Pointing Roof Corner Tiles

As the first line of defence against water ridge tiles must be cemented into place and pointing applied to the exposed edges of the tiles.

Pointing roof corner tiles.

As a result homeowners typically request this work to be carried out when the roof tiles still. Ridge tiles also called capping tiles are the most important tiles on the roof. Flexible pointing ridgeway carry flexible pointing in a range of popular colours designed to point ridge caps on concrete and terracotta roof tiles. As the cement mortar or flexible compound breaks down or cracks water can reach the inside of the roof.

Check out our range of roof tile pointing products at your local bunnings warehouse. Granules in the gutter. Repointing is a method whereby the loose or broken mortar is scraped away and replaced with new. The sole purpose of the pointing is to bind the edge of the ridge capping to the surface of the roof tile and also to provide a cosmetic coloured finish on the edge of the ridges.

Roof leaks and excess moisture are two common signs that the pointing is failing. Available in a 15 litre tub. There are some roofers who advocate that a ridge capping repair should be a full re bed remove all the ridge capping and the old bedding and starting again followed by a re point. The pointing is responsible for holding roof tiles in place.

Roofbond flexible pointing is an acrylic compound applied using a pointing trowel and is surface dry in 4 5 hours. The ridge is the point at which two sections of a sloped roof system meet. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only. We encourage retail customers to use our click.

Traditionally the method of pointing a roof would be to use a mortar mix that bonds the ridge tile to the roof.