had my new house surveyed and they have suggested it needs the roof looking at so i cant get the mortgage sorted until i got someone to look at it which in itself is not easy :(

 

anyway finally got someone to go round today and have a look and he confirmed that as its got its original 1935 roof on and the tiles are falling/missing etc that the sensible thing to do is re-roof it :rolleyes: i understand that he's there to make money but he also made sense that he could just repair the missing ones but he also said that you would be always having to do repairs to keep ontop of it so ive had a quote to do it all.

 

£6k :( now if there is any roofers around can you tell me for a traditional 1930's semi is that about right for a roof??

 

Cheers

Mike

Get the tiles sorted for now then get a few more quotes. Is it slate or tile

at present? If it's slate don't let them simply retile it in the heavier tiles as the roof will be far too heavy and it will cause you sagging problems if the roof timbers arn't strenghten. Also they'll resale your slate tiles, at the reclaimers yard.

 

All the best with it.

 

If you're not scared of high's and you have the ladders it's not that diffucult to retile bits yourself.

 

I've done it myself. :)

 

Eileen

problem is though is the mortgage are putting a retainer on the mortgage until any work is done and the roof survey says it needs a new roof :( but from the sounds of it after asking around tonight the price should have included gold plated tiles as its mega expensive!!

 

but what i'm thinking is putting in this quote to the mortgage and using it to get the house reduced so hopefully i can then get someones a little cheaper and it wont end up costing me owt ;)

 

Mike

Worked on roofs for around 15 years after leaving school and 6K sounds just a wee bit steep.

It is possible to spend say 500 quid doing some repairs to keep the mortgage peeps happy for now. Later on get some more quotes for just putting the roof on, it's real easy to strip yerself and you'd save a packet, roofers can roof a semi in a weekend no probs and they actually prefer the roofing part rather than all the stripping.

Oh and being pre war house, you may find theres a grant towards doing the roof, certainly is for over here.

If yer wern't in a hurry i'd have a look for yer, am over picking the Z up 2nd April and coming back on the ferry, so could pop by and have a gander.

smithy

had my new house surveyed and they have suggested it needs the roof looking at so i cant get the mortgage sorted until i got someone to look at it which in itself is not easy :(

 

anyway finally got someone to go round today and have a look and he confirmed that as its got its original 1935 roof on and the tiles are falling/missing etc that the sensible thing to do is re-roof it :rolleyes: i understand that he's there to make money but he also made sense that he could just repair the missing ones but he also said that you would be always having to do repairs to keep ontop of it so ive had a quote to do it all.

 

£6k :( now if there is any roofers around can you tell me for a traditional 1930's semi is that about right for a roof??

 

Cheers

Mike

29 years bud

29 years bud

 

????? i presume you mean you have done roofs for 29 years??

 

if so do you fancy a job LOL

Worked on roofs for around 15 years after leaving school and 6K sounds just a wee bit steep.

It is possible to spend say 500 quid doing some repairs to keep the mortgage peeps happy for now. Later on get some more quotes for just putting the roof on, it's real easy to strip yerself and you'd save a packet, roofers can roof a semi in a weekend no probs and they actually prefer the roofing part rather than all the stripping.

Oh and being pre war house, you may find theres a grant towards doing the roof, certainly is for over here.

If yer wern't in a hurry i'd have a look for yer, am over picking the Z up 2nd April and coming back on the ferry, so could pop by and have a gander.

smithy

you sell the bling,i do the roofs :tongue: iff its small tile (ie,clay 9"x6") then about 5k sounds right for a semi excluding hips and valleys,iff its marley type tiles then 3-4k puts that in order. iff it is small tile by the sounds of it then its proberly suffering from nail rot as opposed to the tiles being fvked :) get the estimates in mike and email them to me to have a gander for ya bc.jones6166@ntlworld.com

If yer wern't in a hurry i'd have a look for yer, am over picking the Z up 2nd April and coming back on the ferry, so could pop by and have a gander.

smithy

 

cheers smithy but we was hopeing to be in by then LOL

 

i hate this house buying!! we have already lost one house now possible this one and we need to be out of our house in a few weeks :(

????? i presume you mean you have done roofs for 29 years??

 

if so do you fancy a job LOL

no i made a mistake,nearlly 30 years :)

you sell the bling,i do the roofs :tongue: iff its small tile (ie,clay 9"x6") then about 5k sounds right for a semi excluding hips and valleys,iff its marley type tiles then 3-4k puts that in order. iff it is small tile by the sounds of it then its proberly suffering from nail rot as opposed to the tiles being fvked :) get the estimates in mike and email them to me to have a gander for ya bc.jones6166@ntlworld.com

 

Hi Mate

 

Yes its the small tiles and yes he said its the nails that are the reason why there starting to slip etc and why it needs replacing it all as your just fighting time?

 

So does the £6k (inc vat) sound about right for a proper job then?? remember he is removing the small times completly and putting large red flat tiles back? also someone told me the small ones are worth something??

 

Mike

Hi Mate

 

Yes its the small tiles and yes he said its the nails that are the reason why there starting to slip etc and why it needs replacing it all as your just fighting time?

 

So does the £6k (inc vat) sound about right for a proper job then?? remember he is removing the small times completly and putting large red flat tiles back? also someone told me the small ones are worth something??

 

Mike

it sounds about right iff on the expensive side,the old tiles are worth about 5-7 pence each but after hauling them down with the labour involed its cheaper to lob the into a skip which should be 2x 8 tonne skips. them small tile jobs create a lot of debri while its getting stripped so be aware mike and also make sure the price includes cleaning the loft out as a lot of muck will end up in there making it a nitemare to clean when the roofs on. whatever your desion bud take pics iff you want and send them over and ile have a gander as the job progresess :)

 

ps iff i done the job mike ide want roughly the same money so your not getting conned as the profit margin is around 30-35% and its a lot of graft for that aswell

it sounds about right iff on the expensive side,the old tiles are worth about 5-7 pence each but after hauling them down with the labour involed its cheaper to lob the into a skip which should be 2x 8 tonne skips. them small tile jobs create a lot of debri while its getting stripped so be aware mike and also make sure the price includes cleaning the loft out as a lot of muck will end up in there making it a nitemare to clean when the roofs on. whatever your desion bud take pics iff you want and send them over and ile have a gander as the job progresess :)

 

ps iff i done the job mike ide want roughly the same money so your not getting conned as the profit margin is around 30-35% and its a lot of graft for that aswell

 

cheers bud, at least i'm not getting ripped of with it and i picked them as there part of the confederation of roofing contractors so i get a 20 yr guarantee

 

cheers

Mike

cheers bud, at least i'm not getting ripped of with it and i picked them as there part of the confederation of roofing contractors so i get a 20 yr guarantee

 

cheers

Mike

:smash: now get it done before you lose the house

:smash: now get it done before you lose the house

 

alot will depend on if the seller will reduce it further to allow for at least part of the money to re-roof it or i will walk away

 

cheers

Mike