Dry Ridge Tiles

[carlbhoy]

Hi guys, a couple of questions the other day, when we had storm Doris, it unfortunately broke the corner off, one of my dry ridge tiles, my first question is, does the membrane underneath the tile let in water to the felt lining, and being a dry ridge tile , can you just unscrew the broken one and replace it with a new one?, I've attached a couple of pictures if it is of any help to anyone, thanks in advance

 

[Doggit]

The membrane looks okay, so unless you find any damage when you change the broken tile, you should be okay with just the tile replacement on it's own.

 

[Alastairreid]

Yes the tile unscrews, and the membrane keeps rainwater out for a limited time.

 

[^woody^]

I'd suggest that you get all the other screws tightened to prevent the ridge tiles bouncing in the next storm.

 

[Newboy]

That looks like Cromar dry ridge. The clips either side of the ridge sometimes need to be shortened as the legs are too long for the tile thickness and that looks to be the case in your close up.

Echo Woody's comment as well

 

[datarebal]

tighten by hand, over tightening will cause failures... sometimes corners crack off!!. Repair is as straight forward as it looks.

 

[foxhole]

Agree with newboy , looks like all the ridge tiles will lift in a strong wind.