Dry ridge and dry verge in Lincoln

Dry ridge and dry verge in Lincoln

Dry ridge and dry verge in Lincoln, covered from our Lincoln office. Free survey, a written quote you can compare and a 10 year workmanship guarantee on the finished job. We will tell you if the roof does not need it.

We work in Lincoln regularly. It sits in the LN1 postcode district. Lincoln sits in the middle of our Lincoln patch, which keeps lead times sensible and means the same crews cover it each time.

The roofs in Lincoln

The older parts of Lincoln bring the more demanding work: steep slopes, complex roof shapes, lead valleys, stacks that have not been touched in decades and conservation constraints on what can go back. The post war city is a different job entirely, and a far more predictable one, where the question is usually how much of the roof is still doing its job.

Lincoln's roofs change dramatically between the uphill conservation area around the cathedral, where slate, pantile and lead detailing are the norm, and the post war estates downhill and to the south.

Dry ridge is particularly worth doing on the exposed properties out along the Cliff south and north of Lincoln. In the conservation area uphill mortar may still be the appropriate detail, and we will tell you which applies to your roof.

What dry ridge and dry verge in Lincoln involves

• Hip systemsDry hip rolls and hip irons where the roof has hips as well as a main ridge.
• Dry vergeInterlocking verge units clipped and screwed along the gable, replacing failed mortar bedding.
• 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 Lincoln property needs this

• Birds getting in under the verge or ridge
• Mortar missing along the gable edge, with the tile ends exposed
• Visible gaps along the ridge line when you look up from the garden

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 Lincoln at a glance

What affects the price in Lincoln

• Whether the verge is being converted at the same time as the ridge
• Access and scaffold, which on a bungalow can be considerably simpler
• Whether any tiles under the verge need replacing once the mortar is off

We will not quote a roof we have not seen. Book the free survey and you will get a written price with the scope set out rather than a number over the phone.