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Pitched Tiled roof support

  • 20-06-2012 10:28am
    #1
    cpbobo
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭


    Hi, We have a single story rear kitchen extension. It was a self build built approx 20 years ago by previous owners. It was not the best build and had a flat roof with tar and felt (Typical of that time). 2 years ago we put on a pitched tiled roof over the flat roof. My question is could there be an issue with the extra weight from the tiled roof on the kitchen walls. I am not sure what the original foundation was like on this extension? Also I am seeing a lot of the plasterboard joints from the kitchen ceiling crack but I believe this to be from the joints themselves. Any words of wisdom appreciated..


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    http://www.engineersireland.ie/home.aspx


  • #3
    cpbobo
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭cpbobo


    Do these guys have a forum to ask such questions?


  • #4
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    cpbobo wrote: »
    Do these guys have a forum to ask such questions?
    no there not like us, they dont work for free (jokes aside- IMO you need someone on-site to assess this)


  • #5
    cpbobo
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭cpbobo


    If there was some structural issues, what signs should I be looking out for 2 years later? Could the cracked plaster board in the ceiling be manifested from the new roof even through it is pitched and does not bear down directly on the ceiling?


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