Pointing A Roof Valley

I suspect it has never been done properly each of the 3 times it has been pointed.

Pointing a roof valley.

Never try and work on a roof from a ladder as a. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only. I recommend maintain u valleys as much as possible and making sure that the right materials are used to account for weathering which might occur based on the shape and location of the valleys. Flexible pointing ridgeway carry flexible pointing in a range of popular colours designed to point ridge caps on concrete and terracotta roof tiles.

Roof cement is primarily used to hold roof tiles hip tiles and ridge tiles securely in place it also keeps out rainwater. This is called roof re pointing. A scaffold tower has been used for access in this video. After about a year the pointing from one of the valleys fell out.

I had it repointed again in october 2014 and it has fallen out again from under the roof tiles. The original roof ridges and pointing built 1990 are fine but the pointing in the more recent valleys is crumbling and falling into gutters. I have loose mortar to two valleys either side of a gable built as an extension eight years ago. Tie your ladder s in and use a roof ladder s.

By the way movement can cause pointing to fail. This video shows how to repoint a lead roof valley. Roofbond flexible pointing is an acrylic compound applied using a pointing trowel and is surface dry in 4 5 hours. Visit us today for the widest range of cement products products.

Available in a 15 litre tub. Roof valleys can be just that a dip in the quality of your roof even if the rest of it is strong and has excellent u values. We encourage retail customers to use our click. Check out our range of roof tile pointing products at your local bunnings warehouse.

To keep a neat line use a strip of masking tape on the lead. This is how i cement roof tiles pointing the verge in with two coats of cement the cement i use has black dye mix in it to help match the roof tiles in colo. The correct mix ratio is 3 parts sand to 1 part cement this is much stronger than bricklayers use 5 1 as the cement on the roof must withstand more driving rain than a typic. I had my roof retiled about 6 years ago.