The pointing is responsible for holding roof tiles in place.
Pointing roof corner tiles.
As the cement mortar or flexible compound breaks down or cracks water can reach the inside of the roof.
If the pointing is worn or damaged.
There are some roofers who advocate that a ridge capping repair should be a full re bed remove all the ridge capping and the old bedding and starting again followed by a re point.
The sole purpose of the pointing is to bind the edge of the ridge capping to the surface of the roof tile and also to provide a cosmetic coloured finish on the edge of the ridges.
Granules in the gutter.
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.
Roof leaks and excess moisture are two common signs that the pointing is failing.
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Flexible pointing ridgeway carry flexible pointing in a range of popular colours designed to point ridge caps on concrete and terracotta roof tiles.
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Ridge tiles also called capping tiles are the most important tiles on the roof.
As the first line of defence against water ridge tiles must be cemented into place and pointing applied to the exposed edges of the tiles.
Roofbond flexible pointing is an acrylic compound applied using a pointing trowel and is surface dry in 4 5 hours.
Traditionally the method of pointing a roof would be to use a mortar mix that bonds the ridge tile to the roof.
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