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Roofer in Cross Gates
A lot of what I do around Cross Gates is telling people their roof is fine. Not every mark on a ceiling is the roof, and not every roof a firm has condemned needs replacing. Getting that right saves more money than any quote ever will.
If it is a claim, I photograph the damage before anything is touched and write it up the way insurers ask for. Doing that after the repair is too late, and it is the most common reason a straightforward claim gets argued about.
Most asked for
What people in Cross Gates ring roofers about
- Chimney repointing
- Roof windows and skylights
- Moss removal on north slopes
- Ridge and hip re-bedding
Roofs around here
Why Cross Gates roofs need pointing more than tiles
This is interwar and 1930s semi country: concrete interlocking tile, hipped roofs more often than gabled, and generous eaves with the original clay or early plastic guttering still on plenty of them. The tiles themselves are tough and routinely outlive everything holding them down.
Which is why the work here is almost never the field of the roof. It is ridges, hips and verges, where bedding mortar that was thin to start with has had ninety winters of freeze and thaw. Being told a roof like this needs stripping is worth a second opinion, because usually it needs pointing.
What I do most in Cross Gates
Roof leaking in Cross Gates?
Ring me and I will get out to look at it. Free quote, in writing, and I will tell you if it does not need doing.
Call 07770 902292Common questions
A firm said my 1930s roof needs stripping. Does it?
Often not. On these houses the concrete tiles usually outlive the mortar holding the ridges, hips and verges, so what looks like a failing roof is a pointing job. Get a second opinion before agreeing to a re-roof, and ask them to show you a tile that has actually failed.
Will I be dealing with you or a salesman?
Me. I quote the job, I do the job, and I am the one you ring afterwards. No call centre and no lads you have never met on your roof.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Guarantee length depends on the job and the materials, and it is written on the quote before you agree to anything.
How do I know if I need a repair or a whole new roof?
Age, spread and the state of the battens underneath. One slipped tile is a repair. Widespread slippage on a roof past fifty years old usually is not. I will tell you honestly which one you are looking at.
Do you do small jobs?
Yes, and they are most of what I do. A single tile, a bit of guttering, a chimney flaunching. The jobs bigger firms will not turn out for.
Nearby
I cover these too, usually on the same run.
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