I have recently had a new dry ridge fitted but there are broken tiles fitted under the taped part as well as an area of missing batten resulting in the roof tiles having a large step in them again on the line of tiles immediately below the ridge tiles and roof tiles of different lengths used. To be honest my roof line looks worse now than it did before the work. What I want to know is in order to sort it am I a) going to have to have the whole ridge line redone, b) able to have the tiles in the affected areas replaced and re-stick the tape, c) remove the tape in just the affected areas, sort tiles/batten and just replace tape in this area? Having just paid to have it done I am trying to minimise cost if possible. I have contacted the roofer that did the job initially but am not getting replies. Thanks
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Hi normally once the tape is removed it doesn't normally stick back great. Sounds like you have had a very bad job done which speaks volumes of the person not answering. What tiles if you know are on your roof?
Answered18 September 2019
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Anonymous user
Unfortunately there are people out there giving roofers a bad name and the sad thing is, it’s honest hard working people like yourself that pay the price. It would of been nice if you could have attached some photos with this, but yes possibly you could unstick the flashing tape and remove the broken tiles to refit the batten and the flashing tape could stick back down but I’d be interested to see what other nasty surprises he’s left you, as if you can see these from the ground what else can be seen from the roof. So it could end up that you need to pay for a new dry ridge kit and tiles to replace the broken ones. The labour cost wouldn’t be too drastic. I hope this is helpful? And don’t give up trying to get hold of the original roofer, I’m sure if he’s a good tradesman he will get back to you
Hello , you should be able to have the area described stripped out and
renew the lath and felt along with new tiles where necessary . The dry ridge system is fairly easy to remove the ridge cut the tape and renew this also .
Regards
Liam
Hi sounds like you have had a bad experience and by what you have described it is poor workmanship so is difficult to say what’s needed without seeing it but one of the benefits of dry ridge is easy repairs as you can just unscrew and refit so by what you have described I personally would remove all the ridge tiles to make sure there are no other issues replace any missing battens and any damaged or wrong sized tiles with new and refit the dry ridge system as it should be fine to reuse this sounds like a large job but isn’t and on an average 6mt ridge line it shouldn’t cost any more than £150-£200 but this is an average as it depends on access, size of roof and extent of damage they have caused as I said someone would need to see to quote hope this helps lee
Hi.
Without seeing it as there are no images I would consider investigation on the top batten. Remove ridges and replace tiles that have vent tape stuck to them. It's a shame that there's people out there that just don't care or are unable to install roofs correctly. Saying that. It's a few hours work plus materials for a roofer, so don't pay through the nose. Regards Tony.
Personally, I would remove the entire ridge line and re do it again. If the previous tradesman have struggled with something such as a dry ridge system then I’m guessing it’s not been done correctly in the first place. Also once the roll out tape has been removed it never sticks the same twice.
