Lincolnshire
Fascias, soffits and guttering in Stamford
New fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes, fitted with care on old stone and soft brick.
Guttering is the cheapest thing on a house to put right and among the dearest to leave. On a limestone building it is dearer still, because water running down soft stone for a couple of winters does damage that costs a great deal more than the gutter would have. We fit fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes across Stamford and PE9.
What goes wrong
Gutters block, sag on tired brackets, or part at a joint and drip in one place until the wall below goes green and starts to break down. The fascia behind rots where the felt was cut short and rain has been landing on bare timber for years. Soffits follow, and once there is a gap birds find it.
Old walls need a careful hand
Fixing new rainwater goods to soft limestone or old lime-mortared brick is not the same job as fixing them to a modern estate house. Fixings go into the fascia and the rafter feet rather than into whatever is nearest, and where something has to go into masonry it goes into a joint rather than through the face of a stone. Carelessness here leaves marks that stay for the life of the building.
Cast iron and what replaces it
Some older Stamford properties still carry cast iron rainwater goods, and on a listed building or in the conservation area you may be expected to keep them or match them. There are modern cast-look systems that satisfy that at a fraction of the weight and maintenance. We will tell you what we think applies rather than quietly fitting white plastic on a building that should not have it.
Doing the roof edge too
We take old boards off rather than capping over them, look at the rafter feet and the felt behind, and fit a support tray where the eaves felt has perished so water runs into the gutter instead of behind it. Free written quote, price quoted is the price paid, five or ten year guarantee.
- Work guaranteed for five or ten years
- Free, written quotations
- What we quote is what you pay
- Insured on every single job
- A 5.0 rating from our customers
Our work
Jobs near Stamford
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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
Fascias, Soffits & Guttering in Stamford: common questions
My house has cast iron guttering. Do I have to keep it?
On a listed building or in the conservation area you may well be expected to keep or match it. There are modern cast-look systems that satisfy that with far less weight and upkeep, and we will talk you through the options rather than assume plastic is fine.
Can you just clear the gutters?
Yes, and sometimes that is genuinely all that is wrong. We will tell you if the system is sound and simply full rather than turning a clearance into a replacement.
Will fixing new guttering damage the stone?
Not if it is done properly. Fixings go into the fascia and rafter feet, and where masonry is unavoidable, into a joint rather than through the face of a stone.
How do I know the fascia behind is rotten?
Usually you cannot from the ground, which is why we look before quoting. Flaking paint, a dipping gutter line or green staining down the wall are worth a call.
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