Roofers in Old Catton, Norfolk

Your local roofer in Old Catton

Roofing in Old Catton means respecting a historic village

Old Catton was a village in its own right long before Norwich grew out to meet it, and the older part of the parish, close to Catton Park, still has Georgian and Victorian houses with slate and clay-tile roofs that sit within a conservation area. Repairs here need to match the existing materials and keep the street looking as it should, rather than patching in whatever tile happens to be on the van.

Around the historic core, Old Catton has plenty of more recent housing from the 20th century as the area was absorbed into greater Norwich, with standard concrete-tile roofs that show the more familiar problems of slipped tiles, cracked ridge mortar and tired guttering. The mix of old and new within a short walk of each other means we see a wide range of roof types on any given week in the area.

We are based just the other side of the city, so Old Catton is an easy and regular job for us. You get a straight answer on repair or replacement, a price fixed in writing before we start, and work carried out with the care an older or conservation-area roof deserves.

Roof repairs, re-roofs and roofline in Old Catton

On the older properties near Catton Park, calls are usually about a slipped slate, cracked ridge pointing or flashing that has failed around a chimney. Our roof repairs in Old Catton match existing materials on period buildings rather than mixing in the wrong tile. Where an older roof has reached the end of its life, a new roof in Old Catton in slate or clay tile is priced in writing with the street's character kept in mind.

On the more recent housing we regularly fit uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering to replace worn originals, and GRP fibreglass and EPDM rubber flat roofs on extensions and garages. On the older buildings we also carry out chimney repairs and repointing using matching brick and mortar.