Replace Sarking In Roof

Trying to buy a house and had a survey come back saying there is no sarking felt internally which is required to prevent rot.

Replace sarking in roof.

If so is it expensive. Unfasten all clips that take hold of the roof tiles. Roof sarking installation is the process of positioning a flexible laminated membrane under your roof before installing the roofing material. This is something that is required by law in almost all parts of australia.

Dismantle all roof battens to enable you to install sarking beneath them. Roof sarking is a pliable laminated membrane that is positioned under your roof during installation by the builder and is rolled out in sections either parallel or perpendicular to the eaves. Lay the sarking sheets on the roof cavity with care and precision. Remove the ridge capping to easily get rid of roof tiles and clips.

Is this an easy thing to have done. If some are damaged replace them with new ones after putting the tiles back. Someone might be able to help you out for as low as 150 to 350. Where wind driven rain is working under the roof and causing leaks then the felt will need to be replaced.

This will cost around 460 510 made up of. Holes in roofing felt are quite common here we repair a hole in some roofing felt that is underneath the tiled roof. Roof sarking is a protective second skin under your roof installed when building a house doing home extensions a home renovation or roof restoration. To replace a small section of roofing felt involves stripping the tiles from the roof and replacing felt between two joists.

It is a 3 bed detached house on the small side.