You don't need weep holes with a flat profile tile. Where would you put the weep hole, over the water course? 😂 We are talking about Sydney and the well-known need for weep holes by roof tilers here. In my experience roof restorers don't believe in weep holes, they just think their paint will keep the water out. Which it does for a couple of years which is how long the statutory Fair trading warranty is in New South Wales for materials and workmanship. A 2-year warranty on a building, you have to be kidding right yes but that actually is the law here in New South Wales! Depending on the pitch of the roof and the height of the corrugation you may need weep holes along the hips as well, I'm sure that idea will raise eyebrows, I'm thinking particularly about Swiss profile.
Roof painting guy blocked my roof weep holes, I didn't know that at that time,he told that roof pointing could seal everything nowadays no more need weep holes. My roof started leaking a lot of spots after one or half years later. And then I drilled weep holes and it hasn't been leaked after six months since I drilled during a few heavy rain
Hi there, Very informative but my question are 1.How do you paint the roof without blocking the weep holes? 2.Should painting be totally avoided and just keep up with regular waterblast and moss treatment? 3.How to improve the aesthetics of the roof tiles over a period? Thanks.
1. Get your roof painter to clear out the weep holes after the paint has dried. Easier said then done - because most roof painters will not be interested in doing this. 2. We do not generally recommend roof painting. 3. We are more concerned by function over form. Aesthetics is subjective and depends on whose opinion you are asking.....
Hey mate, good video I had my roof re-done by a bloke i regret using in November....he didn't do weepholes when he re-pointed, this was in December. I have a drill and a 400mm x 6mm masonry bit so i can do them. If they existed before, does it matter if i do them on the wrong side of the tile as to where they were before so to speak. I understand where i need to do them, it could just be in 2 places? Hope that maeks sense
Hi, We find that it is easier if you find out which side the old holes are on - because it is easier to drill through a partially blocked hole, rather than drilling a fresh hole. But as long as the hole is at the lowest point of the 'valley' of the tile - it does not matter which side they are on..
Why in London they do not have weep holes and some of there roofs are decades old .. even hundreds of years old. They never have problems with water in their roofs. Only here in Australia 🇦🇺 well Victoria just started saying we now have to have weep holes. The right question is how the dickens did the water enter. We now have to look at the pointing we apply. In the sixties. Water did not get in. Pointing was solid.
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You don't need weep holes with a flat profile tile. Where would you put the weep hole, over the water course? 😂
We are talking about Sydney and the well-known need for weep holes by roof tilers here.
In my experience roof restorers don't believe in weep holes, they just think their paint will keep the water out. Which it does for a couple of years which is how long the statutory Fair trading warranty is in New South Wales for materials and workmanship.
A 2-year warranty on a building, you have to be kidding right yes but that actually is the law here in New South Wales!
Depending on the pitch of the roof and the height of the corrugation you may need weep holes along the hips as well, I'm sure that idea will raise eyebrows, I'm thinking particularly about Swiss profile.
Good advice.
Roof painting guy blocked my roof weep holes, I didn't know that at that time,he told that roof pointing could seal everything nowadays no more need weep holes. My roof started leaking a lot of spots after one or half years later. And then I drilled weep holes and it hasn't been leaked after six months since I drilled during a few heavy rain
Hi there, Very informative but my question are
1.How do you paint the roof without blocking the weep holes?
2.Should painting be totally avoided and just keep up with regular waterblast and moss treatment?
3.How to improve the aesthetics of the roof tiles over a period?
Thanks.
1. Get your roof painter to clear out the weep holes after the paint has dried. Easier said then done - because most roof painters will not be interested in doing this.
2. We do not generally recommend roof painting.
3. We are more concerned by function over form. Aesthetics is subjective and depends on whose opinion you are asking.....
Hey mate, good video
I had my roof re-done by a bloke i regret using in November....he didn't do weepholes when he re-pointed, this was in December. I have a drill and a 400mm x 6mm masonry bit so i can do them. If they existed before, does it matter if i do them on the wrong side of the tile as to where they were before so to speak. I understand where i need to do them, it could just be in 2 places? Hope that maeks sense
Hi,
We find that it is easier if you find out which side the old holes are on - because it is easier to drill through a partially blocked hole, rather than drilling a fresh hole.
But as long as the hole is at the lowest point of the 'valley' of the tile - it does not matter which side they are on..
@jackyuen5668 thanks heaps for the reply mate
Why in London they do not have weep holes and some of there roofs are decades old .. even hundreds of years old. They never have problems with water in their roofs. Only here in Australia 🇦🇺 well Victoria just started saying we now have to have weep holes.
The right question is how the dickens did the water enter. We now have to look at the pointing we apply. In the sixties. Water did not get in. Pointing was solid.
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