Ah thanks Darren 👍 don't talk to me about things taking longer 🙉😂 the build feels like it will never end haha

Got to agree, very presentable, professional finish all be it slow.😉

Yea well said

Slow and steady wins the race and certainly leaves serious dollars in the bank account.Beauty about doing things yourself is…..NO ONE WILL TAKE THE CARE THAT YOU WILL AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE.

@@Hahehhwgajshah72726..exactly no one can do your work the way you’ll passionately do it.

Ah thanks Peter ✌️

I do roofs from time to time and annoying me fact of the way to use sand cement. Easy to create shape of the tiles to " join them together " and is waterproof without cement. Just on the bottom cement make sense.

Thanks David 🙌😁

Thanks buddy 👍 sounds like you've got a plan, be careful up there 🙈

Thank you, glad I could help 🙂

Women can do roofing too!🤷🏻‍♂️👍❤

Yes your right ❤ @@andyjohnston4394

One criticism m8 and its a bit of a biggie, I've just noticed I think you forgot your eave tile at the ridge and that will be a problem. No doubt it's been pointed out to you already and I'm sure you rectified it

@@LeeTarrofiyfdsyesippptitled you're right 👍 I didn't adjust my gauge which meant I couldn't fit an eaves tile at the top because I had to put a batten on the ridge to take the stupid mechanical fixings. That meant about a 20mm lap from the ridge tile to the tile below instead of 60mm+. Of course I wasn't going to rip all my battens off so there's actually flash band the whole way across the roof on each side underneath the last row of tiles. Unfortunately the video where I discovered this problem and had to try and resolve it doesn't get watched by anyone. Bit of a work around I know but it does the job and it's there just incase the mortar fails and some horizontal rain wants to go upwards between the edges of the top tiles 😂 There's not any information on the internet about this, the best I got was a snipit from a Skill Builder video where the roofer said they just do 100mm gauge all the way up and adjust it at the top if they need to, they didn't explain why they might need to and how etc Anyway, I know for next time 😬 I might actually do a small roof on a garden entrance next year maybe so I could film that and explain how to do it properly for the benefit of future DIY'ers as there's no Roofing KZfaqrs out there as far as I'm aware. There's a lodge like this about 2 minutes drive away where they made a similar mistake and just stuck either flashband or lead on the outside 😁 at least I didn't do that haha

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT I had a feeling you'd of done something like you did to overcome the problem/mistake, (that's what a good tradesman does, find solutions to problems). We normally hang the top eave course on the last course of tiles at the ridge provided the ridges are to be bedded on with mortar. As I've said cracking job and one to be proud of. I'd have you working on a job with me all day long. You done your roof better than a lot of so called roofers would have and I'm not just being kind, I genuinely mean that

@@LeeTarrofiyfdsyesippptitled thanks mate 👍

Thanks buddy ✌️ ah I'd like to be a property developer. I made loads of offers on things before this project but I just couldn't see any profit from what the estate agents were valuing things from. This one is for a home for the next few years at least, without margin being its main focus, just a bonus. Sounds like we can both turn our hand to most things 👍

Did you use an eaves tile under ridges?

Thanks buddy 😁

Wooden jig mk2 👍

Thanks dude

Ah thanks mate 👍😁

Yeah there's definitely some pros to a dry ridge system!

Thanks Lawrence 😁

There's an idea 👍 I didn't fancy drilling the ridge tiles though, mid pandemic and tiles were supposed to have an 8 week plus lead time, can you imagine 😩

Thanking you 😁

Thanks 👍 the lodge is almost done (that's the roof of it I'm doing in this video) but I'm living in it now so I'll finish it properly one day 🤭 this year I'm cracking on with the main house

Have fun 😅

No probs 👍 hope it goes well 🙂

Thanks mate 👍

😁 Thanks mate

Thanks buddy 👍

It definitely came in handy 😁 good luck with your ridge 🙌

Hopefully it helps 👍 the pitch on this roof is 45 degrees so using the jig was a must for me. I was a broken man by the time I got half way across 😂

Thanks buddy 👍 humm that sounds like a good rule to have 🤔

Haha well I'm 40 and the pitch on the roof is 45° so if your roof has a lower pitch then I'm sure it's within your capabilities 😉

Thanks buddy 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks Jonathan 👍 wow that's crazy, I've never knew ridge buckets existed! 😲 If I ever do this again I might give your ladder technique a go... Or I might start doing yoga now 😂

Yea the eve course on the top should be hung on a batten though ideally

Nothing beats a mechanical fixing

Thanks, yeah you almost need 4 really long arms doing this kind of thing 😂 my bucket fit nice on top of the roofing ladder but it was still exhausting

Cut a jig ? ?

