Roofing in Bromsgrove

Roofing on Bromsgrove housing

Near the town centre and along the older roads the housing is Victorian and Edwardian, often with natural slate or plain clay tiles on original timbers. Those roofs fail slowly: slipped slates where the nails have rusted through, valleys and chimney flashings that have been patched with mastic, and a loft that has been quietly damp for years.

The right work there is usually a careful strip, sound timbers kept, rotten ones replaced at a stated rate, and either the original slates re-laid with new fixings or a matching replacement where too many are broken.

The interwar and postwar suburbs, Charford, Sidemoor, Aston Fields and out toward Catshill, mostly have concrete tiles now past their life, and the newer executive housing on the edges has roofs that are fine but where the fascias, soffits and guttering are the weak point. Barnt Green and the Lickey side bring larger detached houses with more complex roofs, hips, valleys and multiple pitches, where the detailing is what decides whether the roof lasts.

Every job starts with a survey, and Bromsgrove District Council handles the building control side where it applies.