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Had someone today at my door not trying to sell me anything so say but just wanted me to get a free quote for coating my house roof tiles. Bless him /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
Whatever paint coating they use it comes with a 10 year guarantee so must be good surely /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
I did not have the hart to tell him that roof tiles last donkey years just fine without them being painted in a coating. It's usually the roofing water barrier that fails first rather than the tiles unless you got numpties stomping about on your roof trying to clean & then coat it.

 
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It seems the latest craze to earn big bucks so roof cleaning & coating firms are springing up all over the place.

 
yeh i dont understand why....especially the bright blue roof in sandbach opp macdonalds....oops....yukky..

i think screwfix toolstation sell it at £35 for 5 litres but not so sure how far it would go....personally...i would ...coat my roof tiles in...silicon waterproofer...if of course i could be ar sed which i am not..unless i get a drip drip on my head...:rofl:

 
I had a neighbour have it done. No Health and Safety involved. They must be exempt. /emoticons/biggrin.png

First they were up there via a ladder and pressure washed it. Then they return a couple of days and paint it bright red.

No scaffold, just a split pole ladder. No harness. It looked very dodgy.

 
Roof cleaners like that run the risk of a huge fine for breaching Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the Work at Height Regulations 2005. It only takes one concerned member of the public to takes some pics/vid clips on their phone.

I had a neighbour have it done. No Health and Safety involved. They must be exempt. /emoticons/biggrin.png
First they were up there via a ladder and pressure washed it. Then they return a couple of days and paint it bright red.

No scaffold, just a split pole ladder. No harness. It looked very dodgy.
 
Not sure what the regs are but I would be harnessed with my own gear if on a high roof

Best not to actually have to go on the roof

 
A member on here called @Donny does a lot of roof cleaning & coating and has been doing so for years if I remember right.

 
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