Lincolnshire
Flat roofing in Scunthorpe
Garage, extension and porch roofs laid to fall and finished to last, replacing felt that has blistered, split or started holding water.
Almost every house on the older estates here has a flat roof somewhere: an attached garage, a porch, a rear extension added later. They were laid at the same time as everything else and they have reached the same point.
What we usually find
- Water standing well after the rain has stopped, because the fall was never enough
- Blisters and splits across an old felt covering
- Chippings washed into one corner, which shows where the water is really going
- A soft patch underfoot, meaning the deck has taken water for some time
- Damp on the wall where the flat roof meets the house
The fall matters more than the covering
Re-covering a roof that ponds gives you a new roof that ponds, and it fails the same way the old one did. So the falls go back in with firrings first, soft decking is replaced rather than covered, upstands and edge trims are formed properly, and the outlet is put where the water actually wants to go. Then the covering goes on in the system that suits the roof and the budget, and we will explain what separates the options instead of naming one.
Attached garages, done properly at the junction
The attached garage is the most common flat roof on these estates and the junction with the house wall is where it leaks. That detail gets the attention it needs rather than a bead of mastic. Everything is photographed, quoted free in writing, guaranteed and insured.
- 10 year guarantee
- Quotes are free and put in writing
- The price agreed is the price you pay
- Insurance in place on every job
- Rated 5.0 by our customers
Our work
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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
Flat Roofing in Scunthorpe: common questions
The damp is on the house wall, not the garage ceiling. Is the flat roof to blame?
Very often, yes. Water gets in at the upstand where the roof meets the wall and tracks inside from there. Re-covering the roof without correcting that junction leaves the damp exactly where it was.
How long should a flat roof last?
It depends on the system and whether water can get off it. Proper falls and a decent covering last many years; a roof that ponds fails early whatever it is covered with.
Can it just be patched?
Sometimes, and we will say so when a patch is genuinely right. Where the deck has gone soft, a patch moves the leak rather than stopping it, and the photographs will show you which you have.
Do you do porches and extensions as well as garages?
Yes, all of them, across DN15, DN16 and DN17.
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