Dry Verges

[Daniel3103]

Hello,
I need some advice about replacing some dry verges on my bungalow.
I had some dry verges fitted to the front of my bungalow a couple of years ago and, recently, a couple of them have fallen off, as you can see on the photo. Since they were fitted, I have discovered that the roofer who fitted them was a rogue (he did other jobs that caused problems too) and, recently, another roofer came to give me advice and a quote about this. He said that the dry verges that were in place would need to be removed and replaced by new ones, because they couldn’t be re-used. He also said that the job would cost me about a thousand pounds in total if done properly, including materials, labour and putting up scaffolding.
What are peoples’ thoughts on this advice? Does it seem about right, or not?

 

[noseall]

What are peoples’ thoughts on this advice? Does it seem about right, or not?

Yes, your first man was a rogue. Very few actually do the job properly. The roof-line guy (retro fit) I recommend is mint. He'd remove 3 or 4 tiles up the verge, remove say a meter of batten and fix new batten (extended) then fix the dry verge into the new batten using SS fixings. It's how we do a new roof - i.e. fixed into the batten ends with stainless steel screws.

 

[Daniel3103]

Yes, your first man was a rogue. Very few actually do the job properly. The roof-line guy (retro fit) I recommend is mint. He'd remove 3 or 4 tiles up the verge, remove say a meter of batten and fix new batten (extended) then fix the dry verge into the new batten using SS fixings. It's how we do a new roof - i.e. fixed into the batten ends with stainless steel screws.

Who is Mint? I live in Rotherham in South Yorkshire, would this person work there?

And regarding your other comments, it seems that doing this job properly involves pretty serious work and actually using fixings, not just pushing the verges into place as the first guy did. What you are saying is more in line with the advice I received from my new roofer. When he also advised that I would need new dry verges and the old ones needed to be dumped, do you think he was correct too?

 

[noseall]

I live in Rotherham in South Yorkshire, would this person work there?

No.

When he also advised that I would need new dry verges and the old ones needed to be dumped, do you think he was correct too?

Can't say about the old DV units, other than they can be a bit 'reluctant' when removing them and matching up, could be an issue.