Roofing in Peterborough

Peterborough, north on the A1

Peterborough is a longer drive for us, straight up the A1 from Bedford, but it is a city we work in. We have replaced a roof in PE1, and we cover the city across PE1 to PE4 and PE7.

Fletton brick and a planned city

Peterborough gave its name to the Fletton brick, made in huge numbers in the clay pits south of the city, and a lot of the older housing stock is built from it. The city then doubled in size as a planned new town from the 1970s, so the roofs here fall broadly into two camps:

• Older terraces and semis near the centre: slate and clay tile, chimneys, lead valleys and roofs that may be a hundred years old or more.
• New town housing from the 1970s and 80s: concrete tile roofs that are now forty or fifty years old, with original felt that is splitting and battens that have softened.

The 1970s and 80s roof

This is the job we see most often on homes of that era. The tiles look fine from the street, but the felt underneath has perished, so the loft gets damp and the first heavy rain finds its way in. We strip the roof, fit a breathable membrane and new treated battens and counter-battens, re-tile, and put on a dry ridge and dry verge so there is no mortar to fail. With the roof open, it is a good time to top up the loft insulation.

Everything in the quote

Our quotes list every item in writing: scaffold, materials, skip, labour. You will not get a surprise extra for something that was always going to be needed. We are fully insured and every job comes with our written company guarantee.