Pointing A Roof Valley

Iko recommends that you install architectural shingles with the open valley method for the best roof performance.

Pointing a roof valley.

I have loose mortar to two valleys either side of a gable built as an extension eight years ago. By admin 4 years ago 1 817 views. Category general diy videos tags re point lead valley lead roof valley. This video shows how to re point the lead valley on a tiled roof safely using fibre reinforced mortar.

Roof re bedding roof re bedding a tiled roof re bedding a hip cement repairs to ridge capping re pointing only minor repairs and full pointing the bedding or cement work under most of the ridge capping gables and valley may still be quite hard and not need to be pulled up. This is called roof re pointing. I had it repointed but it fell out again after another year. 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.

I suspect it has never been done properly each of the 3 times it has been pointed. This recommendation includes iko s premium shingles. The three methods to shingle a roof valley. 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.

How to repair a crack in a wall. 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. After about a year the pointing from one of the valleys fell out. I had my roof retiled about 6 years ago.

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 had it repointed again in october 2014 and it has fallen out again from under the roof tiles.