New Roofs in Horwich
Full re-roofs with nothing skipped: stripped to the timbers, new membrane and battens, tiles or slates laid straight, dry ridge as standard. North toward the moors, a short drive.
New Roofs for Homes in Horwich
A worn-out stone roof on one of the old Horwich terraces is a specialist re-roof, not a plain strip and re-cover. The gritstone slates are heavy and graded up the pitch in diminishing courses, biggest at the eaves and smallest near the ridge, so before a thing goes back we check the rafters and battens are stout enough to carry that load. Then we relay in reclaimed stone slate, or a natural slate picked to pass in a stone street, bedded over a fresh breathable layer, and rework the ridge, the verges and the leadwork so the covering throws off the rain that drives down from Winter Hill.
We cover Horwich and the surrounding area: Middlebrook, Lever Park, Chorley New Road, Church Street, Wallsuches and beyond (BL6).
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What’s Included
The interwar semis and the newer estates out toward Middlebrook and the old loco works sit under concrete tile, and that makes for a more ordinary re-roof. When those tiles have crazed and the felt below them has split, patching buys only a season or two, so we take the whole lot off and build the roof back up from the battens, dressing the ridges, verges and valleys to shrug off the heavy moorland rain. We hand you a clear figure to re-roof, plus a figure to mend it where mending still stacks up, so the call is yours on solid numbers.
- Stripped to the rafters, timbers checked and repaired
- Breathable membrane and treated battens throughout
- Concrete tile, clay tile, natural or fibre cement slate
- Dry ridge and dry verge systems as standard
- New lead flashings, chimney work while the scaffold is up
- Waste cleared daily, site left tidy
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New Roofs in Horwich, FAQs
Yes. On the stone rows we take care to match reclaimed stone slate or a close natural slate, so a re-roofed house sits right in the row rather than standing out. Getting the courses and the detailing right is a big part of the job on these older roofs.
It is, and that is exactly why the structure matters. Stone slate weighs a good deal more than tile or Welsh slate, so we check the roof can carry it and fix everything to suit. Where stone is not the right call we will talk you through a lighter slate that still looks right on the street.
The felt is usually the decider. If the membrane under the tiles has gone brittle and torn across large areas, every repair is temporary because water finds the next tear. Widespread nail failure and constant slipped tiles point the same way. We will tell you straight which category your roof is in, and quote a repair instead if that is the better call.
Ridge and hip tiles were traditionally bedded on mortar, which cracks with the seasons and eventually lets tiles come loose. A dry ridge system clamps them mechanically with screws and brackets, allows the roof to breathe, and does not need rebedding every few years. It costs a little more on day one and saves money every year after.
It comes down to the house, the street and the budget. Natural slate looks superb on older houses and lasts generations; fibre cement slate gives a similar look for less; concrete tiles are the workhorse choice. We bring samples and give you prices for each so you can compare them side by side.