Re-roofing and new roofs in Newark

There is a point where patching stops being thrift and becomes a standing order. When the same roof wants attention every winter, or the felt has perished right across the slope, a re-roof costs less over any sensible span of years. We re-roof houses across Newark-on-Trent and the villages, NG22 to NG24.

What the job actually is

The old covering comes off completely, back to the rafters. A breathable membrane goes on, the roof is re-battened throughout in treated timber, and the new covering is laid from the eaves up. Membrane and battens are the parts nobody ever sees and the parts that decide how long the roof lasts, which is precisely why they are what gets trimmed on a cheap quote.

When the timber underneath has gone

Occasionally the covering comes off and the structure below is not fit to take a new one. On one of our jobs the pantiles came off a brick cottage and the roof was rebuilt on new rafters before anything else happened, because a new covering over tired timber inherits every fault that timber has, and it is the one part you cannot correct later without stripping the roof twice. We would rather find that out and tell you than lay a good roof on a bad frame.

Ridge, verge and everything the scaffold reaches

We fit dry ridge and dry verge as standard: mechanically fixed rather than bedded in mortar, so there is nothing up there to crack and need repointing in a few years. A re-roof is also the moment to re-lead the chimney and replace fascias, soffits and guttering, because the scaffold is already up and doing it later means paying for access twice.

Getting a price

Ring 01406 704369 or send the form. We get on the roof, photograph what is there and talk through the options, including not re-roofing yet if the roof has years left. The written quote is free and itemised, the price quoted is the price paid, and once you accept we tell you when scaffold, skip and materials arrive.