CEMENT WORK in chester-le-street
Take a look at the roofs in your neighborhood, and you'll likely notice that many of them feature cement in some form. Cement work, often referred to as "wet work," plays a crucial role in securing various systems on your roof to prevent water from entering. It's particularly effective for securing the ridge at the top of your roof and providing protection along the verge (sides). Additionally, cement is utilized in other vital areas of your roof, including valleys, chimney stacks, abutments, and occasionally in roof flashings, also known as 'fillets
RIDGE RE-BEDDING
Your ridge line is probably the most important part of your roof, as it's where water hits first and works it way downwards. If there's exposure on your ridge line, then the water can only go one way... inside your home!
It's important to keep your ridge maintained, and a fine way to do so is re-bedding them using mortar.
The ridge are removed and a fresh bed of mortar is laid tor the ridge to then be replaced. There is the cheaper alternative of "re-pointing" your ridge which consists of just running new mortar over the existing cement, but this is a temporary fix and requires a lot of maintenance.
VERGE RE-POINTING
Your cement verge is there to protect the side of your roof from driven winds and driven rain, as well as from certain pests entering. The majority of homeowners with cement verge will more than likely of found bits of cement beneath the verge and/or hanging from the side of it at some point. This is due to the constant battering of weather it receives, as well as birds finding it a comfortable area to nest in.
Therefore it is vital to ensure the verge is secured at all time and a common way to do this is by raking the existing cement out and re pointing it with fresh.
BRICK RE-POINTING
Against popular belief, mortar in between your bricks is not indestructible, it will require maintenance every now and again. The best way to do this is by grinding it out using a mortar raking blade and mixing a big bucket of your finest cement. This service is something that we offer on both chimneys and ground brickwork. All done to an exceptional standard.