"Cynical Git" wrote in message
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(dmc) wrote:
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Bob Mannix wrote:
It rather depends how long you plan staying there! Lead/Zinc are 80/40
years (impossible to say, really, but these are guidelines)
GRP (as your builder and the other poster says) 20-25
Ashphalt say 15-20 (not very common but I was offered this)
Felt 10-15
So a felt roof (x around 20+ locally to my knowledge) in perfect
condition at 40 years+ is unusual then? Then again the very well
regarded local builder was *extremely* good.
Ah, maybe if you could go back in time and get a felt roof 40 years ago...
I am always happy if felt roofs last longer than people expect (who wouldn't
be!). The figures quoted were what the builder(s) I have had said, are
certainly true of ones I have known round here and was true of mine, which
started to show problems at about 12 years and which was replaced at 15, by
which time it needed it! I would be planning to have the money for a
replacement in another 15 years.
It does also depend on how much sun it gets and if it is ever walked on.
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Bob Mannix
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