ALL NEW Competition Thread...Last Post WINS ;-)

[naughty.tortie]

Well..... it couldnt be lost forever could it !

So its back... all singing, all dancing... no farting allowed...

May the dirtiest player win 😄




I am first... I WILL BE LAST

[cke786]

Ribbit ribbit! 😂 😂

[peteryola]

Different subject, is it me or are most people very behind this year with preparing for the seasonal nonsense?

[cke786]

Oh believe me, we're right in the middle of it! Sales for Christmas decorations is the worst I've seen it since I started working here in 2009!

It's the temperature, it has been unusually warm this winter, so it doesn't feel like we're even near Christmas yet.

[peteryola]

Funnily enough, I said exactly that to someone who told me they were behind with their cards a couple of days ago.  It just doesn't feel right because of the warmer weather.

Have to wonder, though, how they manage in the southern hemisphere when it's the middle of summer for Xmas...

[cke786]

Well, it seems the snow has finally arrived!

[peteryola]

Yes, but not down here it hasn't...!!

[cke786]

Ah well, snow's gone now, maybe next year we'll get a better down flow!

[peteryola]

We're not out of the winter woods yet; until the end of February / beginning of March in any year there is always the chance of another icy spell...

[1902elder]

Do you, and others who join in this ridiculous thread have nothing better to do? Get a life.

[peteryola]

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There is a certain irony in that statement...

[peteryola]

...or at least a very stormy one this week!!

[cke786]

Haters gotta hate!

That said, I am surprised eBay still hasn't closed off this thread, considering it has been going on for nearly 18 years 😲

Anyway, it's the wind that concerns me, whilst my ridge tiles have been redone and the roof tiles that had lifted up during the years I've been in my house, it still feels and sounds like my roof may blow away with every gust of wind!

[peteryola]

Yeah, it may be 18 years - but it also replaced an earlier thread on the same theme that got accidentally deleted that had in itself been running for some time!!

Oo-er about the tiles, but if they've been re-done recently then the work should still be under guarantee from the roofing company?  The noises probably are just wind rushing around the edges, and if by feel you mean the whole upstairs shudders in strong gusts, that'll be the actual house shuddering - it's perfectly normal, and it helps it to resist the wind energy.  I can feel my study here shuddering when the wind is up; always have done.

[peteryola]

PS I meant to ask - have you got clay tiles or slates?

[cke786]

The rough clay ones!

The ridge tiles is what they were contracted to work on, I asked them to pat down the regular roof tiles as a bit of an extra whilst they were up there. Honestly I would need to replace the entire roof with newer lower profile tiles, and add a couple rows of brick underneath, so I could at least have something of a loft space, rather than the tiny void that it currently is.

[peteryola]

If you do replace the roof, then unless there's any local planning regulations that would prevent it, you should certainly look at getting slate - being thinner they're less likely to pick up the wind under the edges.

Adding an extra couple of rows of brick to literally raise the roof sounds like a good idea - would you be able to get away with more than two rows, or is that enough to make all the difference to being able to use the space properly?

[cke786]

As far as I know there isn't any, but I have been looking at different types of roofing tiles so see which ones would actually suit my house and give the best defence against the wind, it's just funds and finance that are the next issue.

[peteryola]

Yes, a roof replacement is expensive - but it's a lot less expensive than the alternative!!

I'd certainly suggest slate, but make sure it's real slate - avoid the composite alternatives that have sprung up in recent years; they may be cheaper but there's a reason for that!!!  I've seen stories of them curling up and cracking, plus being lighter they can blow off more easily in the right ( wrong?! ) conditions.

[cke786]

I could just go buy them from the slate mine I sometimes visit!

Though I would prefer moss-proof roof tiles, the one's I have my eyes on are the Redland Renown, Marley Wessex or Marley Ludlow Major, they all have low-profiles and fit snug on top of each other with little room for the wind to get under. But that's for the future!

[peteryola]

You're near a slate mine?!

Handy if you do go down that course, but it sounds like you already have a choice really?  Just not a timescale?