Broken tile replacement

[drives]

Hi all,

I have a broken tile on our roof (attached is a photo- the crack is tricky to spot but it runs alongside the middle ridge bit). Annoyingly it is one of the tiles that is bedded into the wet verge.

I have tried to get our roofers round but tbh I think the job is too small so they've gone off the radar a bit. What is the best way of doing this, or is there a way of doing it without disturbing the wet verge? I'm not sure whether it will naturally break away from the mortar as I lift it, or whether to run a multitool along the edge to help break it away? All being well with these steps, do I need to bed the new tile onto the wet verge?

Thanks

 

[Sonic70]

The tiles above looks separated from the mortar verge so you may be able to lift that up enough to get the tile below out. You will probably have to remove all the tiles below it and rebed them looking at the age of the mortar.

 

[noseall]

Hi all,

I have a broken tile on our roof (attached is a photo- the crack is tricky to spot but it runs alongside the middle ridge bit). Annoyingly it is one of the tiles that is bedded into the wet verge.

I have tried to get our roofers round but tbh I think the job is too small so they've gone off the radar a bit. What is the best way of doing this, or is there a way of doing it without disturbing the wet verge? I'm not sure whether it will naturally break away from the mortar as I lift it, or whether to run a multitool along the edge to help break it away? All being well with these steps, do I need to bed the new tile onto the wet verge?

Thanks

Ouch!

That mortar looks like good gear too. You need some power tools here and a fair chunk of skill, to avoid breaking the cloak etc.

It a small issue with big repercussions. You will deffo need to re-bed the tile and collaterally around it.