Roofing job feedback.

[JackOfNoTrades]

Hi roofing afficiandos, 

 

I've just had the roof replaced (pretty much one of the only things I haven't done myself as my roofing skills max out at flatroof EPDM on the outbuildings). The scaffolding came down a few hours ago and this is what the bonding gutter looks like. 

 

 

Our neighbour (who is very laid back and never once complained about anything in the years we have been neighbours) pointed this out before I saw it and asked me when the roofers can come back and fix it. The roofer is standing by this job by saying "There is a bonding gutter Between the roofs there as to be a gap".

 

Can I check if I'm wrong in thinking this is an unusually wide, messy and offcentre bonding gutter? 

 

Life is busy and I need to know which battles to choose, having already had to fight a few. 

 

Thanks for your thoughts everyone! It's appreciated. 

 

Edited April 17 by JackOfNoTrades

[ProDave]

Is the chimney offset?  Or is the roof joint not on the party line?

[JackOfNoTrades]

1 minute ago, ProDave said:

Is the chimney offset?  Or is the roof joint not on the party line?

Nope - that chimney is right in the middle of the building and evenly straddles the property line. 

[JackOfNoTrades]

1 hour ago, JackOfNoTrades said:

Nope - that chimney is right in the middle of the building and evenly straddles the property line. 

Sorry, this should have read that the middle of the chimney is the middle of the party line. 

[nod]

Bit untidy 

It will probably do the job You shouldn’t really see anything of the valley I’d have used a grey on with a small up stand Tiles and slate up tight to it Which you would hardly see 

And placed it down the centre line of the chimney and put the flashing on straight 

[Roundtuit]

15 hours ago, JackOfNoTrades said:

Sorry, this should have read that the middle of the chimney is the middle of the party line. 

Out of interest, did the roofs previously join in the middle of the stack, or have you 'gained' a bit?  Was it slate previously?

[Redbeard]

It certainly isn't invisible, but I have seen far worse. My worry is that they have apparently chosen to site the joint well on your neighbour's side, so that if (as the neighbour seems to forecast) it does leak, your neighbour 'gets it'. Obviously not a great strategy for good neighbourly relations. Since the scaff has come down you are a little stumped in the short term.  Long-term bargaining point could be for the roofer to return, make a tidier job of the joint (to your neighbour's satisfaction in particular) and make the joint on the boundary. Of course we cannot see the main joint behind and on the other elevation.

[ProDave]

If I was the neighbour I would have kept an eye on things and raised the non centre issue as soon as it became apparent.  Also I would have been asking the roofer for s stack of spare tiles to match the old ones.

 

The problem now if they were to try and move that joint more central, all the old tiles have probably gone in a skip, or been sold?

[Daza]

I've just re-tiled my roof myself and this is what my gutter bond looks like.