Roof Verge Tile Repair?

SteveVy

Hi I am hoping someone can help me, last week I noticed the following damage to my property. It has been raining a lot recently so unsure if this was the cause of the damage?

My house is under 2 years old and I've rang 6/7 Roofers to come out for a quote but only 1 was interested in coming out out give a quote. He advised it would be £150 to repair or £270 to have something called Dry Verge Gable Cap Ends installed which will come with a 7 year warranty.

I'd rather go for the lower cost option but does £150 sound right? I am unsure as I've never had any roofing work ever done. No other part of the roof appears to be damaged on my detached property. There are no issues with access to the property.

Many thanks

TELLIT01

If the house is only 2 years old shouldn't it be covered by the NHBC warranty?

neilmcl

As above, you could try and claim via your NHBC cover but it may be difficult to prove that this was down to poor work via the builder. It looks like someone has already been up there to install that white cabling for something and possibly may have cracked the flaunching in the process, or was that part of the original build? I'd want to get that looked at too as there seems to be a gaping hole in the mortar at the cable entry point.

SteveVy

TELLIT01 said:

If the house is only 2 years old shouldn't it be covered by the NHBC warranty?

Yes I looked into this but the damage has to be over £500 to claim on the NHBC Warranty

SteveVy

neilmcl said:

As above, you could try and claim via your NHBC cover but it may be difficult to prove that this was down to poor work via the builder. It looks like someone has already been up there to install that white cabling for something and possibly may have cracked the flaunching in the process, or was that part of the original build? I'd want to get that looked at too as there seems to be a gaping hole in the mortar at the cable entry point.

Yes I had someone install CCTV and they were meant to fill in the gap but said they had no filler and advised they would come back to complete it...of course they never returned...

TELLIT01

SteveVy said:

neilmcl said:

As above, you could try and claim via your NHBC cover but it may be difficult to prove that this was down to poor work via the builder. It looks like someone has already been up there to install that white cabling for something and possibly may have cracked the flaunching in the process, or was that part of the original build? I'd want to get that looked at too as there seems to be a gaping hole in the mortar at the cable entry point.

Yes I had someone install CCTV and they were meant to fill in the gap but said they had no filler and advised they would come back to complete it...of course they never returned...

That puts the problem in a whole different light.  Damage done by a third party obviously wouldn't be covered by NHBC irrespective of the cost.  As you can't get the people who did the damage to come back you have no option other than either try and fix it yourself or get the builder in.  £150 doesn't sound excessive.

SteveVy

TELLIT01 said:

SteveVy said:

neilmcl said:

As above, you could try and claim via your NHBC cover but it may be difficult to prove that this was down to poor work via the builder. It looks like someone has already been up there to install that white cabling for something and possibly may have cracked the flaunching in the process, or was that part of the original build? I'd want to get that looked at too as there seems to be a gaping hole in the mortar at the cable entry point.

Yes I had someone install CCTV and they were meant to fill in the gap but said they had no filler and advised they would come back to complete it...of course they never returned...

That puts the problem in a whole different light.  Damage done by a third party obviously wouldn't be covered by NHBC irrespective of the cost.  As you can't get the people who did the damage to come back you have no option other than either try and fix it yourself or get the builder in.  £150 doesn't sound excessive.

Thanks, even if the damage was not done by a 3rd party the NHBC warranty states only damage that costs more than £500 to repair will be covered...

Thanks everyone I have the repair booked in for first thing Monday morning

greatcrested

My odd job man would charge £50 to go up a ladder with some mortar. Two hours work max (unless as said the tiles are damaged, but if so, replacing 2 -3 tiles is another 15 minutes providing he has them with him.

But that's someone I use regularly. A 'proper' roofer will charge more, so £150 is not far off.

SteveVy

Thanks the job was meant to be started this morning but the roofer didn't turn up...no answer to my calls or messages...

greatcrested

SteveVy said:

Thanks the job was meant to be started this morning but the roofer didn't turn up...no answer to my calls or messages...

Ah the joys of dealing with contactors.......

Le_Kirk

SteveVy said:

Thanks the job was meant to be started this morning but the roofer didn't turn up...no answer to my calls or messages...

Perhaps he was hung over after a night out on the tiles!  I'll get me coat.