Dry ridge system - how much to install?

[ianrb]

My roofer has just pointed out that I have a lot of loose ridge tiles and has suggested replacing them with a dry ridge system.

Could anyone tell me roughly how much this should cost for supply & fit. The total length of the roof ridge is about 15m and it's rural northern England.

Thanks.

[andy43]

I had ours done while a flat roof was being replaced this year.
I think I paid an extra day's labour to get the ridge done, plus about £150ish for 15 metres of kit.
Be warned though - it isn't as easy as it looks in some cases - ours needed the ridge tiles narrowing by a few mm as the dry system has gaps between the tiles for the clamps, plus the top row of tiles needed the top edges grinding off to get the ridges to sit right.
Dead clever system though - Manthorpe used here - recommended - as long as the plastic clamping bits/washers stay put.

[groucho]

Scaffolding needed? Dry system is around £50 + Vat for a box. you will need three boxes. One bloke could do that in a day. So, £150 + markup and labour, Between £330 and £400 + Vat, without scaffolding or rubbish clearance.

[ianrb]

groucho said:

Scaffolding needed? Dry system is around £50 + Vat for a box. you will need three boxes. One bloke could do that in a day. So, £150 + markup and labour, Between £330 and £400 + Vat, without scaffolding or rubbish clearance.

So £850 would be a bit of a piss take then!

[groucho]

ianrb said:

So £850 would be a bit of a piss take then!

My price would assume scaffolding supplied. If off ladders then it would probably take two blokes, So around £550 - £600 + Vat with clearing the rubbish. So not that far out.