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Have some scaffold on the house for another job. Whilst up there, examining the eaves and found this:
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Looks like the bottom piece of mortar has just fallen out. Any thoughts on a good fix? Guessing maybe fill with repair mortar? But presumably would need something to keep it in place whilst it dries?
Any ideas? Have got a big tub of this: www.platinumchemicals.co.uk/products/soudal-cement-repair-express kicking around
The mortar should be resting on cement board, that's the sheet underneath the mortar that's still in place. You'll need to replace that and then put the mortar in.
Might want to repaint the soffit boards whilst the scaffolding is up
Remove all the cement board and mortar and spend 30mins fitting dry verge and you won't have to keep patching it up as bit after bit fails.
The cracked cement sheet holding the pointing up is called under cloaking, you can buy this from builders merchants. That then supports the mortar pointing, make sure you don't use a very wet mix or it'll shrink when it dries and fall out!
Re: dry ridges they are lower maintenance but still have habit of blowing off in high winds and they don't look as nice in my opinion.
Likely to be asbestos cement under-cloaking by the look of it.
Wow - under cloaking. Who knew that's what it was called. Every day is a school day
Next question then - how do I cut under cloaking board?!
Depends if it's asbestos or not....
Depends if it’s asbestos or not…
I'm thinking the repair piece I buy from the shop hopefully won't be 😉
Score and snap with a Stanley knife I would have thought.
What is Flexim
Exceedingly expensive is what it is.
A multi tools ace for jobs like that.