Problem with my loft

[Murray]

It is a shame that colour coated corrugated steel, or colourbond, as we call it here is not a thing over there. It's strong, durable and economical.

Best of all, because it is so strong, it does not need a lot of framing to support it. In fact, in a peaked roof, the steel is the load bearing member. The framing is just to screw it into place.
I would never use anything else.

[pvdmr]

Both my empty lofts have onduline corrugated sheeting on..fixed onto the original marine ply roof.
Not a drip of over the past 15 years

Atb

[Buster121]

Use board and the current sheets that will return to natural form more or less after being placed on solid surface if any dont then replace the very bad ones

On another note my loft is also very wet due to the weather and have to dry every day

Buster, you have mentioned before that your lofts get wet. Why is that?
Is the roof leaking or is the rain getting in elsewhere?
Just wondering.

No leaks have no idea but always when wet weather the loft floors are wet, humidity who knows, loft 2 does allow some rain through at front where section meet have put sealant and other stuff all over joins and still does it but only affects the front, also covered vents over with a piece of angled boards to steer water away from them

[George and Morgan]

what i found with felt you can go for ages then you go in and a small hole and the floor is wet

[Buster121]

what i found with felt you can go for ages then you go in and a small hole and the floor is wet

Got plastic sheeting under my felt as well

[Trev]

It is a shame that colour coated corrugated steel, or colourbond, as we call it here is not a thing over there. It's strong, durable and economical.

Best of all, because it is so strong, it does not need a lot of framing to support it. In fact, in a peaked roof, the steel is the load bearing member. The framing is just to screw it into place.
I would never use anything else.

You can get the coloured corrugated sheets over here they are just too expensive for me otherwise I would have used them in the first place.

[Trev]

Both my empty lofts have onduline corrugated sheeting on..fixed onto the original marine ply roof.
Not a drip of over the past 15 years

Atb

Yes mate that's what I should have done, hindsight and all that

[Trev]

You have a chance now to fix that roof, Trev.

I would put the OSB over as a ceiling. Nail down well all around. Then lay 2x2 or 3x2 or whatever stock sizes you have over there, the length of the shed, one at the front, one at the back and one in the middle. Nail the outside ones down and put screws up from underneath in the middle. That is now rigid.
Screw your sheets down into those battens. That will not sag.

I hate flat roofs.

Thats the kind of idea I will have to work on Muzza

[pvdmr]

IF…you want a trouble free rain proof Roof then get it Fibre Glassed it will last forever

Atb

[Murray]

IF…you want a trouble free rain proof Roof then get it Fibre Glassed it will last forever

Atb

Yep, that would work!

In all seriousness though, if the roof is not right, your loft is always going to have problems.
I think if your roof is no good, your loft is no good.