Wanted Please - Harrogate / York / Leeds area

[abwsco]

For those of you with covered WIR's whose roofs don't leak is there any chance I could have some closeup pictures. Am trying to persuade DH that we need to remove all the roof and start again.

 

Ours is on a slight incline with corrugated plastic which is overlapped but we've found since this summer (did we have one!) that it can't cope with the amount of rain, sleet, hail and snow that we've had and all the Bedmax is getting damp. It doesn't help either that it's on ground which was always the dampest in the garden but paving it isn't an option.

 

Thanks as ever.

[Redwing]

Mine doesnt leak, I have Friday off will take a pic then for you

 

(not likely to see daylight tomorrow )

[abwsco]

Thanks Tasha

[alij]

Hi

 

Mine has never leaked Here's apic as it was going up the roof is covered with felt I think

 

 

 

and this is what it looks like from the inside

 

It's lovely having a proper roof and makes spending time with the girls a real treat

 

Ali

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Mine only leaks through the holes I created with a rake . Otherwise it's pretty good and copes with all weathers.

 

There are a few closeup ones in my signature link but I'm happy to take more if they'll help .

[kevtheplumber]

had the same problem, replaced it all 2 weeks back, you need to have a bigger fall and over hang, i found having the bigger fall made a hell of a differance

[abwsco]

Thanks Ali, ANH and Kev

 

I've been out this morning to have another look and I can see we definately haven't got enough overlap on the sheets having seen yours ANH. DH reckons the fall is enough but I'm not convinced so will have to work on him as he'll be doing it.

[Sal119]

We used a left over piece of conservatory roofing

 

 

[abwsco]

Thanks Sal

 

DH is hoping to sort it out when it's dry and a bit warmer. I need to nag more-lol

[sjp]

Thanks Ali, ANH and Kev

 

I've been out this morning to have another look and I can see we definately haven't got enough overlap on the sheets having seen yours ANH. DH reckons the fall is enough but I'm not convinced so will have to work on him as he'll be doing it.

 

you need at least 100mm/4inch overlap on joints the fall is a bit tricky the longer the run the more pitch.

on a single sheet roof you'd get away with a couple of inches. on a sheet and half a minimum of 4 inch a 2 sheet roof a minimum of 6" i'd go 9" or go for an apex

anything over a 2 sheet run I'd think about an apex at least 14" higher than the eves

the other thing you need to think about is snow loading with low pitch roofs snow is heavy

I know when we fit canopies at work the lowest pitch we can have is 10 degrees

[abwsco]

you need at least 100mm/4inch overlap on joints the fall is a bit tricky the longer the run the more pitch.

on a single sheet roof you'd get away with a couple of inches. on a sheet and half a minimum of 4 inch a 2 sheet roof a minimum of 6" i'd go 9" or go for an apex

anything over a 2 sheet run I'd think about an apex at least 14" higher than the eves

the other thing you need to think about is snow loading with low pitch roofs snow is heavy

I know when we fit canopies at work the lowest pitch we can have is 10 degrees

 

That's brilliant, sjp. Thanks

 

This is an old picture of the run before roofing, when the now departed exbatts had been with us for just two days oh and when we had grass We've now got roofing overhanging in single sheets and overlapping but definately not enough. It's also on a slight pitch but we haven't got any supports across the middle lengths either.

[sjp]

I didn't realise you ment the overlap was the sides the info I gave was for the overlap when useing 2 or more sheets

the side only needs to be 1 flute with a fixing every 2 feet which is were the support beams should be. you can go 2 flutes

if thats old sheets I wouldn't try to remove it to refix it as it goes really brittle and if it's nailed on you wont get them out with out braking the sheets

[abwsco]

I didn't realise you ment the overlap was the sides the info I gave was for the overlap when useing 2 or more sheets

the side only needs to be 1 flute with a fixing every 2 feet which is were the support beams should be. you can go 2 flutes

if thats old sheets I wouldn't try to remove it to refix it as it goes really brittle and if it's nailed on you wont get them out with out braking the sheets

 

Sorry, I probably wasn't clear in my post. We've an overlap of 1 flute but that's where it comes in

[sjp]

I didn't realise you ment the overlap was the sides the info I gave was for the overlap when useing 2 or more sheets

the side only needs to be 1 flute with a fixing every 2 feet which is were the support beams should be. you can go 2 flutes

if thats old sheets I wouldn't try to remove it to refix it as it goes really brittle and if it's nailed on you wont get them out with out braking the sheets

 

Sorry, I probably wasn't clear in my post. We've an overlap of 1 flute but that's where it comes in

 

makes me woder weather the sheets are underlaped instead of overlaped

the top sheet should have the edge that's facing down over the facing up edge of the bootom sheet

I see from the photo that the sheets are not supported across the width but down the length that might be part of the problem i'm also thinking that not ever joint is supported looking at the timbers they look about 3 or 4 foot apart

[abwsco]

Thanks again sjp I'm sure we haven't got them underlapped but we haven't got every sheet supported like you say. DH thinks I'm being overly fussy as they're not in the run all day anyway.

[Cooks]

Anne hubs says it you take a photo and email it to us he will give you some advice

[abwsco]

Ooh, thanks Lynz Will try and get some later. DH is telling me off as I am making it sound like we have waterfalls coming in-lol Methinks he just wants to avoid more work-lol