have still got to pay for the chimney pot and bricking when he does that next week. So all in all well chuffed, now just got to get the hair dryer on the electrics in the toilet and make sure it is still fit for purpose.

Peter

Sounds like it's sorted Peter and that's cheap. Whenever anyone pulled a face at the cost of roofing work I'd always say "would you risk your life and limbs working up there?", assuming a house not bungalow of course.
Should have told the missus it cost a grand them bought the machine and said that was only £50