5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 gennaio 2015
Ubicazione:
Lincolnshire
Altre informazioni:
Many homeowners, give little or no thought to their roof or its maintenance until they have problems. Often the first signs of a problem are a leak or a damp patch appearing in the ceiling. These may only appear at certain times, when it has been raining heavily. Or you find some broken slates on the ground outside your house which have been dislodged during high winds. Whilst you can ignore the problem for a while, at some stage the problem will have to be faced; the roof needs some maintenance. Slipped or broken slates or tiles a few slipped tiles may be the result of failure of individual tiles or the effect of a storm or extreme weather. These are relatively easy repairs. More widespread slippage could be rusting or corrosion of nails holding the tiles or battens or rotting of the battens. Broken or slipped ridge tiles this results from weathering which has caused the ridge tile to break or the mortar holding the ridge tile to crumble. The ridge tiles need to be stripped, cleared of all mortar and rebedded with fresh mortar. Valleys blocked or lead cracked and leaking a blocked valley causing water to overflow can be cleared of debris fairly easily as a basic maintenance task. If the lead in the valley is cracked then replacing it is a bigger task. Temporary repairs can sometimes be done using flash band (self adhesive flashing tape) but in the medium term the lead will need to be replaced. Well installed lead valleys can last 40 years and more
