When fitting new uPVC barge boards to the gable ends of a house  it is necessary to remove the existing wooden barge boards.

Sometimes when removing the old wooden barge boards it become apparent that the tile under cloaking has been attached to it and because of this the removal of the barge boards causes instability in the tile edge.

When the house was constructed the barge boards were attached to the rafters of the gable ends of the house prior to the roof being tiled. When a roof is tiled the edges, tiles which run up the gable end are cemented in place to prevent the wind blowing them of and also to stop water entering under the edge tiles. To facilitate this a flat area to bed the cement on is required. This flat surface is called under cloaking and is usually made up of plain flat tiles which are broken or cut in half. These are then fitted above the gable end barge boards over hanging the barge board. A course of sand and cement mixed is then laid on the under cloaking and the main roof tiles are laid on this and later pointed in. These sections of plain tile (under cloaking) should be fixed to the rafter behind the barge board even though they still over hang the barge board as this would allow the barge board to be removed but unfortunately not all roofers are very bright and some resort to attaching the under cloaking to the barge board. Initially this is not a problem but in time the barge boards need to be changed, may be because they are starting to rot. If the tile under cloaking is fixed to the barge boards then to replace this board either with a new wooden one or a uPVC replacement would entail removing and replacing the tile edge as well.

All Weathered Exteriors replace tile edges if they are required.

Pictures showing the replacement of a tile edge after the fitting of Swish uPVC barge boards and new under cloaking