How do you fix Dry Verge's

[excited]

Thinking of having the verges done in Plastic.

Are there any advantages to this ?

While taking the dog for its walk on a night I have noticed very shoddy workmanship on some of the dry verges around my area. What is the correct method for fixing them ?

Thanks

daz.

 

[xfr]

They are fixed in to the end of the tile batten
they are usually 25mm over gable end.
yours will probably need extending if done properly
Which means stripping tiles and extending tile batten.
Cowboys don't do it properly and do anything from screwing in to existing mortar verge and using expanding foam..

 

[JohnD]

They are fixed in to the end of the tile batten
they are usually 25mm over gable end.

have you got a photo?

 

[noseall]

Agree with the above. The correct way to retro-fix is to remove tiles and extend the battens.
The shysters just fix into the verge mortar. Wakners the lot of 'em.

 

[Nige F]

Thnak you Noseall

 

[JohnD]

I recently had mine looked at, the roofer says that there is nothing to fix dry-verge to. He says it could only be done if I had barge-boards. The below pic is not my house, but is built the same way.

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[blackfriars]

hi , i use klober
here is a link , very good , flexible and resistant to stormy weather www.lagantile.com/fs/doc/publications/uni-dry-verge-fitting-instructions.pdf

if you do not extend batton , screw 25mm batton along barge and fix to that

 

[noseall]

if you do not extend batton , screw 25mm batton along barge and fix to that

Great advice. What happens if you have no barge board, i.e. a cut brick gable?

 

[blackfriars]

If you have to ask ,you should not be giving advice
I have given the op the link , enough said

 

[noseall]

If you have to ask ,you should not be giving advice
I have given the op the link , enough said

The question was asked for the benefit of all those hundreds and thousands of people who have cut brick gables and no barge.

The answer is to remove tiles and extend the battens. You're not one of these wakners that fixes to the verge mortar are you?

 

[blackfriars]

Haha, love it

 

[noseall]

Haha, love it

Moi aussi.

 

[alan333]

You can also get continuous dry verge lengths, rather than individual ones to fit each tile. Link...

http://www.fasciaexpert.co.uk/dry-verge?gclid=CKDok6iOhb4CFRCWtAoduVIAFQ

That was the first link i found illustrating a product, I'm not saying it's where to get it (or not to, for that matter).

 

[excited]

Thanks for all the help and ideas.

There seems to be more work to-do with Dry as there is in just Wet.



dazer