Dry ridge and dry verge in Hull

Dry ridge and dry verge in Hull

Dry ridge and dry verge in Hull. We survey the roof first, photograph what we find and give you an itemised written quote, so you know what you are paying for before anyone starts. Our Hull office covers Hull on 01482 961 240.

It covers the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU9 postcode districts. Hull is in the middle of our Hull patch, covered by the Hull team on 01482 961 240, and the survey is free whether or not you go ahead with the work.

The roofs in Hull

Working in Hull means dealing with terraced access as often as roof condition. Scaffold on a street frontage, shared valleys between neighbouring properties and abutments on a party wall all change how a job is planned. It is also why so many leaks here turn out to start on somebody else's roof and show up in yours.

Hull's housing runs from the Avenues and the terraces off Beverley Road through to the post war estates north and east of the centre, and the roofs change completely as you move between them.

Converting to dry ridge and verge is one of the better value jobs on a Hull estate roof, where the mortar bedding is typically at the end of its life at the same time across the whole street. It stops the mortar dropping on the drive and vents the ridge properly at the same time.

What dry ridge and dry verge in Hull involves

• Dry ridge systemsOld ridge tiles lifted, mortar removed, ridge batten fixed and each tile screwed down with a ventilated union and seal.
• Storm reinstatementRidge and verge put back after wind damage, usually converted to dry fixing at the same time.
• Re-bedding where appropriateOn some period and conservation properties mortar is the right answer, and we will bed and point it properly rather than push a system on you.

That is the short version. There is a fuller explanation of the work, the materials and the detailing on our dry ridge and dry verge page.

Signs your Hull property needs this

• Birds getting in under the verge or ridge
• Whistling or draught noise from the ridge in high wind
• Mortar missing along the gable edge, with the tile ends exposed

Why mortar fails and dry fixing does not

Mortar is rigid and a roof is not. Timber moves with heat and moisture, the ridge tiles move with it, and eventually the bond breaks. Once one joint is open, water gets behind the bedding, frost does the rest, and the failure spreads along the ridge.

Dry ridge and dry verge in Hull at a glance

What affects the price in Hull

• Whether any tiles under the verge need replacing once the mortar is off
• Whether the verge is being converted at the same time as the ridge
• Whether the existing ridge tiles can be re-used or need replacing

Everything is priced after we have seen the roof, in writing, with the scope written down so there are no new numbers once work starts.