"Phil L" wrote in message

so short of stripping the gutters of the entire row of houses,which no one
wants to pay for, can you suggest to me a different way of covering your
neighbours gutter with lead and not having a joint like this - I'm sure
there are an army of roofers out there waiting for the suggestion.

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008


Erm! how about seam welding it ie place it over mine and weld it with
lead,not the way its done know ie he's created a folded over lap joint.

I've found the ost sensible post so far...not in here mind.

Hi. There are a few issues shown on the images. This type of gutter has
little or no fall. When lining this gutter with lead sheet, an allowance
must be made for the expansion of the lead, if this is not done you will
find it will fail in a few years time owing to metal fatigue. (creases
turning to cracks). If using code 5 sheet lead the max length of any one
piece should not exceed 2 m. I.5m if code 4 is used. It look as if the sheet
lead has been rolled out its full length with out any thought about
expansion?I also note the lack of lead clips, used to hold the front edge in
position, to prevent wind lift. To over come the expansion problem and the
jointing to the property next door a product is readily available (T Pren)
which is neoprene bonded to two pieces of lead sheet. These are cut to the
width of the gutter and welded into position, starting at the adjoining
property and every 2 m thereafter. Good Luck

In article , Phil L
scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Phil L
scribeth thus
tony sayer wrote:


Beg to differ guv, as I see it their there to collect the water of
the roof and carry it away not to store it. If they do then
someone's got the angles of downtilt cocked up;!..

Water doesn't run uphill..

And the sandstone slabs are running the wrong way - hardly the fault
of the person who re-lines them with lead.

In general the above gutters should be set with the right fall in the
first place..

They obviously were.
..


What most people here are asking for is ridiculous...it would
involve a full scaffold (£600), removal of sandstone blocks, (heavy
lifting gear req - another £100ish), strip back bottom part of roof,
relay sandstone slabs on top of wall, provided no brickwork moves,
patch up inside house, as oten these blocks are simply plastered
over at the top of each inside wall (£200), plus labour etc and you
are looking at a good few grand to put it exactly how it should be.
Considering the dopey neighbour has been living with a leaky gutter
for christ knows how long, it's highly unlikely that she will pay
thousands of pounds to have this half pint of water removed from her
gutters, which work perfectly BTW.

And it probably did work perfectly until the subsidence which has
caused the guters to run in the opposite direction.

Did anyone mention subsidence?....

No they didn't, but what do you think has caused a solid sandstone gutter to
run in the opposite direction to what it should?

Dunno guv I'm not there on site!..

And neither are U..
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Tony Sayer