Filling In Fibre Cement Ridge

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

Hi All,

I'm just after some feedback, i am being asked more and more for a foam filler to fill in a fibre cement vented ridge. I have just had a sample manufactured but before i think of buying a tool for it would anybody be interested.

I am thinking along the lines of farms that have changed from live stock to industrial units and want to keep as much warmth in as possible.

Any feedback will be useful.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Have you any pics of what your suggesting?

Suspect folk will want it, we struggled with our old crendon shed

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

I'm in the office tomorrow so I will take some pictures, the samples are in PE foam but our stock would be in Supaseal as it is a better quality filler.

What would be your colour choice?

White or black?

I have already got one of the lads on our yard having 38 (in black) to fill in the ridges before the winter comes.

 

[bobk]

We stick an old bag in the hole .... wallop.

 

[Bob c]

the foam ones i have sean have blown out due to wind
so i used these on the eaves in our last shed

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

In reality foam fillers should be fitted before the sheet is layed so retro fitting can be a pain.

As I say we are trying this on 19 vented ridges on our site, knowing the lads they will be using a mastic aswell and hopefully it will work well.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Won't expander foam suffice?

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

Expanding foam does work but it is so messy, our farmer has already used the expanding foam on some of old barns but it looks like something is trying to crawl out of the ridge.

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

@Doing it for the kids Pictures attached

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

The customer on site has now started to fit these fillers, we have used a high quality Supaseal filler for the final product.

It is a snug fit and hopefully they will notice the difference this winter.

 

[Land Rover]

I have a similar problem , but I can live with it as it's just a workshop and I want the ventilation .
For general repairs and bodging I've used car body filler .
It's cheap for a big 5 litre tin and sets up in minutes .

 

[simon-0116]

Seen foam fillers fall out if not stuck in good.
Also birds pecking the foam out

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

These are a very snug fit, as we use Supaseal foam we have received really good feedback that birds and mice don't like to peck / chew it.

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

Have many people who have fibre cement roofs with vented ridge caps found any problem with snow driving through the vents? We seem to be taking lots of enquires for a filler to seal the ridge vents ( as above in this post ) and I'm trying to decided whether it's worth having a large volume of the fillers run off, the volumes I am thinking should mean we can supply the vent fillers in super seal at £3.19+ vat each.

 

[Lawless]

Yes. Had massive problems with snow driving in. Interested in your product but would like it cheaper!

 

[David.]

Are they thick enough material to stand in the gap and be stable, you'd think they would need to be at least an inch thick to be rigid enough to stay put?
My idea would be to clean away any dust, lichen etc, and butter the edges with something like Tiger Seal or similar to hold it in place permanently.
If it is a good permanent solution, the price you suggest is not out the way. But the system is costing near 1/3 the purchase price of new 750mm girth closed ridge cappings at that.

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

They would be 25mm thick, we can offer a PE version that would be cheaper but the Supaseal is a far better quality foam which has a 25 year performace guarantee. Other added bonus are the birds, mice and rats don't seem to like eating the Supaseal foam compared to the PE foam.

We now only stock Supaseal foam fillers for all of our profiles as i think it is a better product.

These are designed to be a snug fit but with all foam fillers we would advise the use of a butyl mastic (or similar) to keep them i place.

 

[David.]

How much would Profile 6 Supaseal eaves fillers be?

 

[Tinman Steels Ltd]

Hi David

Our Big 6 Superseal Black fillers come in packs of five pairs, so each pack will do the eaves and ridge of 5 sheets and are £11.95 + vat, postage via TNT is £8.95 + vat and we can send out around 10 packs so 50 pairs in the single TNT postage.

 

[David.]

Thanks, are they the same 25mm thickness?