This is why I could have done with you Too many cowboys. Funnily enough the best one locally was an old gypsy guy. The guy with the best reputation on paper had to redo a job 3 times
Yeah it's a minefield for cowboys. A lot of the older roofers round here are decent but need nippers to help them out and if left the nippers will cut corners.
It's annoying things that cause big damage that's the worst So not sealed properly against an existing wall for a flat roof extension. All finished then when the weather goes bad, roof leaks and wrecks the painting etc It's not like there is extra pay to come and sort it out, it just creates all sorts of bad vibes with all involved
They can be a real pain in the arse but if done right then it's fine. We guarantee a roof for 20 years if using a mineral finish but in reality they should easily last 30 with the standard of today's felt.
That's the biggest failing we see, most roofers will put a tiny upstand and think it's good enough. They'll also be stingy on lead flashing thus leading to water ingress.
I reroofed my bathroom and utility room a couple of years ago, which is basically a lean too on the back on the house. I used one of those stick on 'lead' strips to seal it and it was crap. Water leaking in within weeks. So had to get back up there and chase out a channel and put some proper lead flashing in there. Dry as a bone now
Made a proper start tonight; Commandeered the cable rack or whatever it's called and did; 4 sets of 10 standing cable flies 4 sets of 8 standing cable chest press 4 sets of 6 low cable cross overs Then onto the bench for 4 sets of 8 flat bench press Then onto another machine for 5 sets of 8 seated one arm cable rows. Then 3 500m sprints on the rowing machine Then 20 mins on the treadmill; first ten mins steady state jogging, second ten mins 2 min sprint/walk sets. ****ed in a very nice way. Won't get back to the gym till Monday now, Tuesday if I do yoga on Monday, so my planned weekend exercise is; Friday - taking U12 for football training. Saturday morning - 18 holes of epic golfage Sunday morning - climb up Pen Y Fan. Which is a piece of piss to be perfectly honest but the twist is my kids are debuting so my exercise is that I'll no doubt be carrying my five year old daughter to the top on my shoulders!
