Practical guidance on new build and housing roofing, written for developers, QSs and housing providers.
Rainwater goods on new build housing schemes get treated as a small package hanging off the roofing programme. In practice, the gutters, downpipes and outlets they connect to are…
Solar photovoltaic panels have become standard on new UK housing in response to Building Regulations Part L changes and Future Homes Standard direction. Most developer…
Modern UK new build housing is significantly more airtight than housing from twenty or thirty years ago. That airtightness delivers the thermal performance that Building…
Lead flashing is one of the roofing details that most consistently produces defect claims in the two-year warranty period following handover. The mechanism is not complicated…
On a housing development, the roofing work is technically identical from one plot to the next. Same construction. Same tile specification. Same fixing schedule. Same flashing…
Wind uplift performance on UK new build roofs is governed by BS 5534, which sets out the calculation method for tile and slate fixing requirements based on site location, building…
Cold bridging at the interface between the roof construction and the external wall insulation is one of the under-discussed defect risks in UK new build housing. The mechanism is…
Tile selection on UK housing schemes is one of the design decisions developers and QSs sign off without always understanding the full implications. The visible aesthetic is the…
Dry verge and dry ridge systems have become standard practice on UK new build housing over the last decade. The market has moved away from wet-mortared verges and ridges because…
On a residential development, the lowest tender on the roofing package is almost never the cheapest version of the roof. The price that gets accepted at the moment of award is the…
Felt and batten are the two roofing components developers and QSs most often treat as a commodity. They are, in fact, two of the components that most directly determine long-term…
For social housing providers, roofing emergencies sit at the intersection of safety, regulatory compliance and tenant welfare. A roof failure that leaves water entering a property…
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