The ridge and the chimney take the most weather of any part of a house and get looked at the least. They are also where cleaning work most often reveals something a roofer needs to see.
Ridge bedding
Moss growing along the ridge line usually means the bedding mortar has opened enough to hold water. Cleaning it makes the defect visible, which is worth knowing before winter.
This guide sits under our Roof Cleaning work, covering 20-mile radius of Plymouth.
Stacks and flashings
Staining down a stack points to a saturated stack, a failed flaunching or a lead flashing that has lifted. Cleaning the stain does nothing about the cause.
Working safely up there
Anything at ridge height needs proper access and honest judgement about the weather. We will reschedule rather than take a chance on a windy day.
Questions we get on this
- Can you re-bed ridge tiles?
- No, that is roofing work. We photograph what we find and pass it back to you.
- Is stack staining serious?
- It can be. It is worth investigating before it becomes an internal damp problem.
- Do you charge extra for ridge height work?
- Access affects price and it is set out in the written quote.
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