Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Jan 09, 2011 1:48 pm Hello. We have a problem with the sarking in our roof flapping about and making a racket. It happens as the wind rushes in through the gap between the iron and the lip of the guttering / fascia. (Very annoying at 3 o clock in the morning when it wakes you up!!) It's mainly a certain corner of the house -- not sure if the sarking was fitted differently there or it's just because that's the direction of the prevailing wind. I have trimmed the excess as best as I could reach from the outside, and on the inside shoved insulation batts down as best I can to block the air flow but can't get good access into the eave. What I think needs to happen is I will need to lift the iron, and trim the sarking off just below the bottom line of screw holes for the bottom batten. Does that sound right? What's the normal practice? "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: Sarking / anticon - fixing at roof edge 2Jan 09, 2011 2:01 pm Not sure what's the normal (aka most frequent?) practice, but I think the best practice is to have anti-flap pads installed at the time of the original isntallation, plus anti-ponding boards at eaves. I am puzzled with what do you mean by iron? Anyhow, take care when trimming that sarking still needs to be long enough to just flow a bit into the gutter. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Sarking / anticon - fixing at roof edge 3Jan 09, 2011 2:47 pm Lex Anyhow, take care when trimming that sarking still needs to be long enough to just flow a bit into the gutter. Hmm well that rules out my plan to trim at the first line of screws, about 200 mm up. By "iron" I mean corrugated colorbond steel roofing. Anti-flap pad sounds like the go but if it only goes under battens, I still can't see what's meant to stop the last 200 mm of loose sarking from flapping? "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: Sarking / anticon - fixing at roof edge 4Jan 09, 2011 4:55 pm So, it's only the last 20 cm, not the whole roof? That's much better news, but I think the bad part is that your roof is not tiled - I'd say it would be harder to insert something to stop the flapping (without having to replace the bottom part of the roof). But I'm in no way any expert in this I think it's time to call in some roofing people and see what they suggest. Even calling a sarking or roof sheeting manufacturer could give you some pointers andhekp you make the best decision for your case. Would also be good if you could update us later on My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Sarking / anticon - fixing at roof edge 5Jan 09, 2011 8:04 pm I'll let you know how I go. I already paid once for this, it is a new house... I refuse to pay twice to have that ******* bugger's ** work fixed. "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: Sarking / anticon - fixing at roof edge 7Jan 13, 2011 11:23 am I would not be cutting it back, it needs to lap over and into the gutter. I would ensure its lapped into the gutter, then glue it in place...Yep, Glue. No more flapping. Pat. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi all Iām in VIC and had some storm damage in my garage a month ago. Gutter found not fit for purpose. Insurance company saying the guttering and flashing to be fixed… 0 11727 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9570 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4872 |