A full clay pantile roof replacement in Holt

Why this roof was replaced rather than patched

The old covering had reached the point where every winter added another slipped tile and another wet patch in the loft. Repairing a roof like that one tile at a time is money spent twice. Stripping it and re-covering it in one go gives the house a roof that will see out the owners, with every course, every hip and every piece of lead new on the same day.

What went on and why

Terracotta clay pantiles, the tile that belongs on a north Norfolk roof, laid to a hipped roof so every slope meets at a clean line. The ridge and verges are dry-fixed: screwed and clipped rather than bedded in sand and cement, so there is no mortar to crack, no lumps to drop into the gutter and nothing for a gale off the coast to lift. The valley is lead-lined and the chimney has new lead soakers and step flashing chased into the brickwork, which is where most old Holt roofs actually leak.

What you get from a roof like this

A roof that is watertight at every junction on day one and stays that way, because the parts that fail first, the mortar and the lead, have been replaced with parts that do not. If your own roof is losing tiles every winter, call 01603 858560 and we will tell you honestly whether it wants a repair or this.

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