This stack pipe had lost its' top layer of FLASHING - the stuff that stops the rain running from a surface into the roof.

You can see a hole where the water has been running in. Luckily there is a metal flash under the tiles and the roof has a liner. The wooden battens, that the roof tiles hang on, are at risk though.

I bought a LEAD TILE from Travis Perkins. It's specially made for the job.

Derek slid the roof tiles out of the way and gently fitted the new slate, having first cut a hole in the rubber sleeve.

The metal was tapped into shape and a roof tile had to be 'dressed', Chipped to help it sit well. All straight forward stuff to Derek.

The final piece with lead mastic around the neck finish the job . 

SMART.

MeWally cleaned up a hole near the eve created where he'd just removed a boiler flue line. Derek cut and fitted the brick to fill it.

Another job we'd noticed were the ROOF VERGES which are falling apart as the cement has weathered over the 50 years since this property was built.

Verge caps - the black things along the roof edge.

Derek pointed all the way along the verges in readiness for the VERGE CAPS which he'll fit next week,

Weather permitting.

Proper Job - Saturday 5.11.11

Derek popped over this afternoon to finish off the CORBELS with us.

He knocked out the wooden supports and nothing moved!

We all breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally Derek filled in the holes and pointed up. Both ends of the wall look resplendent with their new corbels and repointed mortar.  

Then he got on with another little job that we'd noticed on Tuesday. See the next blog :)

Cor, Balls!

OK, I admit it, I meant CORBELS. Had to replace them today.

Storm clouds are gathering, but the forecast for the day is good - phew!

Two scaffolding towers were erected by BUDGET SCAFFOLD,

each with a ladder. Here's one of them.

And here's the problem, CONCRETE CANCER, or, as I like to call it: 

s**t the roof's about to slide off!

After setting up a simple roof support system, much brick cutting,

demolition, and muck mixing,

we were ready to pop in the new CORBAL

and bricks. The props stay in for a few days, at which point the final pointing along the roof line will be done. Another few days after that and we can strip out the support and pray the new block work will hold up the roof.

Front and rear corbels done in a day - happy DEREK.

He'll be paid on Saturday with a meal. He's a great mate. I'd better crack out the recipe books, he's earned a blow out feast.