😂 thanks mate. I appreciate you taking the time to watch how far I've come...still a way to go though hey 🙈😆

These were ridge back tiles so they fitted quite close anyway. I might have been able to squeeze 1 tiny bit of tile in the middle but then I wouldn't have been able to get the required fixing in. It's a new build you see so I have to stick to the regs 👍

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ht10rJWjlbu7ip8.html

Hopefully your pitch isn't as steep as mine 👍

Yeah I'm sure that bloke couldn't do half the stuff I can. It was abit weird though cause he was quite abusive but never actually pointed out a single thing I had done wrong or that he could do better 😂 probably just a kid that's been a roofer for the past year thinking his bertie big b*ll*cks haha

10 times better and 10 times harder 😂

No problem

Thanks 👍

You are correct 👍 unfortunately I didn't find any information on the internet explaining exactly how this works and I didn't realise until it was too late. The very last tile guage is different, the double lap part is about 20mm. I had to do a work around so under the last tile is good old flashband! 😂 It may not be 'correct' but it works and everything looks fine. Unfortunately I was mislead by the roofers on skillbuilder, they said on clay plain tiles you just guage it at 100mm no matter what, Roger said and just adjust it at the top abit if you need to? The roofer said yeah but didn't explain why. I'm sure I'll build another roof at some point or even do a mock up of how to do it properly one day, then it might benefit someone like me in the future

As a roofer, I find a common mistake builders make is to find the correct gauge of the tile and start from the eave/fascia and just batten up the roof straight 100mm (or whatever tile gauge) all the way up. Always finding weird cut courses, short courses and difficulty negotiating details on the roof. It's harder to do it wrong! When you're setting out any roof and battening, the right thing to do would be to not your fixed points. These would be, 1st course, any course under any details/I.e. windows or dormers, intersection with first courses that run round into those dormers and any ridge courses on those dormers. Once you have all these points you can divide the courses equally up the roof, between each fixed point. That way you have nice even courses and they all land where they need to be. I am always temping battens up where I know I'll need the course to be and they are handy to hook a tape onto to measure down the roof. With the last course and the topper/(top eave) theres a few ways you can set this up Personally on a new roof I would fix a batten on edge as close as I needed to be to the top of the rafter. This carries the eave and provides a nice little kick to make it sit better, allows the eave to be nailed and not just hung on the course below. Then your last full tile course would pretty much be as tight to the underside of that batten as you can with a tile hanging on it. Then you use that last batten as your fixed point and divide back down to the next fixed point down. As long as you're within min gauge and headlap you have some play. Old school would have just put their last full tile course at the top, spot bedded the eaves hanging on the nibs on the last full tile course. Can also be pegged depending on tile. Anyway, nice to see someone take pride even if it's not what they do. Seen much much much worse from people who call themselves roofers. Hope some of that made sense

Thanks dude

Cheers

Have fun up there 😁

Thanks mate 👍 the jig is definitely handy on a steep pitch like this one. I would have made a right mess of it otherwise 😂

Thanks mate

Thanks buddy 👍

Thanks 👍 Have fun! It's definitely hard work

Thanks mate 👍 I used 2 soft white sand, 1 sharp and white cement to match my brickwork. Buns of steal hey 😂 it felt like it took me 2 years to do that ridge and I never got used to it

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Haha well you have more balls than most, That is one hell of a pitch with no scaffolding. Ignore the haters you have done a great job, I have employed people with so called years experience in roofing only to see a ridge which looked like it was done by a 8 year old haha.

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Hi there - I'm building an oak porch and want to do the verges in white. So you used 2 white building sand, 1 white cement - was the sharp sand also white cos if so I can't find any anywhere. What did you use please? Much obliged fella - love your work BTW 🙂

@@mn1k174 I just used standard sharp sand as its quite a light (yellowish) colour anyway. That's round here at least. It varies as you go round the country, I have seen some sharp sand that was quite dark and redish brown before. Just pop to your local merchants and see what they have. Good luck 👍

@@mn1k174 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ht10rJWjlbu7ip8.html

Cheers mate 😁👍

Thanks dude

Cheers buddy 👍

Awesome 😀 good luck 👍

Thanks mate 👍 I couldn't pack out with a broken tile as I wouldn't have been able to get the mechanical fixing in that's now 'required'. With these hog back ridge tiles and a 45 degree pitch there wasn't too much of a gap anyway. I would have much preferred not to have the fixings though 🙄

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Ah yes, I didn’t think of that. Every professional roofer has their own ways I guess, which is why when I spoke to a friend who is a roofer, they said to bridge it. Helps with ventilating it and stop moisture coming into contact with the membrane/ timber. I was looking for those fixings you used, but couldn’t get hold of any in time. They don’t look great, but hardly noticeable from the ground. It will keep the ridges in place for a very long time and not have them doing roly poly’s down the roof in stormy weather. 😄

@@markhook2547 good point, no doubt the top timber will rot out at some point but hey ho, I'm sure it'll take a long time. I did keep the mortar off the battens when I done the verges though 😁 I'm just glad I finished it 😅 putting that roof on felt never ending

Hope it helps 👍

Hope it helps 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks mate 👍 Wow you've done that quick 🙌 my whole roof took aaaages 😂

