Dry verge quandary

[Brigadier]

Hi all!

Need a bit of advice - I plan to fit some dry verge to my house, but the gable over the front door terminates in a valley on both sides. Trouble is, the verges finish on half, not full tiles.

How do I get around this? Is there a shortened dry verge tile that I can get, or do I have to get all creative with a hack saw?

And if the hacksaw route, any suggestions for capping the open end to stop creatures setting up home in my roof?

Thanks in anticipation :

 

[noseall]

what area of Staffordshire are you?

 

[Brigadier]

Cannock - very windwept at the moment!

 

[Roofer]

Quite right, when the Dry Verge comes down to a valley you do have to get creative.
Blocking the gaps has to be equally creative, sometimes (depending on type of plastic) you can overcut and fold; or utilise a piece of eave comb filler; or any other method to suit your particular tile/verge
Good luck

 

[Mw Roofline]

How do I get around this? Is there a shortened dry verge tile that I can get, or do I have to get all creative with a hack saw?

Patience, glue, more patience and plenty of bad language. Good luck!

 

[Brigadier]

Thanks all - confirmed my suspicions

Next part then - my one gable end doesn't terminate in a ridge, but the (double roman concrete) pantiles finish at the chimney stack. The chimney "wall" is flush to the main gable end, with the verge standing a couple of inches proud of the gable end. Again, how would I finish that end?

I'm guessing that there may be some detail other than a ridge cap that I can buy,but failing that, I thought that I'd probably have to finish the end by overlapping it with a bit of lead flashing.

 

[Roofer]

Yes, you need to extend the chimney flashing to cover the top of the tile