Newmarket · Suffolk
Pitched roofs in Newmarket
Tile and slate pitched roofing across Newmarket, repaired properly or stripped and re-covered when repairing it would only buy you a season.
Pitched roofs in Newmarket
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Pitched roofs on Newmarket property
Victorian slate and clay tile in the town, and stable, barn and yard roofs on the studs around it. That mix is why a pitched roof job here is never quite the same twice.
Pitched roofs on Newmarket roofs
In town it is mostly slate, and slate work is unforgiving. If the nails have corroded then patching one slipped slate just moves the problem along the course, so we will tell you honestly when a slope needs stripping and re-hanging rather than patching. Out on the yards it is usually roof sheeting, gutter lines and getting the work done without disrupting the string.
Half the pitched roofs we are asked to look at have already been repaired by somebody else. Mortar smeared along a verge, a tile bedded in cement, foam sprayed underneath. None of it is cheaper in the end, because it all has to come off before the real repair can start, and the timber underneath has usually had another two wet winters.
It matters here because the heath is open and the wind funnels along it, so slate slipping and ridge movement are the usual outcome., and a pitched roof that is losing its fixings sheds tiles fastest on exactly that kind of exposure.
What the job includes
- Dry ridge and dry verge systems, mechanically fixed rather than bedded in mortar
- New treated battens and a breathable membrane on any full re-cover
- New lead soakers and flashings where the roof meets a wall, chimney or valley
- Eaves protection, ventilation and the guttering reset properly at the end
Signs to look for
- Sagging along the ridge or between the rafters
- Tiles or slates that have slipped, cracked or gone missing after wind
- Daylight visible through the roof from inside the loft
Repair or re-cover in Newmarket
On a full re-cover we strip back to the rafters so we can actually see the timber. That is the only point in the life of a roof where anything wrong with the structure is visible and cheap to put right, so it is worth doing properly: new treated batten, a breathable membrane, and the ridge and verge fixed mechanically rather than bedded.
Getting to you in Newmarket
We cover Newmarket, the yards around it and the villages on the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire border, including Exning, Kentford, Moulton, Dullingham, Cheveley, Ashley, Woodditton and Red Lodge.
- Exning
- Kentford
- Moulton
- Dullingham
- Cheveley
- Ashley
- Woodditton
- Red Lodge
Our work
Pitched roofs work
FAQs
Pitched roofs in Newmarket: your questions
How long does a pitched roof last?
A concrete interlocking tile roof laid in the sixties or seventies is typically good for fifty to sixty years on the tiles themselves, but the felt underlay and the mortar bedding underneath will usually need attention well before that, often at around thirty years. Welsh slate outlasts its nails, so a slate roof is normally condemned by corroded fixings rather than by the slate.
Do I need scaffolding?
For any full re-cover, and for most work above single storey, yes. It is the only safe way to work and it goes in the written quote as a line you can see, not hidden inside the price.
Do you do pitched roofs in Newmarket?
Yes. Newmarket is one of the towns we cover as standard, along with Exning, Kentford, Moulton and the villages around them.
What does a pitched roofs job in Newmarket start with?
A free survey. We come out, get on the roof where it is safe to, photograph what we find and send you a written quote. There is no charge for that and no obligation afterwards.
Pitched roofs in Newmarket
Call 07934 565 449 or send the form and we will come out, look at it properly and put a price in writing.