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Profiled metal roofing dented or damaged

Profiled metal roofing buckling or twisting

  • Inadequate allowance for thermal movement at fixings – this occurs more commonly with dark coloured and aluminium roofs

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Profiled metal roofing tearing at fixing points

  • The use of rivets instead of screws does not allow thermal movement to occur

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  • Fixing holes are too small to allow sufficient thermal movement

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Surface pitting of profiled metal aluminium roofing

  • The environment is corrosive (near the coast or industrial areas)

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  • Surfaces (including the exposed underside of the roof at the eaves) are not effectively washed by rain. Rain washing tends to be less effective on roofs with less than 15 degrees slope.

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Profiled metal roofing – staining

  • Run-off from lead flashings

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  • Soot or particulate emissions from nearby chimneys or flues

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Profiled metal roofing – scratches

Profiled metal roofing – swarf staining

  • Swarf (residual fragments of steel from cutting, drilling or grinding roofing sheets) have been left on the roofing or in gutters

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Profiled metal roofing – lead-head nails damaged or missing

  • The lead heads were damaged during roofing installation

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  • Nails have worked loose over time as a result of movement in the roof

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Galvanised steel profiled metal roofing – white rust

  • The zinc coating has corroded when water is trapped between sheets at laps and joints. This may occur during roofing installation or during storage before installation

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  • Insufficient rain washing. Rain washing tends to be less effective on roofs with less than 15 degrees slope

    How to repair