Real jobs with real photos: new and replacement roofs, rubber flat roofs, dry ridge and verge, valleys, chimneys and roof windows across Chester, Cheshire, the Wirral and nearby.
Every photo here is from one of our own jobs. Open a project for the full write-up, or browse all the pictures by area in the photo gallery.
New Roof InstallationsA bungalow in Chester having its old concrete tiles stripped, with new breathable membrane and new timber battens laid across the rafters ready for the new tiles.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingA tired flat roof squeezed between two concrete-tiled pitches in Chester, stripped to the joists, re-decked in OSB and covered in EPDM rubber.
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VELUX & Roof Window InstallationA new roof window fitted into a pitched roof of concrete interlocking tiles in Chester, with the opening cut, the frame fixed and the tiles relaid around a new flashing.
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Roof RepairsWorn mortar raked out and the top of a red brick gable end repointed, working from a tower set over the bay window of a Chester house.
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New Roof InstallationsThe old roof on a lean-to conservatory in Elton, near Chester, replaced with a new timber frame, insulation boards, a roof window and slate-grey tiles.
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Roof RepairsA weathered concrete tiled roof on a Chester house, with a split interlocking tile, a lichen-covered ridge and work around the chimney stack.
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Roof RepairsOn this Chester house we broke out the old mortar at the top of the roof and finished the gable edges with a dry verge system instead of fresh mortar.
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Chimney RepairsBefore and after at a Chester chimney: a cracked, lichen-crusted flaunching around a round terracotta pot, replaced with a fresh, smooth mortar cap.
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New Roof InstallationsA re-roof on one half of a semi-detached house in Chester: new membrane and battens, grey concrete interlocking tiles, a mechanically fixed ridge and hip, and new chimney lead.
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Roof RepairsOur roofers up at the ridge of a red brick terrace in Merseyside, with a scaffold tower, ladders and a trailer set up at the front.
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Roof RepairsA flat bay window roof in Frodsham stripped back to a new timber deck and covered in rubber membrane, dressed up under the tiles above.
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Roof RepairsThe old mortar-bedded ridge came off this Chester roof, the top courses were stripped back to new membrane and battens, and the ridge went back on dry.
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Chimney RepairsA red brick chimney in Chester with two tall decorative pots, finished with fresh flaunching and newly pointed joints, photographed from the roof beside it.
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Roof RepairsA slate roof in a Chester terrace with its angled ridge tiles made good, the joints and bedding edges finished in fresh mortar.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingOld coated flat roof below a small-tiled pitch in Chester, replaced section by section with OSB decking, EPDM rubber and new metal and gutter-edge trims.
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UPVC Fascias, Soffits & GutteringRotting timber fascias and bargeboards on a Runcorn house, including a tile-hung dormer gable, replaced with low-maintenance dark brown UPVC to match the windows.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingA single-storey flat roof in Frodsham given new OSB decking, an EPDM rubber membrane, black edge trims and brand-new white UPVC fascias and guttering.
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Roof RepairsFull strip of the valley on a natural slate roof in St Helens, rebuilt with a new lead lining, the slates cut back in and fresh lead at the brick parapet.
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Roof RepairsA roof in Mickle Trafford, Chester, stripped back along the valley for new felt and treated battens, then finished with charcoal dry ridge tiles and a dry verge.
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VELUX & Roof Window InstallationA new glazed skylight fitted directly into a gravel-finished flat roof in Frodsham, bringing daylight into the kitchen below, with fresh felt sealed around the frame.
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Roof RepairsMortar bedding under the ridge of this Hope Dean hipped roof had broken down and the tiles were loose, so we replaced the whole ridge with a dry fixed system.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingIn Tarvin we took an old stone-chipping flat roof off a garage right down to the joists, re-decked it in OSB and finished it in EPDM rubber.
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New Roof InstallationsA Tarporley bungalow given a replacement tiled roof in dark grey, with the ridge fixed using a dry ridge system and the gables finished with end caps.
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New Roof InstallationsA Frodsham property re-roofed from a full scaffold in smooth red interlocking tiles, with the hips and ridge dry-fixed using clipped joints instead of mortar.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingA Chester flat roof enclosed by brick walls and pipework, replaced with a new OSB deck and an EPDM rubber membrane with upstands at the walls.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingA long flat canopy over the front door and bay window of a Chester house, stripped back and re-covered in EPDM rubber with neat black edge trims.
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New Roof InstallationsFor homeowners in Wrexham, we removed the old red tiled roof from their semi-detached house and installed a complete new roof in dark grey tiles with a dry verge.
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Flat Roof Repairs & Rubber RoofingOn this Chester job the old flat roof deck had rotted through. We cleared it back to the joists, re-boarded in OSB and finished in EPDM rubber.
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New Roof InstallationsBoth slopes of a terraced house roof in Wallasey replaced in mixed red interlocking tiles, finished along the top with a clipped dry ridge, working from scaffold front and back.
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