What is this part of the roof?

[noidea27]

hi

my neighbour (not adjoined) has had a whole new roof and the guy doing it had a look at mine and said I'd need work doing too. now at the time I thought he was just looking to make a quick buck but having a look, it does not seem quite right.

On the pic you can see the grey bit has broken up and I assume needs patching up? can anyone tell me what this part of the roof is called so I at least have some clue when it comes to getting someone to have a proper look.

thanks

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• noidea27
• 7 Dec 2017

 

[CJRatch]

Lead flashing.

Are you sure what your seeing isn't an overlap in the flashing?

 

[noidea27]

Lead flashing.

Are you sure what your seeing isn't an overlap in the flashing?

apologies, it's the bit towards the top of the roof. is it called a cement verge?

thanks

 

[CJRatch]

Ha okay, yes that's correct it can either be raked out and repointed or install a dry verge. I much prefer the look of pointed verge myself. If you do get it repointed you can purchase a small role of mesh tuck this in first then repoint your far less likely to get cracks further down the line.

 

[KenGMac]

noidea27, good evening.

The area of roof that you are concerned about? is it

A/. The highest sloping section of the roof, there is some missing cement below the roof tile overhang.

Or

B/. There is a sloping stepped lead flashing about mid way up the wall?

From the image it appears that some joints in the lead on the Image posted appear to be lifting and parting??

Not sure which are you are concerned about?

Ken.

 

[bobasd]

if you look up the gable to the verge youll see the tile undercloak has lost some of its mortar packing.

 

[John D v2.0]

Also for long life repointing alone may look nice at first but you should specify something like end tiles off, clean mortar, remove under cloak and bed new, then bed and point the original tiles in one operation. Ideally clip the end tiles if you're in a windy area.