Roofing Experts

There are a vast number of materials available for roofing from timber shingles, natural slate, thatching to metal. The choice is down to you, your budget and your exterior design plan.

For those concerned about the environment, reducing your carbon footprint is also a major consideration. Therefore we suggest that you look carefully into your materials and where you can source them. We would also suggest you consider a synthetic or organic underlay. Carefully selecting your materials and picking the right ones could lead to you becoming LEED certified (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design).

Depending on your location, taking into consideration your carbon footprint will start to limit the materials available.

If your heart is set on metal and you can obtain metal materials you have a few options:

• Steel is the most common; however it must be coated to stop it from rusting.
• Copper is an expensive option and will also “age” due to it being oxidised over time. This means that it will change over time from a penny red to a blue/green, so this is something to consider.

Carpentry and joinery is a major part of any new build or renovation project, and without carpenters, there wouldn’t be fixed doors window frames, partitions, staircases and joist coverings.

It’s all about installing fixing components into a property, and forming the structure of the property, but it certainly requires a great deal of skill. You have to be able to extract information from drawings and specifications, whilst working to the safety guidelines.

Usually there is not a large team of carpenters on a particular project, and it can only take a small team and several weeks to form the main structure of a particular property. The more senior carpenters will be able to create complex roofs, hips and valleys, which are all areas of structural carcassing.

There are many different specialist on an industrial site, and while your typical team of builders may be able to erect scaffolding, there’s no doubt that scaffolding specialist can do the job much more swiftly.

Some businesses will specialise solely in scaffolding, and no matter whether you’re repairing an old building or erecting a new property, you’re likely to save time and money with specialist scaffolders.

Construction projects will vary from site to site, and no job can begin until scaffolding is in place, and it’s safe and secure. You may decide to get these specialists in just before maintenance work is carried out, and it’s always better for builders to get stuck into their work, not needing to worry about completing the scaffolding.

Lots of people are considering a flat to pitched roof conversion. With the improvements in flat roof technology, many people tried to have a flat roof structure for their home, only to find out that the materials will eventually deteriorate, resulting in a need for repairs and / or a full replacement. For this reason, many people have decided to completely remove their flat roof, and go for the tried and tested structure of a pitched roof. This technology has been around for thousands of years, and is proven to be very effective at avoiding any moisture egress, meaning that damage, and therefore the maintenance required, is kept to an absolute minimum. With a flat roof, no matter what materials you use, the likelihood is that there will eventually be water damage, and a need for a complete replacement for the roof.