Slates on exposed verge slipped. How big a job and reasonable cost?

[rh1464]

Hi all.

The recent winds battered our into wind gable ends and one of the verges in particular has suffered. The house consists of a double gable, one of which has much narrower cut slates on the verge, which I’m guessing because they are smaller havent as much to secure them to the roof?

There is no dry verge, which is something I’m looking to remedy, but as a separate job, and that may well be one that I am happy to do myself once the tiles are back in place and sorted.

I’m wondering how big a job it is to replace the slipped slates and the couple that are lost? I want an idea so that when the roofers are giving quotes I know what seems reasonable as a description of what needs doing. Will they need to strip the whole verge and then work up reattaching etc? If they do that, is it worth installing a dry verge then onto the battens, as my potential plan is to install a retrofit one that will just attach to the existing bargeboard? If stripping the whole thing, I presume it will likely be a case of scaffolding? Or is it the sort of location that could be done from a ladder?

I’m really just wanting opinions on how big a job, and what should be mentioned in the quotes as needing doing!

Many thanks for any help.