Roofers in Hethersett, Norfolk

Your local roofer in Hethersett

Roofing in Hethersett spans old cottages and new estates

Hethersett has grown fast along the A11 corridor south of Norwich, and the roofing stock reflects it. The older core around the village has Victorian and Edwardian cottages with slate or clay-tile roofs, many of them never re-roofed since they were built, while the newer estates spreading out towards the bypass are modern concrete-tile roofs still under ten or fifteen years old. The two ends of the village need very different attention.

On the older houses the usual problems are worn-out slate nibs, cracked ridge and verge pointing, and lead flashing around chimneys that has perished with age. On the newer estates the roofs themselves are sound, but roofline, guttering and flat-roofed porches or garage links fitted by the original builder are often the cheapest components on the house, and they are the first thing to fail.

We come down from Norwich on the A11, and we treat a Victorian cottage roof and a ten-year-old estate roof as the different jobs they are. You get a straight assessment, a fixed price in writing before we start, and repairs that match the age and build of the roof rather than a one-size answer.

Roof repairs, re-roofs and roofline in Hethersett

Most calls from the older part of Hethersett are about a leak around a chimney or a valley on a Victorian or Edwardian roof. Our roof repairs in Hethersett cover slipped and split tiles, cracked ridge mortar and failed lead flashing. Where a cottage roof has reached the end of its life, a new roof in Hethersett in clay tile or slate is priced in writing with no obligation.

On the newer estates the common job is uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering replacement where the original builder-grade plastic has warped or sagged, and GRP fibreglass and EPDM rubber flat roofs on porches and garage links that have started to let water through. We also clear moss from shaded, north-facing pitches with roof cleaning.