Roofer

MouldyOldDough

A house, down the road lost a few ridge tiles, in a storm a couple of months ago

They had had a complete new roof, less than 4 years ago

They, obviously called out the original roofers to sort out the problem - which was done after about a week !

Then, last week they were called out again - and were seen crawling all over the roof with a bucket of mortar, lifting random tiles and trowelling mortar under the tiles !

This appeared weird to me - since under the tiles is battens and felt on joists

Any comments.....

FreeBear

Every third row of tiles should be nailed down, and I wouldn't have expected the ridge tiles to come off (was a dry ridge system used ?). Sounds like a poor job was done initially and they are trying to bodge some repairs. But not my problem, although it would be worth making a note of the roofer's name - One to avoid if/when you need work doing.

stuart45

Regs are much stricter for single lap tiles now. Every tile needs at least one nail. Some need nails and clips.