London Flat Roofing

07/09/2024

New EPDM roof fully insulated to the new building regulations specifications part L 10 year insurance back to guarantee and certificate of compliance. The certificate of compliance is very important for when you have your next EPC (energy performance certificate) it’s really essential when you have a new roof to make sure that you get all the correct documentation.

17/06/2024

Should you use one or two layers of insulation when you're doing a warm roof? This is the question that comes up all the time hopefully I answer it in this video.

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15/06/2024

Alway phone or email if you need help or advise
Steven Dickinson
London Flat Roofing
07802300099
[email protected]

Nobody tucks in their warm roofs!
What do I mean?
If you bought a new quilt for your bed and you laid down under it but didn't tuck it in around the edges, you would get cold. Same for when you're doing a warm roof, you have to extend the insulation down to the next thermal element of the building. I call this "tucking in your warm roof"
The reason nobody tucks in their warm roofs is because of the cost of doing so. You not only have the labour of doing it, but you also may have to remove the fascia boards or gutter boards to get access to the area that needs tucking in. Thermally tucking in your new warm roof makes all the difference. It not only continues the thermal performance of the new water roof down to the next thermal element of the roof, but it also makes the roof airtight. I have been to many new warm roofs when carrying our roof inspections for customers and they complain about how cold it is in their house even though they have had a new warm roof. When I'm doing a roof survey, I often take out light fittings and feel a draft straight away. I know that the roof is not airtight, and normally, it's because they haven't put the insulation between the joists at the ends only. Putting insulation between the joists further into the room on a warm roof is totally another thing, and I covered this in another video; you should not have to do that if you have the core thickness on the new warm roof. I would suggest that tucking in a new warm roof on a loft conversion is the most complicated, more complicated than a rear extension flat roof. With a flat roof over a loft conversion, you have to tuck in the insulation at both ends, whereas on a rear extension, you normally only have to do the tree edges, and access is a lot easier.

Steven Dickinson
London Flat Roofing
07802300099
[email protected]






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14/08/2022

Roof Inspection Cleaning the roof beforehand.
When doing a roof inspection I always carry a rubbish bag as most people don't clean their roofs regularly and when I take photos for the report I like to show the roof is clean. If there is not much debris on the roof then ill clear it, we are here to help, sometimes though there is a big buildup and I just can't help unfortunately I have to add this to my written report on the roof. If after the customer has had the roof cleaned and sends me photos proving the recommended works have been undertaken I will re-issue a report giving a clean bill of health for free.
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13/08/2022

Roof inspection for insurance renewal on a large flat roof covered with mineral felt. The felt is in relatively good condition for its age however, look at the size of the outlet it's tiny. It makes me wonder who designed this flat roof and how this ever passed building control. When designing a roof, calculations for water runoff is something the design team should have calculated and worked too.
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02/08/2022

Cleaning a roof before the rains start it’s all about maintenance

30/12/2020

Only when washing down a roof do you see how water jumps after biting the decking. The roof leak into this property was rain water getting in because the flashing are now too low as decking has been added

09/12/2020

A common mistake with GRP roofers we get to repair lots of leaking roofs from around pipes. Who is teaching these people how to install these products.
A common mistake with GRP roofers we get to repair lots of leaking roofs from around pipes. Who is teaching these people how to install these products. .

22/08/2020

Sometimes people don’t realize that the new liquid products are really good and you could repair most roofs quite quickly in fact the liquid system that we put down over this repair on this flat roof will probably be stronger than the roof around the outside