roofs
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23pioneer
roofs
My sister in law has just text the wife and said it sounds like her roof is being blown off which got me thinking, up here in Orkney we have sarkin (wooden planks) on our roofs then felt on top of that and every tile is nailed in, yet when we had a place south, there was no sarkin and it was I believe it was only every 3rd tile that was nailed, perhaps now building regs will insist on sarkin and very tile nailed in.
Re: roofs
Felt and batten, then tiles all nailed is how ours was done, and is pretty much the standard I believe, but I have to say I fear we may have to up the anti if things are going to stay this bad.
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ForgeCorvus
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Re: roofs
Felt and battern with us as well, we have pan-tiles (pretty sure they're unsecured though)...... House is mid 1800's, roof is fairly old.
Parent's house is slates(two nails each one) and (until recently) no felt. Nothing ever blew off but thehouse could get really cold due to the wind blowing through the loft space
Parent's house is slates(two nails each one) and (until recently) no felt. Nothing ever blew off but thehouse could get really cold due to the wind blowing through the loft space
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Yorkshire Andy
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Re: roofs
ForgeCorvus wrote:Felt and battern with us as well, we have pan-tiles (pretty sure they're unsecured though)...... House is mid 1800's, roof is fairly old.
Parent's house is slates(two nails each one) and (until recently) no felt. Nothing ever blew off but thehouse could get really cold due to the wind blowing through the loft space
but those roof spaces always were designed that way to let air circulate to prevent condensation rotting the timbers in the days before insulation like it is now in most modern builds
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poppypiesdad
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Re: roofs
Scottish building regulations are that the trusses should be boarded over with either sarking, or osb board , then membrane ( they don't like felt now) then counter battens , cross battens and then the tiles , the
Roofers like every third row nailed and clipped , but on our build ( elevated and exposed ) we nailed every tile and clipped every second tile , to be sure , doubly sure . Most lofts are constructed as cold roofs , so the air should pass though them , ventilating them and preventing rot . We also put in a ventilated ridge as apposed to the cemented one to aid the airflow
J
Roofers like every third row nailed and clipped , but on our build ( elevated and exposed ) we nailed every tile and clipped every second tile , to be sure , doubly sure . Most lofts are constructed as cold roofs , so the air should pass though them , ventilating them and preventing rot . We also put in a ventilated ridge as apposed to the cemented one to aid the airflow
J
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