Cracked Ridge Mortar Repair Lantern

If you live in Cape Town and your home is more than ten years old, chances are good that at some point you will need to deal with a cracked ridge mortar repair. The ridge is the highest point of your roof, where the two sloping sides meet. Mortar here holds the ridge tiles in place and keeps the joint watertight. When it cracks, water finds its way in, and that is where the trouble starts. I have spent years working on roofs across the Cape Peninsula, from the Atlantic Seab