Recent content by javier1891

Yes, I can't complain. Hopefully it will last a long long time. Thanks for everything Colin.

The tiles are exactly the same. We've only got 5 new hip tiles.

Basically we had a few hip tiles come off during the high winds a few weeks ago and the insurance agreed to pay for new hips and ridges. We thought that a dry ridge was probably the best option.

Thanks Colin. What caught my eye was the big gap to the second ridge tile as you say. Also, my original wet ridge was fairly straight as shown on the picture above so I thought it wouldn't be that difficult to achieve a similar result with the dry system. I guess I was wrong.

Hi Colin, Thanks for your replay. One question: would cutting a bit of the hip tiles (ie. 5mm) allow the ridge tiles to drop a little bit lower? I'm not looking for drastic measures like buying all new hip tiles but a little adjustment in the joint so it looks a bit straighter without...

Thanks for your reply. I truly appreciate it. I respect what you say about a slight slope being more pleasant to the view. But I personally prefer a straight ridge. In this case I do not consider the slope to be slight and as a consequence it's leaving a massive gap to the second ridge tile...

Hi everyone!! I just had all the ridges and hips in my house replaced by a dry system. The roofer just finished yesterday and told us to have a look around to see if we were happy. Everything looked ok apart from the joint between the ridge and the hip tiles. My ridge was totally straight...

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