Should a new roof include a bonding gutter as standard?

sorry to say sound like your roofers are not up to the job if replaced in 2020 it should have been signed of by building control, what do they say, in reality it sounds like you roof needs stripped of and re done properly playing about with it is not going to solve your issues if your tiles are spaced to far apart the lead flashing is failing this is not really a good sign, did you go with the cheapist quote unfortunalley the world is full of so called roofers with 30yrs experience I spend most of my working life looking at roofs that are not up to the job including new builds with some of the biggest house builders in the country having to tell people they have spent thousands on work that is not working and is where all there damp issues are comming from, sorry again but you only really have two options ask the roofers to correct there mistakes and be prepared to take legal action if required providing you have the confidence that they can complete this correctlly inspected and signed of by local building control, write of your new roof and roofers & get someone else to do your roof correctly getting it signed of by building control so you have a paper trail . in the mean time i would report this company to trading standards as the have sold you something that is not fit for purpose. since oct 2010 it has been compusory that you need building regulations to sign of where more than 25% of the roof covering is removed to check your insulation is up to current regs 270mm then a few years ago it changed to also include check the structure for rot and the roof was correctly put together this needed signed of by building control, when comming to sell your house without the correct paperwork your new roof will not be reconised as they where the most expensive this should have been given to you in the written quote, including installing a bonding gutter between the roofs as required by current building regs I would definetley be reporting these to s trading standards without looking i cannot be certain but if your surveyour is saying its a bad job i would be inclined to go with them as they have viewed the job unfortunally there are a lot of bad roofers out there who talk the talk but cant walk the walk good luck alex

THERE SHOULD BE NO CEMENT AROUND ANY WALLS OR CHIMNEYS ONLY LEAD STEP FLASHINGS . THERE SHOULD BE APPROX 50 MM OVERHANG INTO GUTTER WITH SUPPORT TRAYS UNDER FELT. THE SAME ALONG SIDE WALLS WITH A CLOAKING WERE THE TILES ARE BEDDED IN SAND AND CEMENT.IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WILL BE REPLACING THE ROOF AGAIN. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN REUSE MOST THE TILES, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO RE FELT AND BATTEN FIRST AT THE PROPER GAUGE.ALSO THE ROOF SHOULD BE VENTED FROM EVES TO THE DRY RIDGE SYSTEM. TO ALLOW AIR FLOW AROUND ROOF TO STOP CONDENSATION. IF YOU COULD SEND PHOTOS IT WOULD BE EASY TO SEE. ALL NEW ROOFS NEED BUILDING REGULATION. ROOFERS UNDER THE COMPETENT PERSON SCHEME ARE SELF CERTIFY WHICH COMPLIES WITH BUILDING REGS. YOURS GARY

Hi, I'm sorry to hear your story. Like the other person said, there's roofers and there's roofers. I have over forty years roofing experience and what surprises me that jack of all trades who say "yeah I've done a bit of roofing" when there day job is a landscape gardener,bricklayer,building maintenance etc. where actually they have never been a roofer. As you went for the highest quote they was probably laughing pulling off your drive when they finished the job. Incidentally I have never heard of Building Control getting involved when re-roofing a property and I have carried out many. Good luck

If the tiles are not the same as next door and not on at the same gauge you should always use a bonding strip