Neighbours retiled their roof on our terrace, used a bonding gutter but haven't bedded our tiles edges in mortar.

[DaveAF]

Hello

 

We live in a 1930s terraced house. Our new neighbours just retiled their roof and the roofers used a bonding gutter where the roofs tiles meet. They have left a 3 inch space between the 2 roofs and tiles on both roofs are kicking up where they sit on the bonding gutter.

 

I'm concerned about water getting under the raised up tile edges on our side because we do not have felt under our tiles and the roofers haven't bedded our edge tiles in mortar. 

See the 2 attached pictures. Our roof is the orange tile. 

Do I have anything to worry about? 

 

All thoughts welcome. 

Regards

David 

[Big Jimbo]

The neighbours new roof is going to leak. That cut tile nearest the guttering is tipping up to the point that any water ingress is never going to reach the gutter. The neighbours new roof does not look like it has been done by a propper roofer. More like somebody chancing it. I am not a roofer, so i dont know if your tiles should have been mucked in.

[Temp]

Installation instructions.. See cross section bottom right of last page. There shouldn't even be a gap..

 

https://www.europeanplastics.co.uk/_files/ugd/a1adc3_ae879888910049cb93079fa54eb2232b.pdf?index=true

 

The sanded strip down the middle is to provide a key for the mortar to stick to.

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by Temp

[markc]

Looks like a generally shoddy job all round

[Discoeye]

Every third row should be nailed so in high winds you don't say goodbye to all your tiles. I agree with Big Jimbo that's not been done by a real roofer and as you've stated you don't have felt underneath your roof you going to come into trouble there.

They should of bedded the last tiles, im not a roofer by trade but have been around enough building work to see that's not right.

[joe90]

+1 to all the above, sh;t job.

[DaveAF]

17 hours ago, Big Jimbo said:

The neighbours new roof is going to leak. That cut tile nearest the guttering is tipping up to the point that any water ingress is never going to reach the gutter. The neighbours new roof does not look like it has been done by a propper roofer. More like somebody chancing it. I am not a roofer, so i dont know if your tiles should have been mucked in.

My thoughts exactly. I challenged the builders on Saturday morning about the roof and they all pretended not to speak english. I couldnt believe it. Crooks. 

[DaveAF]

15 hours ago, Temp said:

Installation instructions.. See cross section bottom right of last page. There shouldn't even be a gap..

 

https://www.europeanplastics.co.uk/_files/ugd/a1adc3_ae879888910049cb93079fa54eb2232b.pdf?index=true

 

The sanded strip down the middle is to provide a key for the mortar to stick to.

 

Yeah as I feared its a total cowboy job. They've even cut tiles in half on both roofs. 

[Big Jimbo]

Only thing to do now, is to tell your neighbour you want it sorted by a proper roofer. Get a couple of quotes yourself, and advise your neighbour that they will be paying.