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Hecker V shaped ridge caps
Posted on 10/27/21 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 10/27/21 at 10:18 pm
We will be getting a price soon on them for our roof.
I have read mostly good about them, except that they are expensive. Apparently you need to watch and re-caulk them fairly often.
Anyone that has them, do you have any thoughts of pros/cons?
I have read mostly good about them, except that they are expensive. Apparently you need to watch and re-caulk them fairly often.
Anyone that has them, do you have any thoughts of pros/cons?
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:02 am to Tiger Attorney
You don’t have to do shite to them if you don’t want to. Had them on my house 15 years. Yeah dirty but still look good.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:04 am to Art Vandelay
They look so good on all the houses getting built in Old Metairie currently.
Also, I have yet to see the hurricane do any damage to them, whereas myself and numerous neighbors lost plenty of regular ridgecaps.
Also, I have yet to see the hurricane do any damage to them, whereas myself and numerous neighbors lost plenty of regular ridgecaps.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:30 pm to Tiger Attorney
If that’s the concrete tiles I see all around BR, they sure do streak bad after a few years
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:04 pm to Redfish2010
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that’s the concrete tiles I see all around BR, they sure do streak bad after a few years
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Posted on 10/30/21 at 6:41 pm to Tiger Attorney
Hecker Atlas V tiles.
They use to have a plant next to roofing products in Jefferson.
Then they moved by the Airport in Hammond.
Back then due to the heat of the oven they ran production at night or early mornings.
They made them to match the slate tile in New Orleans and then it grew for looks to be over hip and ridges on fiberglass shingled roofs.
Not much to them except they break very easily shipping to the jobsite.
You figure out about 16" per coverage and some people say 18".
Colors use to be Black, brown, light brown, and red.
Most people just use black and brown.
Mix was 40% black 40% brown 20% light brown for a general mix to lighten the look up on a driftwood/weatherwood roof or onyx black/charcoal/ roof. Very few people use the red and if they do it maybe a tile here or there.
They make an size for steep pitch roofs and size for 8 on 12 or less.
Get to right tile for your roof pitch or it looks like crap.
You really do not hear much about people having issues with them.
Some people put hip and ridge could be 3-tab or matching hip and ridge under the tile. This protects against water coming into your hip and ridge areas.
Some people do not put hip and ridge under it.
Basically tile with nails and mortar to keep it in place.
Just for decoration versus practical use.
Years ago $6 to $7 an 16" or 18" tile retail x's it by two for installation.
They probably gone up by now.
I would keep 2 black and 2 brown incase one breaks in the attic.
This way you have a spare.
Just like shingles keep a pack or so in your attic or shed.
This way if you need to replace one or two shingles you not only have the right color/brand, but you have the right run of that shingle.
The look on a shingle can vary by run even though it is the same shingle.
That is why good roofing supply houses do not mix shingles.
They use to have a plant next to roofing products in Jefferson.
Then they moved by the Airport in Hammond.
Back then due to the heat of the oven they ran production at night or early mornings.
They made them to match the slate tile in New Orleans and then it grew for looks to be over hip and ridges on fiberglass shingled roofs.
Not much to them except they break very easily shipping to the jobsite.
You figure out about 16" per coverage and some people say 18".
Colors use to be Black, brown, light brown, and red.
Most people just use black and brown.
Mix was 40% black 40% brown 20% light brown for a general mix to lighten the look up on a driftwood/weatherwood roof or onyx black/charcoal/ roof. Very few people use the red and if they do it maybe a tile here or there.
They make an size for steep pitch roofs and size for 8 on 12 or less.
Get to right tile for your roof pitch or it looks like crap.
You really do not hear much about people having issues with them.
Some people put hip and ridge could be 3-tab or matching hip and ridge under the tile. This protects against water coming into your hip and ridge areas.
Some people do not put hip and ridge under it.
Basically tile with nails and mortar to keep it in place.
Just for decoration versus practical use.
Years ago $6 to $7 an 16" or 18" tile retail x's it by two for installation.
They probably gone up by now.
I would keep 2 black and 2 brown incase one breaks in the attic.
This way you have a spare.
Just like shingles keep a pack or so in your attic or shed.
This way if you need to replace one or two shingles you not only have the right color/brand, but you have the right run of that shingle.
The look on a shingle can vary by run even though it is the same shingle.
That is why good roofing supply houses do not mix shingles.
This post was edited on 10/30/21 at 6:52 pm
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