I have had my chimney pots lined recently and needed scaffolding to be
installed. Looking around up there I was horrified to find that the
gable roof where it meets the main roof the ridge tile was shattered
into pieces and the felt all exposed. Furthermore, the lead "saddle"
had been fitted underneath the ridge tile rather than over the top
which is totally out of keeping with the other roofs and just doesn't
make sense!

Unable to find a jobbing roofer willing to undertake such a "small"
repair I decided to do it myself, I was going to replace some kent peg
whilst I has the scaffolding up anyway.

This involved the hairy task of climbing down a scafollding ladder
bolted to the gantry and then shuffling along the ridge of the gable -
I'm sure you roofers are used to it but its scary to say the least!

Anyhow, onto my problem.

I went to to local reclaim tile.brick yard and managed to get some
kent peg - all sorts of sizes and shapes I note - but also a ridge
tile that was perfect. I bought 2 just in case. One I honed down so
that it is cut to the same pitch as the roof.

Now my dilema, do I plant the ridge tiles all the way along the ridge
where they were missing/broken and butt up to the battons on the main
roof and then cut the tiles down to fit around the protuding ridge
tile or butt my ridge tile up to the outside of the tiled roof.

If I butt up to the main room battons I am more likely to get a decent
seal - at least I think so.

And how do I make the new "saddle" stay in place?

and finally, the original ridge tile was 12 inches long and it looks
like the bit that went against the roof was just a triangular shaped
slither. I bought a 14" replacement but it will still be too short to
use just one ridge tile.

Should I try and cut both tiles so they are approximately covering
half of the gap each or is it best to try and keep the tiles as long
as possible and fill in with a small piece at the end?

can anyone help?

many thanks all,

sadsjon