A  sound Roofing service is what we offer our roofing service is committed to providing the highest standard of roofing weather it be a small roof repair or a complete roof renewal, all our roofing renewals are fully guarenteed with a full manufactures roof material guarantee, the roof is one of the most important parts of any home and a failing roof can be detrimental to the whole structure, roofs cand leak for many reasons the main being the age of a roof, flat roofs are estimated to have a life span of 20 to 30 years providing the roofing contractor has installed the roof in the correct manor for the roofing materials being installed, pitched roofs have a much larger life span again depending on the roofing materials being used firstly our flat roofing systems are all high quality torch on roofing felts that come with 10 to 25 year guarentees, these roofing materials come in a smart mineral roof finish with no stones to block the gutters and downpipes causing more damage to the property, in most cases the owner of a property would expect to renew a flat roof at least once but pitched roofs well installed can last a life time. The pitched roof main proble over time are valleys on gables etc back gutters to chimney stacks and flashings to wall abutments mainly Lead flashings, firstly a roof valley will wear quicker than the roof due mainly to the work the valley has to do roof valley collect water from 2 roof slopes and dirrect it to the guttering so when a valley does start to leak the amount of water the roof will let in could be quite damaging of the roof valley will be leaking in a small manor but causing damage to the roof timbers valley boards and ceiling, roof valleys can be renewed simply without renewing the entire roof, lead flashings are also another common problem with a pitched roof, lead fashings to chimney stacks and parapit walls etc took over from cement fillets and roof dentils that sealed the roof abutments between roof and wall abutments, Lead flashings where introduced mainly due to timber roof movement due to drying timber rafters, purlin's the roof timber would shrink causing the roof to move and this would crack the roof fillet which would cause a leak, this became more of a problem when loft rooms are made in the loft space or loft conversions due to the fact that the roof covering is close to the ceiling with very little brickwork in the parapit between to soak up the water thus staining the ceiling, due to the fact that Lead flashings are chased into the wall and rest on the roof this allows the roof to move without causing damage to the flashing making a better long term roof seal between parapit or wall and roof.

There are many diffrent types of roofing materials for pitched roofs and flat roofing surfaces, slates are a natural choice and have been used for hundreds of years, slate roofs are probably the longest lasting roof's due to slate being natural and no breaking down like man made composite slates, the choices of natural roof slates are welsh slates which are the highest quality and quaranteed to last for hundreds of years, these roof slates are used on most foofs on public buildings and listed buildings. Then there are the cheaper imported roof slates from spain and china these slate give the roof a natural slate at a cost effective price, the slate quality is far below the welsh slate but offers a viable alternative, there are quite a fue man made roof slates on the market the most well know in the eternit roof slate, the eternit roofing slate is very good when a weight factor on the roof needs to be considered and is cost effective the roof life span will not be as good as the natuaral roofing slate but will deliver around 5o year roof free problems, britslate and rivondale are more options, these are fibre glass made to look more like natural slate than the eternit, in all they are all good roofing materials in there own right and will deliver the required job to prevent water leaking into your property. Tiled roof materials are fully man made and due to being a composite will not deliver the life span of natural slates, roof tilesare very cost effective and can cover a large roof area quickly and cheaply the down side is the weight of roof tiles and this weight must be considered with the roof structure, often it can be seen where slates have been taken from a roof and tiles fitted in replacement leading to over loading which in turn will cause a lot of damage to the roof structure and possibly the property, if additional weight load is added to these properties additional timber support will be required, personally I think this should be avoided if possible and the roof should be relaced like for like as near as possible.

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