Help me with my parents roof
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My elderly parents had the edges of their roof clad about six months ago. In a storm a couple of pieces came off, one of which is missing. The builder who installed it is ducking responsibility so I will go up there and sort it. However, they are a three hour drive so I'd like to be prepared. Not being a roofer I need a little advice!
This is where the pieces have become detached:
This is what the other side looks like:
This is the piece they have recovered. I think it is the penultimate bit??
This is the marking underneath:
I have two main questions please...
1. Where can I buy a replacement end piece?
2. How are these attached?
Any help or advice gratefully received!
This is where the pieces have become detached:
This is what the other side looks like:
This is the piece they have recovered. I think it is the penultimate bit??
This is the marking underneath:
I have two main questions please...
1. Where can I buy a replacement end piece?
2. How are these attached?
Any help or advice gratefully received!
Looks like a dry verge to me, this page includes fitting instructions under "Product Attachments" [url] https://www.eurocell.co.uk/roofing/dry-verge/eurov...
Not an easy job to fix properly at this stage. It looks like they have screwed and plugged into the verge mortar, or the scabby ends of the slate laths, neither ideal. The bottom of the missing dry verge (second one up) slides over the top of the first one and so on up the roof. The tricky bit now is to slide the top of the second one under the bottom of the third, if that makes sense! If you can achieve that, get some more fixings into the verge mortar, a bodge job as you’ll see the fixings bit it’s the best you can hope for at this stage. Also take some 1/2’’ x 8 stainless self tappers with you to try and stitch the bottom three together.
Some sort of slate batten should have been fixed to the brickwork for everything to be fastened to; a bit late now unless you start again from scratch.
Some sort of slate batten should have been fixed to the brickwork for everything to be fastened to; a bit late now unless you start again from scratch.
As above
You slot them over the one below, screw into the end of a batten through the grid of holes, rinse and repeat.
It s easy with good access and doing it new, not so easy up a ladder etc.
Just done mine.
You ll have to remove the ones above and so again.
A real pain, especially if the builder didnt screw into good battens.
No wonder they are ducking it, their poor work..
You slot them over the one below, screw into the end of a batten through the grid of holes, rinse and repeat.
It s easy with good access and doing it new, not so easy up a ladder etc.
Just done mine.
You ll have to remove the ones above and so again.
A real pain, especially if the builder didnt screw into good battens.
No wonder they are ducking it, their poor work..
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