Annoying new roof problem

stressederic

I hope someone can help me!

Just got a new porch built and a friend of a friend did the new roof and it looks awful! It's a hip roof with pantiles on it, the cement around the ridge tiles is very sloppy and it's like no cement dye was used as the contrast between cement and the colour of the tile is very noticeable. can anybody tell me 1. the best way to try an tidy up the sloppy cement around the ridge tiles and 2. what colour cement dye do you usually mix to match a turf brown tile and where to purchase this

Any other solutions welcome. Haven't got the money to change the roof and don' t fancy painting it!

Cheers!

GreeBo

you can mix up some die and cement and "paint" it over but it still wont look as good as a proper job.

Otherwise you can use a wirebrush and a chisel and remove a some and then repoint.

stressederic

Thanks very much! Do you know wat colour cement dye matches a turf brown tile?

jack of all

Cementone only comes in a handful of colours anyway but they can be intermixed, russet brown maybe?

http://bostik.ie/index.php/diy/product/cementone/Number-1-Colours-For-Cement/82

How bad a job is it? Bear in mind that after a few years the colour will start to wash from the tiles anyway and as they weather the colour of tiles and pointing should settle down. Maybe try and wash down the roof to get rid of any messy mortar stains.

GreeBo

stressederic wrote: »

Thanks very much! Do you know wat colour cement dye matches a turf brown tile?

Start with a brown and try some ratios and see.
Note it will dry much lighter than when wet.

stressederic

Its a pity I cant upload the picture from my phone. I don't want to wait to let it settle down because its annoying me that much. Its a newly built porch and new front door!Ill try the wire brush and scraper first. Maybe a power hose or would that wash the colour off the the tiles. Any roofers out there know which cement dye is actually used with the turf brown colour because there is a russet brown and a dark brown? Thanks

2 stroke

Reading this, I have to worry is the answer in your username. Does the roof simply look new? If so it wont stay that way for long.
Yes I do think a roofer should use die on a new roof, but on an addition to a house where the die colour is already gone from the existing roof there may be an argument that the roof might blend in better/quicker without the die.
I dont do roofing but I once worked with an oldtimer that would have used a yogurt mixture to encourage flora & fauna colonisation.

stressederic

I assure you the roof actually does look awful and I'm not just getting " stressed" over nothing! In hindsight, I don't think the pantiles should have went onto the porch at all as there is too much cement required around the ridge tiles to fill the "gaps" I have been looking at lots of roofs since,(new and old) and the cement always seems to blend in nicely with the tiles!

monseiur

Hi,
Firstly find out who manufactured your pan tiles, they will supply some powder dye to match the tile f.o.c.
Gently scrape & chip back some of the existing mortar, mix some mortar add dye, a small amount of mortar will go along way - (think small cake size!) Paint the joint with unibond / polybond or similar- one joint at a time. Then, while the polybond is still wet, with a small pointing trowel plaster on the mortar (the unibond will help it stick)
Basically all you need is 2 shovels of sand, 1 shovel of cement, 500 ml of polybond / unibond or similar, a dry day and loads of patience !
(Don't worry about the colour of the polybond, although it's like thick white paint, when dry it's colourless. Try a lick of it on a piece of discarded tile to see for yourself. It can also be diluted 3 parts water to 1 part polybond.

M.