Distinctive feature of tile roof is the increased complexity of its maintaining. Roof tiles possess big overall dimensions. In case of leaking tile roof there is no worth trying to mere make a temporary repair.

The most widespread reason why the tile roof becomes no longer waterproof is the oversized content of condensation, which collects on the internal surface of a roof tile and corrodes it.

 How To Maintain Proper Condition Of Your Roof?

The only proper repair is replacement of a crook roof tile. The tile should be withdrawn out of the neighboring ones downwards replaced with the new one.

Qualitative performance of this operation requires at least two workers. We should take into account that such quantity of condensation will not evaporate without further repairs. It may also indicate some irregularities in the procedure of the erection operation.

To prevent your roof from any further leaks, rust and other defects you should insulate the roofing pie and install roof flashings. Contact the experts to get ridge cap repair Adelaide services carried out by the experienced artisans with high quality and in time.

What Should You Do?

There are various reasons why water leaks happen at the main (horizontal) ridge. The most common is the ingress of water through cracks in the beddding or pointing that support the ridge caps.

It is not the water getting in that is the problem. There are a lot of tiled roofs Adelaide that have badly cracked bedding (and lots of water ingress) at the main ridge and they don’t leak!

A proper ridge cap repair Adelaide involves the removal of the ridge capping and the old bedding. Then fresh bedding is laid to support the ridge capping. It is important to install weep holes on the bedding.

Then the ridge capping is re-pointed with a flexible pointing to bind the ridge caps to the tiles. The weep holes should be re-instated through the pointing.