Roof tile pointing

[DIYspanner]

Is a mix of soft sand, cement and mortar dye adequate for pointing pottery tiles?

 

[bobasd]

yes, simply mix a little repair bag of sand and cement - plumbers, and builder's merchants carry them - and point up where its missing.
from the pic there's no need for dye.

the gutter seems to be fixed in a cocked-up position? is this causing any water overflow problems?

 

[DIYspanner]

The mortar was red but has faded over the years.

The gutter works well, just sticks out a bit. Done by the house builder 28 years ago.

Thanks for posting.

 

[DIYspanner]

Job underway.

Using sand and cement I already had, made 3:1 mix which is recommended for tile pointing and got a 1kg of Red Everbuild Mortar Tone, mixing it in to get a near same mortar colour to match.

There's places where its cracked and detached so I've pulled it out and will re-point.

 

[bobasd]

great, get stuck in, & do all faulty looking pointing at the same time.
thing is, its usually best to lift the tile when pointing up more than a few cracks - lift and clean off any residue mortar.
you have a good projection from the undercloak, and all edge tiles appear to be clipped which is also great.

 

[DIYspanner]

thing is, its usually best to lift the tile when pointing up more than a few cracks - lift and clean off any residue mortar.

Noted, thanks!