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Pritchard & Sons Roofing

Slate and tile re-roofs, flat roofs, roof repairs, and chimney and lead work, for homes across Huddersfield and the Colne Valley.

Grey stone slates laid in overlapping courses on an old pitched roof Example image

Slate re-roofs

Slate suits the stone-built houses of the Pennine valleys, and a well laid slate roof is a handsome thing. When slates keep slipping, the nails have rusted through or the battens have gone soft, it is usually time to strip the roof and lay it again.

A slate re-roof means taking the old covering off back to the rafters and building it up again properly, with slates laid and fixed in even courses and the ridges, hips and valleys finished to match.

A slate re-roof can include

  • Stripping the old slates, battens and felt
  • New underlay and battens
  • Slates laid and fixed in courses
  • Ridges, hips, valleys and flashings renewed
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Tile re-roofs

Clay and concrete tiles wear in their own way. They turn porous, flake, crack and hold moss, and once enough of them have gone the roof is better renewed than patched.

A tile re-roof follows the same principle as slate: the old covering comes off, the roof is built up again, and new tiles are laid with the ridge and verges finished neatly.

A tile re-roof can include

  • Stripping the old tiles, battens and felt
  • New underlay and battens
  • Clay or concrete tiles laid and fixed
  • Ridge, verges and flashings finished
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Flat roofs

Flat roofs over extensions, garages, porches and dormers take a lot of weather, and puddling, blistering or a ceiling stain underneath are signs the covering needs attention.

Depending on its condition, a flat roof can be repaired, or stripped and renewed with a new deck and waterproof covering, finished properly where it meets walls and edges.

Flat roof work can include

  • Repairs to splits, blisters and leaks
  • Stripping and renewing the covering
  • Replacing a rotten deck
  • Upstands, edges and outlets finished
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Roof repairs

Not every roof needs replacing. A slipped slate, a cracked tile, a loose ridge or a leak after a storm can often be put right with a careful repair.

When a roof has reached the point where repairs no longer make sense, a re-roof is usually the better answer.

Repairs can include

  • Slipped, broken and missing slates
  • Cracked and loose tiles
  • Ridge and hip tiles rebedded or refixed
  • Leaks and storm damage
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Stone house with a tall stone chimney stack rising through a pitched roof Example image

Chimney and lead work

Chimneys and the lead around them are where many leaks begin. Mortar weathers out of a stack, flashings lift and valleys wear, and water finds its way in.

Chimney and lead work covers the stacks themselves and the leadwork that seals the joins between roof, chimney and walls.

Chimney and lead work can include

  • Repointing and repairs to chimney stacks
  • Lead flashings and soakers
  • Lead valleys
  • Chimney pots and flaunching
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