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Posted by Stephanie Reuter, on
What is your opinion on this product sprayed on the interior of unlined old rooves to insulate and stop water ingress and tiles slipping please?
sam boswell

sam boswell

Hi, This stuff is a roofers nightmare, and a salespersons dream! I have not ever come across one happy customer that has had this crap pasted over their roof. As a roofer I would have to charge you almost double just to try to repair just the simplest of job, because I cant get this junk of your tiles. As you can tell , roofers don't like this product. Please don't fall for the salespersons bull, and spend thousands on this mess. Sorry if im a bit ranty on this subject. Regards Sam
jason reagan

jason reagan

Hi Stephanie Please do not even consider this option it is a nightmare. I have read the previous comments and they are giving you great advise .Save you money as it will cause you so many problems in the future .BEWARE. Jason roofersandbuilders.co.uk
Chris Miller

Chris Miller

Hi Stephanie This is not a long term solution and when you do come to have the roof re-covered it will cost you so much more due to the time it takes to strip it, in my opinion you would be wasting your hard earned money. Kind Regards Chris

Donald Gray

Hi stephanie. The fact that you feel the need. To ask about this product means that your not sure. A good roofer would tell you to leave well alone and get proper advice on your repairs. Good luck. Donald

Bryn Pritchard

Hi I can only agree with the two others, this is a total waste of time, and as a Genaral builder have been called out to fix a couple of these type of roof and honestly an hours work turned to 3 to 4 he's work and damaging a couple of other slates in the proses nightmare and keep clear Best regards Bryn
thomas beveridge

thomas beveridge

Ive had the interior of my roof done with a low rise,polyurethane foam...... It looks good and seems solid. Im not a roofer but really impressed by it.
Chris Ocego

Chris Ocego

Please please do not do that as it's a complete waste of time and money! It will not insulate your loft at all and you are only paper overing the cracks so to speak because it's leaking it will just carry on leaking causing more damage to your timbers which then become a major problem. The money you spend on that will probably come 70% towards having a brand new roof tiles/felt and battens. So either have it repaired properly or consider a full replacement. Hope this helps. Chris Southcheshireroofing
Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker

Hello Stephanie, Welcome to the site. What guarantee do you get that this lets the timber breath Best to get an on site survey/quotation done, this is a free service to you and you will get 3 quotes. Simply post your job onto rated people's site. You are not obliged to go with any of the quotes- but every job that's posted is paid for by the relevant tradesmen .if they contact you that means they are interested in your job. If one of them are awarded the job then great news for you both. ratedpeople.com Regards Michael

Kevin Gannon

good for what it is,but like all said before me,its a night to replace roof and very costly as much labour time is needed to remove tiles from roof,best to stay clear from it as we have lived with out it for years any way

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