Retro Fit Dry Verge

[ricky101]

Hi,

Wondered if anyone had experience of the Elite / Harcon type of Retrofit dry verge units ?

They would seem a simple solution v knocking out all the mortar etc ?

http://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/...y-verge/corovent-dvs-dry-verge-retro-fit.html

 

[noseall]

I guess they are ok as long as you have timber barges and not a cut brick gable and that your barge boards are in good order.

 

[SMC]

Hi, I'm in the process of fitting some. Very easy to fit. The only thing I don't like is that they are quite wide and cover more of the fascia than I would have liked. A lot quicker and easier than messing about with extending battens or fixing additional timber and seem pretty secure.

 

[ricky101]

Hi, I'm in the process of fitting some. Very easy to fit. The only thing I don't like is that they are quite wide and cover more of the fascia than I would have liked. A lot quicker and easier than messing about with extending battens or fixing additional timber and seem pretty secure.

Ahha, I'm not alone !

Have only 'dry run' fitted two sample ones, was wondering how they reckoned a screw on that bottom lip and the top edge locating under the overlapping tile would secure them enough ?

Though about putting a screw though the 'batten' holes either a long one into the actual batten or with a spacer into the barge board for extra hold but you are saying not needed.

 

[SMC]

If you have long enough battens it would give some piece of mind but the top edge locking together seems to help hold things together. If you don't have a decent tile overhang it might not be quite so secure.