Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!


Thanks


Phil

On 23/05/2014 14:39, thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!


Thanks


Phil

Any 2 part filler. Profil from Toolstation is ok

Wicks do a roofing mastic at a good price - seems to stick to anything and
never sets hard. I've used it for sealing a variety of things. It's
silicone rubber based.

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On 23/05/14 14:39, thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!

Araldite mixed with sand should make a fine repair medium.

On 23/05/2014 17:02, Tim Watts wrote:
On 23/05/14 14:39, thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!

Araldite mixed with sand should make a fine repair medium.


Thanks guys

That reminds me, I've got some roof repair mastic somewhere that would
probably do the trick.

Phil

And after its set some kind of elastic rubbery paint in the colour of the
roof to disguise it, after all it will help stop the water getting back in
for a while. It seemed to work on a neighbours roof, but that was some years
back.
Brian

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On 23/05/2014 14:39, thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!


Thanks


Phil

Any 2 part filler. Profil from Toolstation is ok

thescullster wrote:


That reminds me, I've got some roof repair mastic somewhere that would
probably do the trick.

Phil
Yes, as Dave said ordinary cheap wickes mastic does the trick.

Bill

On 23/05/2014 14:39, thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend and
noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole doesn't
go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop water getting
in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely to
increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!


Thanks


Phil

Can you not just replace the tile by lifting up the surrounding ones,
and sliding the ones above upwards?


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thescullster wrote:
Hi all

I was scraping moss off a single storey extension roof last weekend
and noticed that one tile has a hole in the top surface. The hole
doesn't go all the way through so I am inclined to fill it to stop
water getting in and freezing.

What would make the best filler for this application? - the tile is of
the interlocking cast (are they some form of concrete?) variety.

I know tile replacement would be best, but I suspect I'm more likely
to increase the amount of roof damage than reduce it!


Thanks


Phil

Most roof tiles are only nailed at around every fifth course, so if you're
lucky, all you have to do is slide a couple of tiles up at the top of the
damaged one and lift it out (you'd use the same method to remove the nails
if the tiles were fixed at that course), renew the tile and then slide the
other tiles back over it - job done.

On a single storey roof, you shouldn't have much of a problem with damage,
access etc and the job is done for the next 30 years or so - and far better
than buggering around with the ubiquitous bodge-job of mastic! [1]

Just very recently I 'assisted' [2] my sister-in-law's husband on a similar
job on their moss-covered, 40 year old single storied extension - and spent
more bloody time in trying to get him to fit copper strips at ridge level as
a long-term job to kill the moss than replacing the couple of busted tiles
and a bit of leadwork.

[1] In my opinion and experience, you'll do most damage when your walking
(or crawling) over the roof rather than replacing a tile or two - and after
you've used the mastic, the likelihood is that you'll be back up there
replacing the tile quite soon anyway.

[2] I actually did the bloody job as it turned out and both SiL and SWMBO
reckoned it was great fun watching two rickety and arthritic, grumpy old
pensioners climbing ladders and crawling about the roof, arses sticking in
the air and moaning about our aching joints - but the bottle of Jack
Daniel's anaesthetic that they produced after we finished the job worked
well to relieve the aching joints - and SWMBO even 'volunteered' to do the
driving home so that I could have bigger doses of the medicine. (vbg)

And I must reluctantlt admit that, that experience made me realise how
bloody glad I now am that SWMBO 'persuaded' me to open my wallet and fork
out a few grand to have OUR roof replaced back last year by some rather
fitter and younger tradesmen!

Cash