Will roof leak after roof tiles blown away?
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All roofs are going to leak without a tile or ridge in place.
The Seam tiles are in fact half round Ridge tiles and not particularly hard to source, they look to have a fair enough bed of mortar to seal up underneath but as they only take direct rainfall it should be ok to be left for a few days.
The tiles look to be flat peg tiles or interlocked tiles and you or a friend could as a quick fix (until someone could effect a proper repair) is slip in a slate side ways under the broken tile and underneath each side to close off the gap in the roof.
The only tile that would really concern me is the left hand broken off tile as it is in line for all the water that flows down from the ridge above, the right hand one is less so but it won't stay there for long if we get anymore of that wind of last night.
Good luck with it.
The Seam tiles are in fact half round Ridge tiles and not particularly hard to source, they look to have a fair enough bed of mortar to seal up underneath but as they only take direct rainfall it should be ok to be left for a few days.
The tiles look to be flat peg tiles or interlocked tiles and you or a friend could as a quick fix (until someone could effect a proper repair) is slip in a slate side ways under the broken tile and underneath each side to close off the gap in the roof.
The only tile that would really concern me is the left hand broken off tile as it is in line for all the water that flows down from the ridge above, the right hand one is less so but it won't stay there for long if we get anymore of that wind of last night.
Good luck with it.
It's certainly possible.
I say that sitting here with a missing tile and water cascading down the cavity and appearing above our bi-fold doors! It may leak and not reveal itself, it might become apparent, or it might not leak at all. Wind direction and rain intensity might be a factor, but unless you can get up there or get someone to attend to it there isn't much you can do.
I say that sitting here with a missing tile and water cascading down the cavity and appearing above our bi-fold doors! It may leak and not reveal itself, it might become apparent, or it might not leak at all. Wind direction and rain intensity might be a factor, but unless you can get up there or get someone to attend to it there isn't much you can do.
the answer dependsentirely on who did the felting and how good a job they did.
I still have a section of my porch roof which is felt only including the ridge since I built it during the summer, it hasnt leaked yet and in al;l honesty I am not expecting it to until I get around to it after newyear.
I still have a section of my porch roof which is felt only including the ridge since I built it during the summer, it hasnt leaked yet and in al;l honesty I am not expecting it to until I get around to it after newyear.
groucho said:
Difficult to tell for sure but those tiles might be Ashmores. Felt should keep it out.
I agree, just going by the shape of the vent tile, Klobers Twin vents have that double curve to them. If it was up to me, I'd take the opportunity to replace the whole mortar bedded set-up with dry fix, then you won't have it happen again.Normally third round ridges are used on the hips (which is what they look like in the photo).
You "should" be alright for a few days, but don't delay.
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