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  1. I think that theory about soakers sounds like it might have just hit the nail on the head! There's definitely none up there, and the felt just folds back on itself under the last tile, it doesn't run up the wall at all under the lead, so there is definitely a gap between the tile and the wall where water could run down. I've put a piece of MDF under the spout from the gutter running from the upper roof as well, which although won't last any more than 1 or 2 showers, with the way I've done it should spread the water flow out a bit over the roof rather than running all down the left or all at the left sky light, so that should tell whether that is part of the problem. Thank you all very much indeed for your help and input, it's nice to be able to go back armed with a bit more information!
  2. It's a 9cm overlap - the builder did say they were the only tiles he could find for that pitch of roof so I assume he did look it up. The pitch is a bit greater than the photo makes it look - it drops about 1m over a 3m span, but that's only approx and I've no idea if that's good/bad/indifferent. I've attached the only photos I've got of the roof from mid-build. As with many things, not impressed with that concrete used to keep the lead in round the render. They weren't even going to paint it until I confronted them with a tin of matching paint and told them to get up there! Edit: Sorry I neglected to answer.... no idea on the brand of tiles I'm afraid. Can't see it stamped on there anywhere
  3. Thanks for the replies. The top of the gutter is quite a bit below the top of the fascia, so I would imagine it would overflow and just run down the fascia or run over the side, without the water being able to get up and under the last tile and behind the fascia board. The fascia itself stays dry on the front, so the only way the water can be leaking is from behind. It's quite sheltered so I don't see it being the wind, but I could be wrong. There's no seal on the bottom of the fascia per se, but it only leaks out where the fascia and the rendering don't quiet meet, so essentially the same thing I guess. It always starts on the left, with the first drips occurring there, then as it rains more progressing further and further right. It's that, plus the one above the third door, which seem to be a separate issue and I'm concerned water is getting below the felt somewhere up near the skylight. Thanks again anyway though, I'll have to get the builders back again and see if they can do something. Again. Third time lucky.
  4. Just a slightly better photo showing the left hand side where I think it's originating
  5. Good afternoon, I was wondering if someone might be able to shed a little light on what is going on here... I had this single-story extension built recently and have been having a few issues with the roof. Initially i noticed a loud dripping onto the sill at the bottom of the doors when it rained - you can see to the left of the very right hand window the marks where water runs down, which it does when the rain slows a little. The rest of the render you can see soaks and gets water running down it, which seems to start from the very left hand side and run across as the rain continues. The front of the fascia board does not get wet, the water is dripping down from behind the fascia board all the way along. When it does rain, underneath the lead (towards the left of the photo) seems to be wet, which would seem a little counterintuitive to me, and water is running down the neighbours wall behind the gutter downpipe, and presumably running along the back of the fascia board and dripping down wherever there is a gap. The builders have been back a couple of times, squirted a hose at it for 5 minutes, and either tell me there's nothing wrong or adjust a tile by half an inch and declare it fixed, but after a couple of those sessions it seems not to be any different. The bizarre thing, in fairness to them, is that when they lift tiles to look underneath, there the back of the fascia board seems to be dry, so it's difficult to determine exactly how the water is getting there. So firstly, can someone just tell me I'm not being stupid, and that water should not be running down the render like that to start with? And secondly, is this a 'common' issue, with a fix that someone can describe (and I can either do myself or pass onto the builders), or am I getting into the realms of getting a roofer out to have a proper look? Thanks very much!
  6. I think it does actually, now you mention it - I'd have to remeasure it. Might see if they can do that then if that's a viable option.
  7. Perfect, thanks for the replies! I’m definitely not considering touching this myself, I’m going to get all the structural drawing and building regs stuff done when things allow - all I wanted to do was get a bit of an idea how big a job this was before I launched into things and so I can try and get a handle on costs early on. Doesn’t sound tooooo bad so far! Thansk again, glad lengthening the beams sounds like an option rather than having to have a second RSJ
  8. Hello, I bought an 1890’s house (well, the back half of it is) about 18 months ago and am looking at putting an open plan single storey extension on the back - so I have a question about supporting chimney stacks… When the house was renovated back in the 90’s the chimney breast upstairs was removed along with everything above it, however, it is still in once piece downstairs where it takes up a lot of room in the kitchen. I am looking at removing the back wall of the house, complete with these remnants of the chimney (the chimney breast is contained entirely within my house, no overlap to neighbours) but have a question about the support of the upstairs floor. When I removed the carpet upstairs, the footprint of where the chimney was/is is covered by a concrete slab and the floor beams appear to only go from one end of the house to the edge of this concrete slab, not all the way to the back wall (obviously i suppose, or the beams would have originally gone through the flue!). My question is, when it comes to removing the wall, clearly I will need some sort of support for the wall anyway, but will I also need an additional RSJ or such like running under the “front” of the chimney to support the upstairs floor beams? I have attached my terrible rough plan drawing of what upstairs basically looks like - what I’m wondering is if I’m going to need 2 RSJ’s (or any other solution) essentially? Apologies if my description of all of that is absolutely awful by the way…. Thanks very much! James Edit: OR... is is possible/cheaper/legal to just extend the shorter joists and just take out all of the concrete?
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