Roofers in Long Stratton, Norfolk

Your local roofer in Long Stratton

Roofing in Long Stratton spans an old main-road town and new estates

Long Stratton grew up strung out along the old London road, now the A140, and the older core still has cottages and shopfronts with clay-tile and slate roofs close to the busy carriageway, vibration and passing traffic having loosened more than a few ridge tiles over the years. The town has also seen a wave of new housing on its edges in recent years, bringing modern concrete-tile roofs into the mix alongside the older stock.

On the roadside properties, the usual issues are cracked ridge and verge mortar, worn slate nibs, and guttering that has never coped well with spray thrown up from the main road. On the newer estates the roofs themselves are sound, but roofline and flat-roofed garage links fitted as standard by the builder are often the first parts to need attention once the original guarantees run out.

We come down from Norwich on the A140, so Long Stratton is an easy run for us and we are in the town regularly. You get a straight answer on whether a roof needs a repair or a full re-roof, a price fixed in writing before we start, and work that holds up to the traffic and weather on this stretch of road.

Roof repairs, re-roofs and roofline in Long Stratton

Most calls from the older part of Long Stratton are about a leak near a chimney or a cracked ridge on a roadside cottage. Our roof repairs in Long Stratton cover slipped and cracked tiles, failed ridge and verge pointing, and flashing that has come loose around a chimney stack. Where an older roof has reached the end of its life, a new roof in Long Stratton in clay tile or slate is priced in writing.

On the newer estates we regularly replace uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering where builder-grade plastic has warped, and fit GRP fibreglass and EPDM rubber flat roofs on garage links and porches that have started to let water in. We also clean and treat moss on shaded pitches with roof cleaning.