I have had my chimney pots lined recently and needed scaffolding to be installed. Looking around up there I was horrified to find that the gable roof where it meets the main roof the ridge tile was shattered into pieces and the felt all exposed. Furthermore, the lead "saddle" had been fitted underneath the ridge tile rather than over the top which is totally out of keeping with the other roofs and just doesn't make sense!
Unable to find a jobbing roofer willing to undertake such a "small" repair I decided to do it myself, I was going to replace some kent peg whilst I has the scaffolding up anyway.
This involved the hairy task of climbing down a scafollding ladder bolted to the gantry and then shuffling along the ridge of the gable - I'm sure you roofers are used to it but its scary to say the least!
Anyhow, onto my problem.
I went to to local reclaim tile.brick yard and managed to get some kent peg - all sorts of sizes and shapes I note - but also a ridge tile that was perfect. I bought 2 just in case. One I honed down so that it is cut to the same pitch as the roof.
Now my dilema, do I plant the ridge tiles all the way along the ridge where they were missing/broken and butt up to the battons on the main roof and then cut the tiles down to fit around the protuding ridge tile or butt my ridge tile up to the outside of the tiled roof.
If I butt up to the main room battons I am more likely to get a decent seal - at least I think so.
And how do I make the new "saddle" stay in place?
and finally, the original ridge tile was 12 inches long and it looks like the bit that went against the roof was just a triangular shaped slither. I bought a 14" replacement but it will still be too short to use just one ridge tile.
Should I try and cut both tiles so they are approximately covering half of the gap each or is it best to try and keep the tiles as long as possible and fill in with a small piece at the end?
can anyone help?
many thanks all,
sadsjon