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Chap at work swears by this site: https://www.mybuilder.com/

@MJNewton used Desmopol I found from some searching. How's it standing up?

Can you remember who?

I'll certainly coat it with something and send it back. Only colour here is brown mind? It was the polyurethane liquid waterproofing systems I was thinking of. Seems you lay a mat down as you would with fibreglass etc.

21 Sept 2019: Are you going to name your cabin?

Like I just said. Presumably mine was a sh!t idea? ? Think I drew it ages ago too. "a diagonal brace down to the chunky 6x6 for the other corner....."

New scaffold boards aren't treated. Treat them. If you don't want to go sliding all over (before you fit some handrail) then I really rate Cuprinol Non Slip Deck Stain. Even with handrail it won't stop it getting slippery. Well expensive but literally does what it says on the tin. 1) 3x3s would do, one each end but into a base plate and with a concrete footing again. You won't want to hear that I know (don't care ? ) 2) Just some concrete slabs under the top corner then a diagonal brace down to the chunky 6x6 for the other corner..... 3) How about thinking out of the box...an invert V support coming down to one concrete footing?

Longest thread in terms of pages? Surely my crown has been taken by another Sire! However in terms of years taken...1st photo on Flickr is August 31st 2015. Pretty sure there're earlier ones on Photobucket.....

If I do away with the pitch I'm struggling a little to visualise the resultant small gable ends, how to insulate, board weather it etc. CAD time methinks or maybe a scale model... Whatever I do I'd like to have it so that In the back of my mind it's always a @Barney12 esque GRP roof and hidden gutter detail. Not sure I could do such a big area in GRP, on my own and with no experience of it. Isn't there a new "paint" on GRP alternative I've read about? If I do away with the pitch I'm struggling a little to visualise the resultant small gable ends, how to insulate, board weather it etc. CAD time methinks or maybe a scale model...

The saga continues. Not unexpectedly the roof on the left has finally failed and we have a wet patch on our bedroom ceiling. This weekend I need to get up there and do something. If I don't it'll soon be dripping! As regular readers might recall I've been prevaricating over this for years now. Originally (dormer built around 1987/88) the whole square of the dormer was sheeted in 3/4" ply. A layer of sand felt went over this. (I can see this from inside looking along the pitch). Two bits of 4×2 were then nailed about a ridge board at the top and skewed through the first layer of felt/ply at the bottom to make the pitch. Again, visible from inside. This was then covered in string reinforced felt, tiled and battened. Subsequent layer(s) of roofing felt went over this first layer of sand felt at the sides. Gut feel is they stopped just under the tiles. Might have been a second layer of sand felt but I can't tell. At some point just the flat side bits have been over felted again leaving the failed stuff underneath by the looks of things. This has created a lip of "new" felt just under the bottom of the tiles. Below you can see the original tattered felt under the pushed back tile. I've always been loathe to redo just the wings as this edge and the pitch are obvious issues. (Spent a small fortune on the other side of the pitch in acrylic roof repair compound over the years. That side still leaks at the corners / edges as the eaves detail is dire. The side that needs immediate work now is tbh odd. I think when it was last done (just before we purchased) they didn't have enough felt so butted sheets together rather than overlap them. These have now separated at the "joins" to leave wide gaps. Bottom line is it needs doing. Short term itl likely be an expanse of DPM laid up there and weighted with slabs whilst I gather my thoughts. Repeating myself here but I can't help thinking doing away with the central pitch would be a good idea. Tbh I dont want to spend to too much on a permanent solution as I've this mad idea of re roofing should my ship come in! ?. Warm roof, access hatch and solar pv trays up there etc with a central access walkway where the pitch is now. A big sheet of EPDM seems like a quick fix. A little concerned as to amount of crows, sparrow hawks etc who use it up there as a dining table and of their talons ripping it. Likewise, pooling water attracts birds, squirrels etc. Wondering if I should invest in a bfo heavy duty tarpaulin and just rip the lot off and see what I've got? Money no object (it is) and I'd put a scaffold over the top / the whole house. What way to go...the "clean slate" method?

Some hope. We're the trolls under your bridge!

West Country degenerates the lot of you.

Thank Christ, getting sick of "Bump...still for sale, make me an offer".

As opposed to packing it in and moaning...

Try a pair of red, laser enhancing glasses: https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/safety-glasses/1248880/

I'm a muppet! The local factors does them! ? I was in there tonight as well. Got that wheel bearing kit I pm'd you about btw, tenner.

This seller is no longer going it appears. D'you know of any other seller who doesn't want documents sent through the post?

The parallels are uncanny...

They were going to but the builder got it wrong because all he had to work from was was a rough sketch drawn on the back of a restraining order...

iShite

This could develop into a Welsh cottage saga...

Bottom left of the page..."26"

Outer box dims on p24 & 26. Crap drawings. Dimn lines aren't even in line with the isometric view.

Respect.

Look again: