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Fixing hip roof tiles.
Roofing tiles are one of many different types of roofing materials you can choose from to protect the roof of your home.
The ridge normally refers to the fixing of ridge tiles located at the top of a roof or the apex.
Dry ridge explained just as with non dry fix systems ridge tiles can be either standard ridge tiles or hip ridges.
Should i use mortar or dry fix for my ridge and hip tiles 15 september 2016 mortar has historically been the popular way to install tiles and fittings at a number of key roof areas including roof hips ridge and verges but there a number of factors that cause mortar to fail making it unsuitable in the long term.
On hip roofs the end of the lowest ridge tile is cut so that it aligns with the bottom edge of the slates tiles on the adjoining roof faces.
Roof cement is primarily used to hold roof tiles hip tiles and ridge tiles securely in place it also keeps out rainwater.
But just like any other material they are.
If the roof is slate they will probably have an angled top edge be black or red and be made of clay.
My apprentice bedding concrete 1 3 round hip tiles.
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The correct mix ratio is 3 parts sand to 1 part cement this is much stronger than bricklayers use 5 1 as the cement on the roof must withstand more driving rain than a typical brick wall.
Using mortar as the sole means of fixing roof tiles and fittings is now deemed insufficient.
Mechanical fixing systems for ridge tiles eliminate the use of mortar.
A galvanised hip iron is usually secured to the hip timber at the lower end before the mortar bed is laid and the lowest ridge tile is set to just clear this.
If the roof is tiled they will be the same colour as the tiles probably have rounded tops and be either clay or concrete.
So if you choose to use mortar you must also mechanically fix the ridge and hip tiles using nails screws or special clips secured to the ridge or hip timbers.
Your roof may have one the other or both.
What is dry ridge.
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