Felt Support Trays

[Stoaty]

Hi

Sorry, bit of a novice roofing question I'm afraid.
I have deteriorating felt along the eaves where some sections have sagged into the soffit box which isn't good. Reading online the best solution sounds like felt support trays, most instructions talk about just removing/pushing back the first two rows of tiles, slot the support tray under the felt, nail the tray to the fascia then put the tiles back - simple! However, my problem is the tiles are quite small so the trays are almost the width of the first two battens (see below):-

I should remove at least the first batten, cut back the felt, slot the tray underneath and install a new batten?
I've also read that using a 5U eaves protection strip is an alternative, such as:-

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/eave-protection/easy-trim-easy-protect-330-x-16m-5u-felt/p/956202

It's deeper and supposed to last the life of the roof, would that be a better alternative?

Thanks!

 

[catlad]

I'd use the felt.

 

[cdbe]

My dad used to do this with 450mm dpc.

 

[Stoaty]

Thank you both for your replies, it confirms what I was thinking.

 

[SpecialK]

Use a flat pry bar to lift the batten. Grab the nail with the groove in the pry bar underneath batten and whack the batten back down. Remove the nail. Install the support tray and re-nail.
I used one like screwfx 8640V

 

[Stoaty]

This sounds like excellent advice, thank you.