What can I do to prevent ice accumulation causing damage to my guttering? I live in the far north of Scotland and we get a fair bit of ice and snow during the winter. We’ve already had to replace a few gutters. What can we do to prevent this problem occurring again?

hello , I think two my hip/ridge tiles has perished and need replacing. They have cracked half inch down or so. It is solidly embedded it seems. But others hip/ridge tiles, the top layer is only weathered and flaky but underlying ridge/hip is solidly embedded and loose. I'm planning to put a new roof in few years time and hence my question was which hip/ridges should be replaced now and which ones I can defer if at all I can defer. How do you decide which ones to alter as disturbing ridge/hip will break corner cemented underlying tiles. I have scaffolding in place. Guys are coming are giving various contradictary advise. Also How do I select a competent roofer over cow boys - as every one claims they can do the work. Many Thanks in Advance.

Keen to hear if it’s worth getting a conservatory with a tiled roof or just ends up being another expensive job with not much benefit?

Birds are back again this year and making a mess. Is there a safe way to stop them without causing damage or breaking any rules?

We share a concrete tile roof with our neighbour with the boundary running between rafters on each of the properties. We suspected one of the rafters on our side was rotten and had our roof stripped down to find the extend of the damage, get it repaired and replace the tiles. We did advise the neighbour that the work was going to be carried out. However in order to replace the batons the contractor also removed a line of the neighbours tiles. The work was finished, everything replaced and no damage caused. I apologised for not informing their tiles would be lifted as I wasn't aware they would but the neighbour insists we shouldn't have touched their tiles and wants us to accept liability for any roof repairs they may need in the future. Was my contractor correct in what they did and was I obliged to give more notice I did?

What type of wood is best for roof shingles? And how can I tell if they're good quality and weatherproof? They're for my car port and porch.

Can insulation materials attract mice and other animals? How can I tell whether any given insulation material or/and product will have this effect?

We have watermarks coming through to one of the upstairs rooms anytime it rains. There were no issues with the roof on the home report when we purchased the property roughly 8 weeks ago

Can you replace wooden fascia boards for uPVC? I assume they're mostly decorative and easy to swap? Am I right?

My neighbour has just had a new roof with thicker batons. His roof is now higher than mine. They’ve installed a bonding tray but my tiles are raised at edge sitting on the tray. Therefore 2nd row of tiles are now sitting at a v angle. Neither neighbour nor roofer admitting any accountability saying it’s new regulations on size of batons and my roof needs replacing anyway. I now had a triangular gap in between every tile going up roof in 2 nd row of tiles up the roof. Where do I stand as being unreasonable to correct. No discussion with me beforehand.