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Replacing a hanging tile

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I've got 3 gables that are tile hung with plain clay tiles. One of the winchester cuts has fallen off for reasons unknown. Its only about 4 years old so in otherwise good condition. Is it possible to replace a single hanging tile without stripping the tiles above? There is remarkably very little on the WWW on how to do this without stripping everything above. I can't really face that at the moment. There doesn't appear to be any way of getting a strap fastened in to hold it. The only thing I can think of is to stick it up with CT1 or similar. Anyone got any other ideas?

Mark
 
We have them too (ours locally made, near Bristol, I think, circa 1905).

If the roofer/builder just hung them you can push up the ones above to reveal the relevant batten.

If they're also nailed it's more of a faff. Traditionally I guess they used a slate ripper, but a hacksaw blade might work better (in 'pull' mode) to cut the nail cleanly (they should have been nailed loosely with room to move a bit.

I don't think there's an easy way to re-nail them, but I have replaced broken ones just hanging on the nibs, and not had any come away that I've done (ours were originally nailed but those long since rusted away). I have also carefully drilled alongside the original nail holes (I have spares pinched from our porch), and that also works, but you still really need to free off the ones immediately above in order to get to the batten (then you can't nail those back, of course, without...).

I have our roofer coming soon, as we lost a board from the end of that gable in a December storm, so I'll ask, but don't have a date yet. Given the cold I don't blame him, nor the scaffolders!
 
Eric, thank you. They are all nailed (loosely as you say). But they are vertical so I wouldn't trust just trying to hook it over the batten alone. Plain ties on a sloping roof are a doddle to replace in comparison since most are not nailed and surrounding tiles can be lifted or pulled out as necessary. But not on a hanging gable!

Mark
 
Don’t know how to say this Lons,(edit, sorry I meant Mark) it’s strange that 1 should drop off so soon, perhaps it may be worth while taking a few off to investigate the reason, you don’t want several falling the next time it’s windy.
 
I’m not really concerned about the quality of the work, I’m happy with that. I did much of the work on this gable when it was built up to the counter battens. Roofers then did horizontal battens and tiles. It is a green oak frame underneath which might have moved as it’s hardened, the nail could have hit the gap between the horizontal batten and the verge baton ( it’s a Winchester). It could have got knocked by the window cleaner. Lots of reasons that don’t worry me.

Mark
 
Many years ago (before polymer) when I was doing loft conversions, the norm was to strip off above the broken tile. This is a royal pain if it's low down the dorma.

I would seriously try polymer silicon, I've seen it pull cement plaster off a brick wall.




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The vertical ones on our gable are in an exposed position, and now aren't nailed (although they originally were - the house is circa 1905). All the ones I've replaced down the years were because of frost damage or ladders, etc.. None have come loose as a complete tile. I understand your caution though.
 
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