Hi. I was hoping that someone might be able to offer some assistance with a problem I'm having.
Basically, a damp patch appeared on my bedroom wall 5 days after the 10-year NHBC warranty expired. Typical!
I asked a (trusted) roofer to have a look. To cut a long story short, he's been up on the roof and in the loft and found that the leak has obviously been there for a long time (possibly from day 1) as the underfelt has perished. However, there is no obvious sign of where the problem lies. For example, no cracked / damaged / missing tiles, the mortar in the valleys looks ok.
Judging by where the water is appearing, he is suggesting that the valleys haven't been seated correctly and the roof now needs to be stripped back in order to replace the perished felt and sort the valleys out. With the required scaffolding, this is going to be an expensive job.
So, down to my question, is 11 years an acceptable life expectancy for a roof? I'm of the opinion that it isn't and, as the problem has obviously been there for quite some time, the original builders should be covering the cost of the remedial work.
Any advice or opinions welcomed. Thanks in advance.
Basically, a damp patch appeared on my bedroom wall 5 days after the 10-year NHBC warranty expired. Typical!
I asked a (trusted) roofer to have a look. To cut a long story short, he's been up on the roof and in the loft and found that the leak has obviously been there for a long time (possibly from day 1) as the underfelt has perished. However, there is no obvious sign of where the problem lies. For example, no cracked / damaged / missing tiles, the mortar in the valleys looks ok.
Judging by where the water is appearing, he is suggesting that the valleys haven't been seated correctly and the roof now needs to be stripped back in order to replace the perished felt and sort the valleys out. With the required scaffolding, this is going to be an expensive job.
So, down to my question, is 11 years an acceptable life expectancy for a roof? I'm of the opinion that it isn't and, as the problem has obviously been there for quite some time, the original builders should be covering the cost of the remedial work.
Any advice or opinions welcomed. Thanks in advance.