A full re-roof in slate or tile, stripped back to the rafters and rebuilt properly. Old covering off and away, timbers checked, breathable membrane and treated battens on, then the new covering set out so the courses run true and the ridge sits straight. Every roof is priced from a written estimate after we have been up and looked, not guessed from the pavement.
The old tiles, felt and battens come off and go in the skip so the timbers can actually be seen. Rotten rafter feet, split battens and failed valley boards get found at this stage rather than three winters later. If something needs replacing you are told before it is replaced, with a price, not after.
Breathable membrane lapped and dressed into the gutter, treated battens gauged to the tile so the courses come out even, and eaves trays where the roof needs them. This is the half of a new roof that decides whether it lasts thirty years, and it is the half that never shows in a photograph.
Natural slate, fibre cement slate, plain tile or interlocking concrete, laid to the gauge the manufacturer asks for. Verges either dry fixed or bedded and pointed, hips and ridges mechanically fixed rather than relying on mortar alone, and valleys formed so water goes where it should.
Scaffold, skips and magnet sweeps for nails are part of the job, not an extra. When the roof is finished you get the guarantee in writing before we pack up, and the final bill matches the written estimate unless you asked for something extra along the way.
A standard three bedroom semi in Salisbury is usually four to six working days once the scaffold is up, weather permitting. Bigger detached houses, cut and pitched roofs or anything with several valleys and dormers run longer. We give you a realistic run of days in the written estimate rather than a best case that falls apart the first wet week.
Yes, any full re-roof needs a proper scaffold with a working platform and edge protection. It is included in the written estimate, so the figure you are given is the figure you pay. Nobody strips a roof off a ladder, and anyone offering to is telling you something about the rest of the job.
Mostly the house decides. If the roof is currently natural slate, and especially if it sits in a conservation area around Salisbury or Marlborough, slate is normally what goes back on. Interlocking concrete tiles are quicker and cheaper to lay but heavier and less at home on older properties. We will tell you what suits the roof and what the planners are likely to accept.
The roof is stripped in sections rather than all at once, and whatever is open at the end of the day gets sheeted and weighted. Membrane goes on the same day the battens do. If the forecast is genuinely bad we would rather not open the roof up that morning, which is why the day count in the estimate has some room in it.
Yes. Skips are on the estimate and the waste is our problem, not yours. The drive gets swept, the garden gets checked over, and a magnet goes over the ground for nails before the scaffold comes down.
Based at New Street in Salisbury and working up to 100 miles out across Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Berkshire, so a look at your job is rarely more than a couple of days away.
Send a photo or two through WhatsApp, or ring us, and we will come out and give you a free written estimate.