Roofing in Solihull

Roofing on Solihull housing

A great deal of Solihull, Shirley, Olton, the roads off the Warwick Road, was built between the wars, and those houses have hipped roofs in clay tile. Hips mean more ridge, more junctions and more places for water to get in, so on a re-roof the hip irons, the ridge fixings and the valley linings matter more than the tiles themselves. We use a dry ridge and hip system on these roofs so the mortar that inevitably cracks and drops off is not what is holding your roof together.

Clay tiles are often re-usable, and where they are we sort and re-lay them.

In Knowle, Dorridge and other conservation areas the covering and the visible detail are things Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council can take a view on, so a change of material is checked before it is quoted. On the newer estates the roofs are usually sound and the call is for fascias, soffits and guttering, or for a garage or extension flat roof that has reached the end of its life.

Expectations of finish in Solihull are high and we detail the work to match: lead where lead belongs, not a sealant, and a clean scaffold-down with the gutters cleared.