Roofers in Haverhill

The roofs we see in Haverhill

Haverhill is the biggest single roofing market we cover and it is almost entirely a post war town. The old core is small; the rest went up as London overspill from the late fifties onwards and then kept growing, so you have estate after estate of concrete interlocking tile on mortar bedded ridges, all built within a couple of decades of each other and all reaching the same age at the same time.

That is why Haverhill throws up so much of the same work. Ridge and verge mortar cracking and dropping out, felt underlay torn back at the eaves so water runs behind the fascia, and first generation roofs now due a full strip and re-cover. The newer estates on the edges are starting to show the same thing about ten years behind the older ones.

What we get called out for in Haverhill

Ridge and verge mortar that has cracked and started dropping out, torn felt at the eaves letting water in behind the fascia, and first full re-roofs on the older overspill estates. Because so much of Haverhill went up inside the same twenty years, whole streets tend to need the same job at the same time.

Signs your roof needs looking at

• Lead flashing that has lifted, rippled or been sealed over with mastic
• Mortar missing from the ridge or the edge of the roof
• A ridge tile sitting visibly proud of the line next to it
• Green streaks running down the wall below a gutter joint
• Fascia or bargeboard paint flaking, with the timber going dark underneath