Currently have clay Rosemary tiles, hipped all round. The hips are looking a bit iffy, but the tiles look as good as new. Planning to re-roof with new battens and membrane, re-using the old tiles with new hip tiles. Will add new tiles to the back to make up the losses from the hips and breakages.
The hips are a ridge-type of tile bedded on mortar, not the angled hip tiles.
I'd like the ventilation from a dry hip/eaves system, as it currently gets very hot in summer.
We had something very similar done with our last house and used mortar, and I remember that, due to the small size of the tiles, there were some pretty small bits on some of the corners. I thought the mortar did a good job of sticking all the fragments together, so concerned that a dry system might leave some bits a bit prone to movement. I also thought the black mortar looked really neat, much neater than a load of clips and bolts.
I could alternatively add some tile vents near the top for ventilation if using mortar.
What are current opinions on mortar vs dry? Do building control demand that they are used these days?
The hips are a ridge-type of tile bedded on mortar, not the angled hip tiles.
I'd like the ventilation from a dry hip/eaves system, as it currently gets very hot in summer.
We had something very similar done with our last house and used mortar, and I remember that, due to the small size of the tiles, there were some pretty small bits on some of the corners. I thought the mortar did a good job of sticking all the fragments together, so concerned that a dry system might leave some bits a bit prone to movement. I also thought the black mortar looked really neat, much neater than a load of clips and bolts.
I could alternatively add some tile vents near the top for ventilation if using mortar.
What are current opinions on mortar vs dry? Do building control demand that they are used these days?