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Hi there,
I have my house on the market and have a question re: the roof.
It's an old style roof with no 'lining' and when you go up in to the loft you can see the tiles directly on the roof.
Now, I remember when buying many years ago our homebuyers survey said that while the roof was fine if anything went wrong (lost tiles etc) it would probably be better to just replace it rather than patch it up.
You can see cracks of light between the tiles but there are no holes. I've been up there when it is raining and the water runs off the roof (I could see no leaks). We do get a lot of dust in the loft so anything up there is just covered with a thin tarp.
It looks like a few houses on our road have the same original/old tiles on them too.
I've read not having lining under the tiles isn't an issue per-se as back in the day that's how a roof was done. Is that right?
I've also toyed with the idea of buying a breathable membrane roll (or two) and adding it across the inside rafters. Is that worth doing?
Do any of you think that this could be a point of contention when selling the house? Should I just wait and see what the future buyers survey comes up with and address it with them if needed?
Thanks!
I have my house on the market and have a question re: the roof.
It's an old style roof with no 'lining' and when you go up in to the loft you can see the tiles directly on the roof.
Now, I remember when buying many years ago our homebuyers survey said that while the roof was fine if anything went wrong (lost tiles etc) it would probably be better to just replace it rather than patch it up.
You can see cracks of light between the tiles but there are no holes. I've been up there when it is raining and the water runs off the roof (I could see no leaks). We do get a lot of dust in the loft so anything up there is just covered with a thin tarp.
It looks like a few houses on our road have the same original/old tiles on them too.
I've read not having lining under the tiles isn't an issue per-se as back in the day that's how a roof was done. Is that right?
I've also toyed with the idea of buying a breathable membrane roll (or two) and adding it across the inside rafters. Is that worth doing?
Do any of you think that this could be a point of contention when selling the house? Should I just wait and see what the future buyers survey comes up with and address it with them if needed?
Thanks!