Thanks very much for your replies on this. Not the answers I was hoping for, but worth knowing
A few comments:
thescruff wrote on Jan 3rd, 2014, 2:00pm:Have you paid yet
Unfortunately, yes, I have paid already
woodsmith wrote on Jan 4th, 2014, 8:42am:The felt should not be tight, and it should definitely not have any holes in it.
To clarify, the felt isn't pulled particularly tight. Where I said that it was "under such strain that it has already ripped slightly" I was referring to the places where the debris had collected. Sorry I wasn't clear initially.
There is the odd place where nails (I assume from battens?) have gone through the felt, but I assumed that the odd nail here and there shouldn't be too much of an issue - there was no felt on the roof before and it didn't leak. Am I missing something with this?
woodsmith wrote on Jan 4th, 2014, 8:42am:You could do with getting an independent survey to back you up on this as I too think you may need to have the job completely re-done
TIMBA-WOLF wrote on Jan 4th, 2014, 9:46pm:but like Woodsmith states, get an independent survey/inspection...
By independent survey, who do you think should do this? Do you mean pay(?) an independent roofer to have a look, or is there some other building standards organisation that would be better?
I have asked our building inspector (building regs) what he thinks to the issue, and he said that although the debris shouldn't be there, it shouldn't be too much of an issue, and if it was his house he'd just forget about it. However, our building inspector has been rather.. relaxed.. about certain other things, so I just wanted a second opinion.
Thanks again all.
EDIT: Just another thought, even if the entire roof does need need re-doing, I assume I can still continue to fit PUR/PIR board and plasterboard the interior. Apologies for the rookie question(s)!