Roofing
Roof Restoration & Lead Repairs
Natural slate roofs, lead flashings and gutters, cast rainwater goods and traditional roof detailing.
Nothing destroys a historic building faster than water. Roof restoration is the single most valuable conservation investment most owners can make. We re-slate in matched natural slate, form lead in traditional codes and details, and reinstate cast rainwater systems that actually clear the water they were designed for.
What this includes
- Natural slate stripping, sorting and re-slating
- Matched salvaged and new Welsh, Killaloe and Bangor slate
- Code 5–8 lead flashings, gutters, valleys and parapet linings
- Cast iron and cast aluminium rainwater goods
- Ridge, hip and verge detailing in traditional materials
- Church roofs, towers, spires and steeples
- Timber structure repair and splice repairs
Our process
- 01
Roof survey
Access inspection of coverings, leadwork and structure.
- 02
Salvage plan
Sorting sound slate for reuse on principal elevations.
- 03
Structure
Repair of rafters, purlins and wall plates before covering.
- 04
Leadwork
Bossed and welted to Lead Sheet Association detailing.
- 05
Slating
Diminishing courses and traditional fixings reinstated.
- 06
Rainwater
Gutters and downpipes refitted, tested and set to fall.
Benefits
- The building is made watertight for a century, not a decade
- Historic roofscape and profile preserved
- Leadwork detailed to last, not sealed with mastic
- Immediate reduction in damp within the fabric below
