Ridge Tiles and Valleys

[zaffy]

[zaffy]

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The second roofer, who came to give me a quote, took this photo and then came down to show it to me, then went back up with a trowel and shoved the tiles back in place.

[ffoxy99]

Looking at the 2nd photo first this is absolutely nothing for a roofer to cause a drama about.

It is 10 minutes work to sort those tiles. They simply need to slide up the ones about and make sure the bottom ones are hooked over the wooden batten that supports them.

Worst case scenario is that the wooden batten has rotted away. If that's the case he'd need to remove perhaps 12 tiles then put a new piece of batten in then replace the tiles. About 2 hours work.

That mortar under the tiles at the valley (sloping bit) is exactly what I was talking about before. You do not need (or want) mortar there. It's doing nothing apart from stopping the roof breathing. You cannot get leaks there if the lead-flashing under the tiles has been folded correctly

[ffoxy99]

£1800 for that work.

They should be in jail.

Arseholes

[zaffy]

That mortar under the tiles at the valley (sloping bit) is exactly what I was talking about before. You do not need (or want) mortar there. It's doing nothing apart from stopping the roof breathing. You cannot get leaks there if the lead-flashing under the tiles has been folded correctly

Oh dear. Thanks for uncovering yet another piece of bad work from the rogue roofers. It'll have to stay there for now, cos I'm done with all things roof for now - until I've fully recovered from the horror of it all.
The horror being how vulnerable a person can be when it comes to rogues.