Roofers in Thetford

The roofs we see in Thetford

Thetford has an unusual roof profile for the area because of the London overspill building. Whole estates went up in the sixties and seventies with concrete interlocking tile and mortar bedded ridges, and they have all reached the same age at the same time. Alongside that there is the older flint and brick core of the town, where the chimneys are tall, the lead is original and the stacks take the full force of the weather.

Thetford is the town we get called to most often for lead work. The tall stacks on the older property need soakers, back gutters and stepped flashings cut into the brickwork properly rather than sealed over with mastic, and a lot of what we are asked to look at has been patched that way before. On the overspill estates it is ridges, verges and the first full re-roofs.

What we get called out for in Thetford

Lead work, more than anywhere else we cover. Stepped flashings and back gutters on the tall stacks in the older part of town, and on the overspill estates it is ridge and verge mortar, then full re-roofs as the sixties coverings come to an end.

Signs your roof needs looking at

• Mortar missing from the ridge or the edge of the roof
• Lead flashing that has lifted, rippled or been sealed over with mastic
• Green streaks running down the wall below a gutter joint
• Sagging along the ridge line when you look from across the road
• Felt visibly torn or hanging down when you look up at the eaves