Lincolnshire
Roofing in Crowland
EverCrest Property Care Ltd covers Crowland and the villages around it. Tell us what needs doing and we will come and look at it.
Crowland sits out on the fen between Spalding and Peterborough, and you can see where you are going from a long way off: the ruined west front of the abbey stands over the town, and Trinity Bridge sits dry in the middle of it where three rivers used to meet. We cover the town and the PE6 fen around it.
Fen weather is hard on a roof
There is very little between Crowland and the wind. Open fen on every side means nothing breaks the gusts before they reach your roof, and it shows in the same handful of faults over and over: ridge mortar cracked and washed out, verges lifted along the gable, tiles slipped on the exposed slope while the sheltered side stays perfect for years. Older brick properties around the abbey and the market place carry clay pantile that has taken a century of it. The newer housing towards the edges of the town has younger roofs, but the wind does not care how new a verge is if it was only ever bedded in mortar.
What we take on here
- Slipped, cracked and missing tiles, and ridge tiles re-bedded
- Dry ridge and dry verge, fixed mechanically so there is no mortar to wash out
- Storm damage made safe, day or night
- Chimney repointing and rebuilds, and lead flashing renewed
- Fascias, soffits and guttering, and flat roofs on garages and extensions
- Full re-roofs where a repair would only buy another winter
How a Crowland job runs
Ring 01406 704369 or send the form and we call you back. We come out, get up on the roof and photograph what we find, so you are looking at the same pictures we are. You are told what needs doing now and what can wait, and the quote comes in writing at no cost. The price quoted is the price paid. Every job is insured and guaranteed for five years at minimum, and a share of what each finished job earns goes to the neonatal unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn.
Our work
Jobs near Crowland
Every photograph here is EverCrest's own, taken on the job.
What people say
In their words, not ours
One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Roofing in Crowland: your questions
Why do my ridge tiles keep coming loose?
Mortar cracks, wind and rain get behind it and frost finishes the job, and there is nothing out on the fen to slow the wind down. Re-bedding restarts the clock. A mechanically fixed dry ridge ends it, because there is no mortar left up there to wash out.
One side of my roof is fine and the other keeps losing tiles. Is that normal?
It is very common here. The exposed slope takes the weather and the sheltered one does not, so they age at completely different rates. It is worth having the exposed side looked at properly rather than replacing tiles on it every year.
Do you cover the villages out on the fen as well as the town?
Yes, the PE6 area around Crowland as well as the town itself. If you are out on the fen roads, ring us the same as anyone in the middle of town.
Something has come off in the wind. Can you come out now?
Ring 01406 704369 at any hour. The phone is answered day and night for storm damage and leaks, and if nobody picks up we are on a roof, so leave a message and you will get a call back.
Nearby
Towns either side of Crowland
Free written quotes · Five year guarantee · Fully insured
Get a straight answer on your roof
Give us a ring. If nobody picks up we are on a roof, so leave a message and you will get a call back.