In reply to Dax H:
> The cost has been 2 arms plus a leg.
Yeah ... the quotes I'm getting in are not cheap.
Maybe there is another angle to this. Maybe the question is: Over, say, 20 years - does it pay to upgrade your hip ridges to dry ridge or are you better off just continually patching them up?
Dry Ridge Costs
CheckATrade suggesting £60 per meter [1] not including scaffolding. I used google maps "estimate distance" feature to guess that I've got about 34m of hip ridge. £60 * 34m = £2040. I'm going to guess that it's a 2 day job(?), but that they need scaffolding on site for a day either side ... which basically means scaffolding for a week since they're unlikely to be able to put it to another job. Let's assume scaffolding for 1 week, inc putting up and taking down = £800(?). So total = ~£2850 for the whole job. Am I even close?
Question then is .. how much maintenance on dry ridge? I'd like to hope next to nothing over 20 years.
Patching Mortar Costs
I get someone up there every 4(?) years @ £500 a shot. Am I close? So £2500 over 20 yrs.
Am I even in the right ball park with costs? Does anyone have any experience with maintenance costs on dry ridge?
[1] https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/dry-ridge-system-installation-...