Slate roofing in Harpenden from Reliable Roofers Ltd, six miles away in Luton: re-slating the Edwardian villas along Milton Road, Station Road and the Avenues with their original Welsh slate sorted and reused, repairing slipped and broken slates properly, and renewing the lead and ridges that go with them, priced in writing before any work starts.
Harpenden's Edwardian houses were roofed in good Welsh slate, and a century on the slate is mostly fine; the iron nails and the lead are not. The symptoms are slates in the gutter after wind, a rash of lead tingles from previous quick fixes, and damp around the chimney breasts where the stepped flashings have pulled away. On the bigger houses around Rothamsted and East Common there are valleys, dormers and multiple stacks, all of which need proper lead rather than mastic.
A re-slate from us strips the roof, sorts the slates on the ground, discards the cracked and delaminated ones, lays breathable membrane and new battens, and re-lays the sound slates with copper or stainless nails at the correct headlap for the pitch, topped up with matched new slate. New soakers, step and cover flashings, valleys and aprons in code 4 or 5 lead, and the ridge re-bedded in clay or replaced like for like. In the conservation areas we specify exactly that, so the council has nothing to object to.
Photos of our own jobs. Tap to enlarge.
Natural slate roof with new lead flashing around a brick chimney
Grey slate-effect roof completed around a chimney
Tell us what the roof is doing. A photo of the outside and of any damp inside is usually enough for a price range.
We find the cause, not the stain, and tell you whether it is a repair or a replacement.
Itemised, with materials named and dates set. Nothing starts until you have it.
Our own team does the work, photographs each stage and leaves the site clean.
Usually, yes. We sort and reuse the sound ones and top up with matched new Welsh or Spanish slate.
Yes. Like-for-like re-slating is normally acceptable and we can advise on what the conservation officer wants.
A semi in about a week; a large detached Edwardian house with dormers and several chimneys can take two.
Yes. Like-for-like re-slating is normally acceptable, and we can advise on what the conservation officer will want to see.
Yes. Individual slates replaced with hooks or tingles, lead renewed and ridges re-bedded. We will tell you honestly when a roof has reached the point where repairs are no longer worth it.
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Ring, WhatsApp a photo, or send the form. You get a written price before any work starts, and we reply within one working day.