Thanks for the tip 🙌 hopefully I won't be doing a ridge again any time soon 😁

Yep, I know what you mean. The ridge tile only covered it about 20mm. I couldn't figure it out and wasn't sure how to fit another tile on so I just put flashband underneath the whole way across 🤣 done the job

That's fair, just for future reference either just hook it over and use the nibs or put 2 nails through the holes and hook it over then the weight of the Ridge will hold it all down.. Well done and a bit of advice helps for next time instead of giving abuse.. 👍

@@danblackman2191 if there is a next time! 😬 The trouble is I didn't have any room to put another tile on top because I had to put another batten on the ridge so I could put those stupid mechanical fixings in 🙄 I think I'll have to calculate the gauge abit better rather than winging it on 100mm

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT when it comes to the last meter of roof you can either choke up the gauge or tweek them out quarter inch, over 8 to 10 battens gain or lose quite a bit.. Hope this helps you out any

@@danblackman2191 sounds like a plan 👍

😂

Thanks 👍 maybe he was just upset I was showing diyers how to do stuff themselves

Check out my pinned comment 😉

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 👍

Haha I either get Ricky or David Beckham 🤣😂

Apologies if I caused you offence. I said it in jest, although I suspect there's some truth in it 😉

Thanks mate 👍

Wow! That's a rip off! Get yourself a comfy pillow 😉

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT lol! Damn right!

Thanks mate 👍

Haha I built the whole thing! Yeah I know about the eves course, couldn't get my head round it 😂 it's fine though, I done a work around (video link showing this is in my pinned comment)

Thanks mate 👍 mix is in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ht10rJWjlbu7ip8.htmlsi=SEMammqLFjvdpV0s

Thanks mate 👍

Doesn't sound right. The mortar should all stay together in one piece. So no, not precautionary, just a bad job

Thanks Henry 👍 I'm guessing you only have scaffolding on the gable end? I suppose I would make a judgement call depending on the pitch of the roof, what tiles they were and how far any fall would be. You should be able to hire a roofing ladder for about £30 though or you could borrow mine if you're anywhere near me 🤷‍♂️

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT absolute legend for the offer and suggestions. I was looking at roofing ladders and also harness kits I'll buy a staple anchor and fix it well. Concrete tiles, quite large only 11 per side cover 5m. Scaffold only at the gable end like you said. Amazon sell a hook adapter for regular ladder to turn it into a roof one for £35. Few options then. All of them beat paying someone else because the tools will still cost less. Gloucester based. No idea where you are.

@@E69apeTheMatrix420 for the one tile, I'd probably risk it just with a roof ladder and no harness 😬 you need to be sharp though, don't do dangerous stuff when you're tired, worn out or hungry! I'm over east anglia so no help there. Although I'm suppose to be collecting a digger over your way soon! It looks like that's not going to happen though as the bloke is messing me about 😠

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT nice tips and yes I think that's a safe enough option for the 1 tile. I'll be extra careful. Digger sounds cool! A Japanese one? I hired one a while ago it was great fun! Building up the tools is never ending.

@@E69apeTheMatrix420 yep 👍 I've sent about 4k hiring so far 😬 should have just bought one in the first place 🤦‍♂️

Thanks for the support mate 👍 I initially took a different approach to your style of videos which hasn't proved that successful 🙈😂 I've only recently started dropping a few how to videos here and there. You've done really well 👏👏👏 over 19m views! My inner thighs were killing, I wasn't designed to do the splits all day haha

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT I just see it as free gym membership whilst fixing my house up! As for the vids, I think you just have to do what you do and see what happens. I started almost 6 years ago and I'm still amazed people bother watching me, I'm just an idiot doing DIY! Best of luck with the channel. 👍

Thank you for your well thought out comment John 👍

It covers by 20mm but there's actually flashband underneath that top tile so the headlap is effectively over 100mm

Nope no exclusive ventilation. The room below has a double vapour barrier. There's a 30mm air gap between the pir insulation and the breathable membrane, then I have the clay tiles. The clay tiles are also cambered so there's effectively loads of little gaps all over the roof where they don't sit flat on eachother. The u value of the roof drops if it's ventilated too. So I just decided not to ventilate it 😁. I did buy vents to go at the verge but changed my mind. I could retrofit them if I really wanted to so that's the low level covered and as for having high level vents I would just get plain tile vents and put them near the top instead of having a ridge vent

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT thanks for the info!

Thanks buddy

Yep, even my nan could fit a dry ridge 😂

They're Marley ashdowne alyesham mix (not sure I've spelt that right 😆). Standard tiles were 49p each, I got them at a big discount though. Think it was cost price to the merchant as it was a new line.

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 49p! Friggin bargain.

@@justinf1343 I just told them I could get them for that price so they just matched it and said they can do it this time as it's a new line

@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT they are £1.20 now 😢

@@justinf1343 that's retail price. You need to have a chat with the managers at the builders merchants, tell them you are doing a big project and what tiles you want and ask for their best price. I got mine from huws gray. I don't deal with them anymore cause I use Travis now but I go straight to the manager and he will discount everything down for me.