Flexible Roof Tile Pointing Material
Monier flexible pointing is an adhesive mechanical fastener for concrete and terracotta hip and ridge tiles.
Flexible roof tile pointing material. Flexible pointing differs from traditional and inherently brittle cement mortar pointing in that it retains a significant post cure flexibility. Jad our qualified roofing specialist teaches you how to point your tiles using monier s flexible pointing for ridge tiles in this instructional video. The cement is prone to cracking and shifting. It s main purpose is to keep moisture out thereby protecting the roofing system and underlying bedding.
Repointing roof tiles is commonly recommended to replace the cement mortar used for pointing before 1995. Visit us today for the widest range of cement products products. Flexipoint is a trowelable custom coloured permanently flexible adhesive that is used to point the ridge caps of tiled roofs. To bed the tile you should use sand and cement with concrebond added to provide a good bond.
You may also need repointing for roofing built after 1995. Maxipoint is premixed ready to use flexible pointing compound developed specifically for the roofing contractor. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only. Just open the pail and start working.
Ridgeway carry flexible pointing in a range of popular colours designed to point ridge caps on concrete and terracotta roof tiles. Contact rla technical support for technical and material safety data sheets. Once capping is bedded then cut back the bedding mortar approximately 2 5 millimetres from the edge of the tile to allow room for the roofbond flexible pointing. Apply the roofbond flexible pointing with a pointing trowel.
We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect service. Proven on roofs for over 20 years. Flexible pointing or flexi point is a water based polymer compound that adheres to roofing tiles and ridge caps on tile roofs in australia. Maxipoint flexible pointing provides a non cracking fade resistant alternative to sand cement and oxide pointing work.
It has been designed to meet as4046 8 2015 standards for the fixing of hip and ridge tiles. Check out our range of roof tile pointing products at your local bunnings warehouse. Roofbond flexible pointing is an acrylic compound applied using a pointing trowel and is surface dry in 4 5 hours. Reinforce your roof as you repair.
It seals the ridge cap to the standard tile or gable end. Available in a 15 litre tub.