Roofers in Rochester

Keep the proportions of an older roof

Arrange a closer assessment before choosing replacement materials for your Rochester roof. Around the cathedral and High Street, Georgian brick buildings and older stone buildings make roof details especially visible. Tile dimensions, ridge shape and the depth of the eaves contribute to that appearance. A colour match covers only one part of the decision.

Bring photographs showing the roof before any recent damage, together with documents describing earlier alterations. Within Rochester's conservation areas, that record helps explain the existing design. We discuss the physical repair against the features already present. Your proposal should make clear which pieces are retained and how replacement material relates to the adjoining covering.

Read the layers around a rear roof junction

Behind a Troy Town terrace, the roof over an added room meets masonry built at a different time. Successive repairs leave overlapping flashings, patched felt or tiles fitted around earlier work. Tell us about previous changes to your kitchen or loft, even if you do not know when the roof was last renewed.

The visible patch is only part of the junction. An assessment needs to establish how the covering beneath it connects to the wall and directs runoff. We explain what needs exposing before a lasting repair can be specified. That gives you a reason for the proposed work instead of another unexplained layer over the old patch.

Distinguish chimney masonry from flashing faults

A chimney creates several separate weathering details above your home. Mortar joins the bricks, flaunching surrounds the pots, and flashings seal the intersection with the roof. Damage to one does not prove that every component needs replacement. When you request a chimney assessment, describe the position of the damp indoors.

For an inter-war semi in Delce or a house on the climb towards Borstal, the exposed side of the stack deserves attention. Wind-driven rain reaches vertical brickwork as well as the roof beneath. We identify the defective details and separate their repairs in the explanation. You can then understand why repointing, lead repairs or work around the pots has been proposed.

Plan around the building below the roof

Access to a roof above a narrow Rochester frontage differs from access over a Warren Wood garden. A projecting entrance, lower extension or enclosed courtyard changes the arrangement needed to reach the work. Include those features in your first message, along with any restrictions on unloading nearby.

On the Davis Estate, a concrete tiled roof with an attached garage also needs its lower surfaces considered during planning. Discuss the whole working area at your free quote visit. The written work description and price give you a basis for deciding what to commission. Raise questions about the materials and access together, while the repair is being defined.