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  • My understanding of what he needs to do is:

    • go on the roof
    • re-check the condition
    • clean area
    • use something (either mortar/similar) to re-point where the lead flashing meets the roof and meets the chimney.

    This all seems straight forward and uncomplicated so there shouldn't be any risk of him fucking it up - other than possibly breaking tiles.

    The obvious place for him to scam us/add extra seem to me to be:

    1. adding materials - which I now realise haven't yet been mentioned.
    2. saying that there are extra broken tiles, fixing, then charging.
    3. Saying we need to re-point the hips as per the original survey.

    I realise this all sounds a bit neg. But he's annoyed Mrs. Hugo7 and I'm now being quizzed on what he's actually going to do and how we know it's been done.

  • If there are not currently any leaks them personally I wouldn't bother. Surveys never ever come back with a clean bill of health.

    If he/she removes all the moss (who gives a fuck about that, it'll grow back anyway) and fixes the small pointing jobs, then I'd expect 1/2 - 1 day's work, so £200 - £300.

    If you want evidence of the issues (and latterly the repair) then ask for photographs to be taken.

  • I think starting with the assumption that a tradesman is going to scam you might mean that things are never going to end quite the way that you want them to.

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