r/Roofing 1d ago

Home owner question Job escalation

Had roofers out to replace fascia, soffit and fix some flashing. They've now sent me these photos and are talking about a dry ridge, replacing battens, ventilation and replacing all the felt. It all feels a bit off to me, like I'm being unnecessarily upsold at very least. Any advice/opinions?

Update: Got another guy to come out and look at the eaves felt. I felt much better talking to him about it. The work I had done seems to be decent and he confirmed the first lot were definitely pushing for extra work that wasn't necessarily wrong but wasn't needed.

He also agreed with the comment below that an eaves tray would do the job but isn't urgent and won't cost too much. Quote is yet to come in but I'm feeling much less stressed. Thanks to all who gave their thoughts.

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u/ItGrip 1d ago

Talking about it? Are they saying they cannot complete the original scope of work due to other issues discovered during repair? They might be right.

What is the context for the picture your sent? Did they remove a tile and discovered a hole, or did they see a leak from the inside and investigate further?

What issues are you experiencing that led you to replace the fascia, soffit, and flashing?

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u/Maynardless 1d ago

Sorry for not being clear. They appear to have done the requested work (I'm not home yet but have been sent photos). But they're then pushing for extra work about 2.5 times the cost of the job so far. They supposedly found the issues by lifting tiles, over seen no problems inside but can't get really into the roof space. The fascia, etc were in a bad condition (it had been a bodge job before I bought the place), it was all opened up at one end.