On 15/09/2010 15:43 sm_jamieson wrote:

You've got to remove the mortar and extend the battens. I fitted dry
verge on a new roof, and the caps are nailed with annular nails
through a spring clip, which is fixed to the side of the batten. The
nails are really held by the clips.
If you just nailed into the end of the batten the fix would be weak.
I'm not sure how you extend the battens though.
Simon.

Thanks: that's the kind of thing I wanted to know.

One of the guys mentioned plastic extenders but didn't go into detail.

Though I built three out of the four roofs myself 25-30 years ago, I
really don't think I want to be stuck up a ladder removing and refitting
tiles to fit the caps. I'd more happily just nail them through the
(crumbling) mortar but that doesn't sound like a good idea.

Looks like I'm going to have to take the wheelbarrow down to the cash
machine with £1500 looking like the best price so far. Two men, two
days, the edges of 98 tiles: does that sound reasonable?

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