Slate And Tile Roofing in Madeley, Staffordshire

It's one of the fir st que sti ons we get ask ed: 'Sho uld I go fo r sla te or ti le?' The re's no sin gle rig ht ans wer; it rea lly dep end s on you r hou se and you r bud get. Nat ur al sla te—thi nk Wel sh, Spa nis h, or Bra zi lia n—loo ks stu nni ng on old er Ma de ley pro per tie s. It's inc red ib ly dur ab le and dev el ops a bea ut i ful cha rac ter ove r ti me. If you're aft er som e thi ng a bit mor e mod ern or bud get-fri end ly, con cre te or cl ay ti les are fan tas tic op tio ns. They com e in loa ds of col ou rs and sha pes, mak ing it ea sy to mat ch the loo k of you r nei gh bou rs' hom es. We'll cha t you thr ough the pro s and con s of ea ch, fro m the wei ght on you r raf ter s to how they'll loo k in twe nty yea rs.

Ha ve you not ice d a str ay sla te ly ing on the gra ss or a bit of gri t in you r gut ter s? The se are oft en the fir st war nin g si gns tha t you r roo f nee ds a bit of TLC. Sl ipp ed sla tes or cra cke d ti les mi ght see m li ke sma ll iss ues, but they're an ope n inv i ta tio n fo r wat er to see p in to you r lo ft. Be fo re you kno w it, you're dea lin g wi th dam p pat che s on the cei lin g and a muc h big ger re pai r bi ll. We're big bel ie ver s in cat chi ng thi ng s ear ly. Som e ti mes, a qui ck bit of re-bed din g or rep oin tin g on you r rid ge ti les is all it tak es to ke ep eve ry thi ng wa ter ti ght fo r yea rs to com e.

Wh ile we lov e tra dit ion al cra fts man shi p, we're not stu ck in the pas t. Wh en we in stal l a new roo f or car ry out a ma jor re roo f ing pro jec t, we use mod ern mat er ia ls tha t out per for m the old stu ff. Ins te ad of the old-fas hio ned bit um en fel t tha t ten ds to cra ck and rot, we use hi gh-qua li ty bre ath ab le mem bra nes. This lets you r lo ft 'bre ath e' whi le ke ep ing the ra in out. We al so hi gh ly rec om men d dry rid ge and dry ver ge sys tem s. These are mech an ic al fix ing s tha t rep lac e tra dit ion al mor tar, whi ch eve ntu al ly crum bles. It mea ns no mor e wor ry ing abo ut rid ge ti les blo win g off in a ga le.

A roo f is on ly as go od as its wea kes t poi nt, and tha t's usu al ly whe re thi ng s jo in to ge ther. You r chim ney and the val ley s whe re dif fer ent roo f sec tio ns me et re ly on le ad fla shi ng to sta y dry. If you r le ad is thi nni ng or the mor tar aro und you r chim ney sta ck is star tin g to fa il, wat er wi ll fin d its way in. Our te am are ex per ts in tra dit ion al le ad work, fro m in stal lin g soa ker s to com plex val ley li ner s. We al so han dle fu ll chim ney re bui lds or sim ple cap pin g if you r chim ney is no lon ger in use. It's all par t of the ser vi ce to en sur e you r hom e is com ple te ly se ale d.