"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...

You might even consider converting this flat roof into a balcony - it sounds
as though the joists are strong enough.

Sounds nice.

I believe the old fashioned quality way of flat roofing was to use
zinc sheet metal, soldered together at the joins.

Fibreglassing is something that is diyable, if you dont mind working
with the strong fumes.


On the odd side there is always one, er, radical way of dealing with
this that I saw done once - someone put a wooden shed onto their
section of flat roof, giving them an extra utility room and avoiding
the cost of replacing the flat roof cover. Practical I suppose, but
it looked a bit odd. The balcony sounds much nicer.


Regards, NT