The short answer
Which? gives £80 to £300 for a new ridge tile, ex VAT (Nov 2025). MyJobQuote says ridge work runs between £225 and £550 (Oct 2026). These are national guide ranges, not our prices. Where your repair lands depends on how much ridge is involved, how it is fixed and how awkward it is to reach.
Two national guides
Two national cost guides cover ridge tile work, and they measure slightly different things.
Which? (Nov 2025) gives £80 to £300 for a new ridge tile. The figure is per job and ex VAT, since the guide says its prices include labour and materials but leave out VAT.
MyJobQuote (Oct 2026) says replacing ridge tiles falls between £225 and £550. The guide does not say whether VAT is included, so it is worth checking with any quote you receive.
The two ranges overlap, and the lower end of one meets the upper end of the other. A single tile near the eaves of a bungalow sits at the bottom. A longer length across a two-storey house with a tower or scaffold sits higher.
All of these are published across the country. They do not describe what Fortis Roofing Farnborough charges, and they cannot stand in for a survey of your own roof. They give a sense of scale, and a quote far outside them deserves a question.
Only a survey fixes the figure for your roof, once the length, the method and the access are known.
What pushes a ridge quote up or down
Several things push a ridge repair up or down.
- The length of ridge involved. A few tiles at one end cost much less than the whole ridge.
- The way it is fixed. Re-bedding in mortar and fitting a dry-fix system are different jobs with different materials.
- Access. Reaching a low ridge from a ladder at the eaves is quick, whereas a high roof needs a tower or scaffold, and that can cost more than the tiles.
- The state of what lies beneath. A ridge board or batten that has rotted needs carpentry before tiles go back.
- Tile type. A common profile is easy to match. A discontinued one may need reclaimed tiles.
The condition of the tiles themselves matters too. Cracked or flaking ridge tiles are replaced, and each one adds a little.
Ask whether each quote includes VAT and scaffolding, since either can shift the total a long way. Citizens Advice recommends written quotes from at least 3 traders, and the comparison is fairest when each covers the same length of ridge by the same method.
Our page on roof tile replacement cost gives the figures for ordinary tiles on the slope.
Re-bedding or dry-fix
There are two main ways to fix a ridge, and the choice affects the cost and the life of the repair.
Re-bedding in mortar keeps the traditional look. The old bedding is cleared, and the ridge tiles are laid on fresh mortar. Marley's reading of the 2014 revision of BS 5534 is that mortar strength by itself can no longer be counted on, so the tiles should be held mechanically too.
A dry-fix ridge uses clips, screws and a vented trim instead of a mortar bed. BS 8612 tests these systems, and without mortar there is nothing that can crack and no waiting for it to set.
For a short repair, re-bedding may cost less, because the materials are cheap and the job is over quickly. Dry-fix often makes better sense when the whole ridge has failed, because the labour is similar and the same fault should not return. MyJobQuote (Oct 2026) puts a dry verge system between £500 and £2,000, which gives a feel for what dry-fix parts cost along a roof edge, though a ridge is a different length and a different set of parts.
Our page on dry ridge versus mortar compares the two methods in detail.
Getting a fair price
A fair price starts with an accurate picture of the job. The ridge is checked from a ladder or by camera, the loose or cracked tiles and the bedding are recorded and the length is measured. You see the evidence, so the quote is tied to what your roof needs.
You receive one total in writing. A ridge repair is never padded into a bigger job: if a few tiles will do, that is what is quoted. If the whole ridge has failed, you are shown why and given the choice of re-bedding or dry-fix, with the reasoning for each.
A ridge tile close to falling gets dealt with first, since it is a hazard to anyone below.
When comparing quotes, ask each firm how much ridge it is covering, how the tiles will be fixed, whether scaffolding and VAT are included and who clears away the old mortar and broken tiles afterwards. Our page on repairing loose hip tiles covers the neighbouring job on the hips.
The pitched roofing hub covers our other tile and edge work around Farnborough, Aldershot and Fleet.
