After lots more research into finding a zinc roof installer, I sent off another load of e-mails to various companies asking for a quotation. Justin found a Southampton based company via the internet called Elite Lead and they came out to see us last Friday. They were very straightforward and did not seem at all bothered by the slightly complicated rear gutter arrangement which has put others off. As they quite rightly said, their zinc roof will simply run into gutters all the way round. They said that they would ring me later on Friday hopefully with a quote.
Having heard nothing all week, I was itching to ring this morning. I was worried that the lack of contact meant they had had second thoughts. I thought I would leave it until lunchtime, but on the way to Fordingbridge to the dentist, my phone rang on handsfree and it was them! The quote is far more reasonable and actually bang on what we felt it should be. We were basing our estimate on the price of approx £100 per square metre plus VAT. Our roof is approximately 33 square metres. I was so pleased!
I talked to Dale at Elite and we discussed the option of squeezing the work in between Christmas and New Year as they had an available window; however when talking to Dan and looking at the pretty awful weather forecast, we felt that it would be far more sensible to wait until the New Year and find a better weather window. Dan estimates that he has about three days worth of work in order to get the roof ready for the zinc and he needs to work in dry weather. In doing our research, we have found that it is imperative that the timber layers in the roof construction are bone dry as any condensation is very bad news.
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| Image from Elite Lead website |
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