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tony sayer wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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Chap finally came round today. He's the builder the architect who
designed the conversion all those years ago now uses. I simply don't
know any roofers. And would rather go by a recommendation.

Interesting chap. Said he is a builder, not roofer. Who now does roofs
on his jobs himself. After getting ripped off once too often with
contractors. ;-)

And only does glass fibre. Felt is for sheds, he says. Fairy nuff - no
point in learning more than one skill if you're not going to use it.

Tim guessed right. He wants it scaffolded for safety reasons - even
although he went up to have a good look without. However, I could make
use of the scaffold to paint the window. It was done a couple of years
ago. But be silly to pay for scaffolding again in a year or so.

He reckoned about 5 days work, assuming the base is OK. The BOM from
the architect specified marine ply, so I'm hoping that's what was used,
and is still OK. There are no signs of sagging.

Found an online calculator which reckoned on about 500 quid for
materials. He's going to give me a price next week.



E.D.P.M Dave, excellent stuff, we did our garage/workshop for £800 inc
the use of a labourer mate for a day essentially its a DIY operation and
we were quoted around £4000 bloody thousand quid by three supposed
roofers and one wanted Cash and VAT on top of the cash!! Was told to
**** off in no uncertain terms!

So DIY and it doesn't leak and looks fine this lot supplied and were
very helpful all along..

https://www.rubber4roofs.co.uk/?utm_...medium=organic

Not going to DIY it Tony. Getting too old to climb ladders, and the hands
are getting rather arthritic too.

And rather than risk finding a roofer by picking one with a pin, I'll use
the one I've had recommended. So will do what he recommends. Although I've
not yet seen his estimate. The general view is fibreglass is the best
though. My architect does a lot of extensions etc round here, and is as
good as any at not making them stand out like a store thumb - as much as
possible. And he now reckons on fibreglass too. Unlike 30 odd years ago
when he did this job, when it was felt.

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