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Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:08 pm
by Buster121
Use board and the current sheets that will return to natural form more or less after being placed on solid surface if any dont then replace the very bad ones
On another note my loft is also very wet due to the weather and have to dry every day
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:17 am
by Buster121
Thing with felt it needs replacing every few years the corrugated sheets are almost permanent, I do remember saying to you at the time it would sag eventually with no support under it
one of my lofts is felt the newer one I used the sheets on and that is perfect but the felt has gone white and brittle, the only thing stopping me sheeting it is the cost of the roof pieces as the roof is like an ''A'' shape the front couple feet slopes down so that will have to be felted but with my health conditions can no longer get on roof to do it so will have to stay until can get somebody to help me
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:18 am
by pvdmr
Both my empty lofts have onduline corrugated sheeting on..fixed onto the original marine ply roof.
Not a drip of

over the past 15 years
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Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:43 am
by Buster121
Murray wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:06 am
Buster121 wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:08 pm
Use board and the current sheets that will return to natural form more or less after being placed on solid surface if any dont then replace the very bad ones
On another note my loft is also very wet due to the weather and have to dry every day
Buster, you have mentioned before that your lofts get wet. Why is that?
Is the roof leaking or is the rain getting in elsewhere?
Just wondering.
No leaks have no idea but always when wet weather the loft floors are wet, humidity who knows, loft 2 does allow some rain through at front where section meet have put sealant and other stuff all over joins and still does it but only affects the front, also covered vents over with a piece of angled boards to steer water away from them
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:49 pm
by Buster121
George and Morgan wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:07 pm
what i found with felt you can go for ages then you go in and a small hole and the floor is wet
Got plastic sheeting under my felt as well
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:01 pm
by pvdmr
IF…you want a trouble free rain proof Roof then get it Fibre Glassed it will last forever
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Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:02 pm
by Buster121
pvdmr wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:01 pm
IF…you want a trouble free rain proof Roof then get it Fibre Glassed it will last forever
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I did a reply to this earlier but for some reason not posted
bloke couple doors away from me has all his lofts made with filon and works great let's so much light in and he has had them for 30 years + they was his brothers before him
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:07 pm
by pvdmr
Andy wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:25 pm
pvdmr wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:01 pm
IF…you want a trouble free rain proof Roof then get it Fibre Glassed it will last forever
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We had the flat roof of our utility room fibre glassed last summer after it had developed a leak in one corner. It wasn’t cheap but looks great and should last until we retire and sell the shop.
All depends on how many layers of matting put down,get them back
Worked at Birchwood boats they built Super Cruisers out of fibreglass for the Saudi Arabians costing millions also for the Mega rich all over the world.
My mates used to laminate ponds for clients at weekends…Koi enthusiasts none have leaked in years!
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:53 am
by Buster121
Could you use any of that brush on bitumen, I have polythene under my felt, you could fasten some black bags over it or get some of those tarpaulin sheets you can pick them up for couple quid or as a last resort get a lorry tarpaulin sheet cover it in one then, any haulage yards by you or local most will give the old ones away
Re: Problem with my loft
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:39 pm
by Buster121
Murray wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:07 pm
That's a bugger, Trev.
It's going to be difficult to fix as if you fix one problem the water will find the next weakest place.
Buster may be right, a tarpaulin over the whole roof might be the answer. Or if they do 12' wide black plastic sheet off the roll over there, and I am sure they do, you might cover the whole thing in a plastic sheet. That'll keep the rain out.
I got some pond liners which are similar as they are plastic and yes they work great I have them on my other sheds