Lincolnshire
Dry ridge and dry verge in Grantham
Mortar-free, mechanically fixed ridge and verge systems, so there is nothing to crack and wash out.
Mortar on a ridge or a verge fails the same way every time: it cracks, water creeps in behind it, and lumps of it end up in the gutter or on the lawn. A dry-fix system does away with the mortar altogether. We fit dry ridge and dry verge across Grantham, mechanically fixed so there is no mortar to crack and wash out in the first place.
What a dry-fix system actually is
Instead of bedding ridge tiles and verge ends in mortar, every piece is fixed mechanically to the roof. Nothing relies on a bed of sand and cement holding on through frost and driving rain. We fitted a dry ridge and dry verge system for one customer and walked them through exactly these benefits before they went ahead, and we will do the same for you at the quote. The result is a ridge and verge that hold their line without a bed of mortar slowly letting go underneath them.
Ridges, hips and verges
The same thinking applies along the top of the roof, down the hips and at the gable ends. On our photographed full re-roof the ridge and hips were dry-fixed as standard, so you can see the finish for yourself in our project gallery before deciding whether it is right for your roof.
Roofs around Grantham that suit it
Grantham has street after street where this earns its keep: estate houses with concrete interlocking tiles whose ridge mortar is on its second or third patch-up, and older terraces where the verge has been pointed more times than anyone remembers. We cover the town and the villages around Grantham across NG31 to NG33. The system is fitted with the same care as everything else we do, guaranteed for five or ten years depending on the work and quoted free, in writing, before a single tile is lifted.
- Guaranteed for five or ten years
- Free quote, confirmed in writing
- No surprises on the bill: the quoted figure is final
- Public and employer's liability cover on every job
- Customers score us 5.0 wherever we are reviewed
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Every photograph here is EverCrest's own, taken on the job.
What people say
In their words, not ours
One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Dry Ridge & Dry Verge in Grantham: common questions
What's the difference between dry ridge and dry verge?
Dry ridge secures the tiles along the top of the roof and down the hips; dry verge caps the tile edges at the gable ends. Both replace mortar with mechanical fixings. Some roofs benefit from one, some from both, and we will tell you which yours is.
How much does a dry ridge system cost to fit?
It depends on the length of ridge and verge, the tile type and the access, so the fair answer comes after a free look at the roof. You get the price in writing and the figure we quote is the figure you pay.
Will I need to re-bed the ridge again in a few years?
No, and that is the point of it. There is no mortar bed to crack, so there is nothing to re-point or re-bed. The fixings hold the ridge and verge mechanically, and our work is guaranteed for five or ten years depending on the work.
Is dry-fix worth it on an ordinary estate house?
Often it is exactly the roof that benefits most, because concrete-tiled estate roofs are where cracked ridge mortar keeps coming back. We will give you an honest opinion when we look, and no pressure either way.
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