Roof Repairs in Horwich
Roof leaks found and fixed, tiles and slates replaced, ridges rebedded. Quick, tidy roof repairs that deal with the cause, not just the drip. North toward the moors, a short drive.
Roof Repairs for Homes in Horwich
Most of the roof repairs we do in Horwich are on the older stone roofs. The traditional stone slates were hung on oak pegs over timber laths and pointed underneath with lime torching, and after a century of moorland weather the pegs rot and the torching falls away, so slates work loose and slide down the steep pitch. We match reclaimed stone slate to the rest of the roof, hang and bed the run true, and check the courses either side while we are up there, because on a stone roof one slipped slate is usually the first sign of more to come.
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
On the newer tiled roofs around Middlebrook and the estates it tends to be a cracked ridge, a lifted flashing or a tile shifted by the wind off the moors. Because the rain up here is driven hard off Winter Hill, it gets under a loose edge and into the roof before there is a mark on the ceiling. We trace where the water is getting in, which is rarely straight above where the damp shows, and put right the cause rather than the symptom. If a repair is all it needs, that is what we quote.
- Slipped, cracked and missing tiles and slates replaced
- Leaks traced to the source and fixed
- Ridge and hip tiles rebedded or dry-fixed
- Lead flashing repaired and dressed in
- Valleys cleared and relined
- Storm damage made safe quickly
How It Works
Roof Repairs in Horwich, FAQs
On the old stone roofs it is usually the fixings giving up. The oak pegs rot and the lime torching under the slates crumbles, so slates slip off the steep pitch one by one. A few can be rehung, but once it is happening across the roof it is a sign the slope is due a full overhaul, and we will tell you which stage yours is at.
Both. A single slipped stone slate or a cracked ridge on a house in BL6 is a normal call-out for us, and small local jobs are how a lot of Horwich customers first find us.
The obvious sign is a damp patch or drip on a ceiling, but earlier clues are stained loft timbers, wet insulation, daylight showing through the roof, or tiles in the garden after wind. If you can see any of those, it is worth getting it looked at before the next heavy rain.
It depends on what has failed and how easy it is to reach. Replacing a couple of slipped tiles is a small job; a relined valley or a rebedded ridge line is bigger. We look first, then give you an exact written price, so you are never guessing.
Nearly always. We source reclaimed and new tiles and slates to match what is on your roof, so the repair blends in rather than sitting there as an obvious patch.