| Author | Message | ||
     John Chan New member Username: John_chan Post Number: 10 Registered: 08-2006 |
No, I just did the inspection for the insurance company. I believe Merrick does all their work. | ||
| Slate Affair Inc. Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 272 Registered: 01-2007 |
We look at job at one point that they were going to have us install ss rods in holes in the tile cap, and then wired down to the rigde with copper flashing. So, that made the tile interlocked, flashed and wired down. We also would of had to morter them together. | ||
| Kurtis Hord Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 91 Registered: 10-2006 |
I noticed there was some work going on at that building. Is your company doing the roof restoration? Of the total field there were only a few ridge tiles missing, and I feel like they were probably hit by flying debris. There are no nail holes on the sections I inspected. Thanks for the advice, I'm going to reinstall them as they were originally. | ||
| John Chan New member Username: John_chan Post Number: 8 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hi Kurtis, I was just in Louisville yesterday looking at the old train depot, and I thought about you. You must be swamped with work right now. It's quite common for the larger ridge tiles like the 203, 206 or 215's to be held by their own weight. In fact, some of them don't even have nail holes. In very high wind areas, we make our own stainless steel "hurricane clips". You can clip them onto the hidden part of the ridge tile or into grooves and then put some colored mortar on the overlaps. Good luck!! John | ||
| Kurtis Hord Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 90 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hello, I'm looking at a 250 square roof on a church that has lost about 300 slates due to wind damage. They also lost some terra-cotta ridge caps. I inspected the ridges and found they are simply held on by their own weight and sealed with a thin mortar joint where each overlaps the other. Is this common? Should I be concerned. I can't run hook ladders off the ridge and I'll have to temporarily remove sections of ridge to make proper repairs. Should I simply place them back when I'm finished or fasten them in some way? |
