New Roofs in Westhoughton
Full re-roofs with nothing skipped: stripped to the timbers, new membrane and battens, tiles or slates laid straight, dry ridge as standard. Just east of us, on the Bolton side.
New Roofs for Homes in Westhoughton
On the Westhoughton estates the roofs are trussed-rafter builds from the last few decades, and every so often one reaches the stage where re-covering makes better sense than paying for patch after patch. Once the pressed concrete tiles have worn thin and the felt slung under them back in the eighties or nineties has torn and gone brittle, we lift the whole covering off, roll a modern breathable underlay over fresh treated timber and re-tile in a concrete tile chosen to sit in with the rest of the close. The ridge and the gable verges then go back on a dry-fix system, screwed and clamped rather than sat in sand and cement, and the flashing kits and soakers are swapped out before the platform ever comes down.
We cover Westhoughton and the surrounding area: Daisy Hill, Chequerbent, Wingates, White Horse, Hart Common and beyond (BL5).
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What’s Included
The older heart of Howfen around Church Street and Market Street is a different animal, built in Lancashire stone and slate that has to be tracked down and matched with real care so a newly covered house does not jar against its neighbours. Whatever your roof turns out to be, we set out one figure to strip and re-cover it and, where mending it still makes sense, a second figure to do that instead, and you make the call on hard costs rather than a guess off the pavement.
- 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
How It Works
New Roofs in Westhoughton, FAQs
A typical estate semi or detached in Westhoughton is usually a matter of days once the scaffold is up, weather permitting. We give you a realistic timescale with the quote and leave the site tidy each evening.
Yes. On the Westhoughton estates we match the concrete tile and detailing so a re-roofed house blends into the row, and in the older stone parts of town we source materials to suit rather than leaving one roof standing out.
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.