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Re-roof debris

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rosepelargonium · 25/06/2022 11:17

I had a re-roof of my house just over a year ago; great job and multiple elevations as an old property. Good price too.
This was my first time dealing with any major building work, and I didn’t clarify a lot of things I should have in advance. I have complained to Trading Standards re: the insurance-backed guarantee which is still missing. After the job was finished, there was no external clear up, and I was finding nails/Stanley knife blades/rubble all around perimeter of house for ages.
Totally my mistake for paying before this had been done - lessons learned!

What I had not considered at all was the debris in the loft - I had (again stupidly) presumed that any debris from the job was being removed as they went. I have not been in loft since the re-roof. Tried to get through the hatch yesterday and was covered in dust/rubble, so much there that I couldn’t actually open the hatch fully to get in.
I am presuming that this enormous amount of debris should not have been left there by a reputable company?
Any mileage in chasing this with the roofers/Trading Standards now, or do I chalk this up to experience??
Are there companies that will clear this for me?
Thanks for any advice

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hannahcolobus · 25/06/2022 13:12

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rosepelargonium · 25/06/2022 16:58

Thanks! Agreed / not great practice but my fault for not being more careful

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Gizlotsmum · 25/06/2022 17:11

We just had our roof redone and they had skips for all the waste. I would have expected that to have been part of the quote.

Gizlotsmum · 25/06/2022 17:11

I suspect you may struggle to get it rectified after a year tho

Cherclueless · 25/06/2022 17:15

Ours left a lot of mess in our loft space. They did come back and clean it up after some nagging, I’m not sure they would after a year though.

rosepelargonium · 25/06/2022 21:51

Thanks all

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BlueMongoose · 26/06/2022 15:31

Depends on what the roof was like before. Ours is 1920s slate with 'torching'- lime mortar slopped on the underside edges of the slates to stop draughts etc. Eventually it drops off and makes a hell of a mess. OH cleaned out all the fallen stuff and the squashed insulation when we came here, and reinsulated, putting hessian on top to protect the insulation, but when shortly we're reslated I know a lot more of it will come down. 😐We've put plastic on the hessian and just hope we'll be able to slide it out and get most of the torching that falls off, out and disposed of.

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