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LEADING TILED ROOF manufacturer Supalite is now issuing all homeowners with a copy of the LABC produced ‘ Viewpoint ’ home-owner advice leaflet to ensure they are aware of potential dangers when looking to buy a replacement conservatory roof .
It is a policy Supalite has undertaken following a meeting with LABC Head of Learning and Guidance Dave Ewing to express their concerns about the potential pitfalls of wrap-over solid roofs , and to explore what action the authority is taking to ensure compliance .
Know your roofs
Explains Operations Director for Supalite Steve Hacking “ Replacement tiled roofs for conservatories are a reasonably new product . As such there is a limit to the amount of information available to homeowners looking to replace their existing conservatory roof with a new tiled roof and they need to be aware that there are product types in the market which do not necessarily meet all the criteria they could do ”.
“ I am particularly talking about ‘ wrap-over ’ roofs – where an installer will simply ‘ wrap ’ a new tiled roof over an existing conservatory roof installation . They look for all the world as good as a full replacement , but there are inherent potential faults in the installation from day one ”.
“ Under Building Regulation guidelines all solid replacement roofs need to be submitted to the appropriate council authorities for approval and this entails the provision of structural calculations ”.
“ To simply fit a new roof on top of an existing structure is fraught with danger and
can be subject to issues such as collapse and other significant performance failures ”.
“ The original conservatory will have been designed and manufactured to carry a certain weight-loading for the roof . A ‘ wrap-over ’ roof installation adds to that weight – effectively the conservatory has two roofs , and it was never designed to do that from a structural point of view ”.
‘ Wrap-over roofs are the most likely type to cause over-stressing ’
“ It is important that suppliers such as ourselves help to get the message out to home-owners who are potentially considering going down the wrap-over roof route .
“ LABC has responsibility for ensuring that Building Regulations are met at all times with regards to solid replacement roofs and it is important we give home-owners access to their information ”.
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