New roofs & complete re-roofing in Macclesfield
A re-roof is the largest job most houses ever have done to them, and the honest starting point is that a lot of houses do not need one yet. A roof with sound timbers, sound battens and a handful of slipped slates wants repairing. A roof that is shedding slates from several places at once because the nails have rusted through wants stripping — patching it is money spent twice.
The work itself is a strip back to the rafters, then a rebuild: new treated battens to the right gauge, a breathable membrane, fixings specified for the exposure of the site, and a proper ventilation path at eaves and ridge. Sound slates and tiles are often set aside and re-laid, which is normal practice and, on a slate roof in a conservation area, frequently the right answer.
Two rules bite on a job this size. Going past 25% of the roof covering makes it notifiable under Part L of the Building Regulations, with a duty to insulate the roof to current standards where that is feasible — so it either goes through Cheshire East Building Control or through a roofer registered under a Competent Person Scheme who can self-certify it. Keep the certificate: it is what a buyer's solicitor asks for.
And access has to be in the quote. A full strip needs a scaffold, and on a terrace built against the pavement edge that scaffold stands on the highway and needs a licence from the council. A re-roof quote with no scaffold line on it is not a cheaper quote — it is an incomplete one.
New roofs & re-roofing — every job, in detail.
5 jobs in this category. Each has its own page explaining what's involved, what your roofer checks and — just as importantly — when a job can safely wait.
Full re-roof
A strip back to the rafters, new battens, breathable membrane and the covering re-laid — with sound slates or tiles salvaged and re-used where they are worth keeping. It is notifiable under the Building Regulations, it needs a scaffold, and both belong in the quote.
Read more →New roof on an extension or new build
Covering a new structure — an extension, a garage, a new build — means designing the whole build-up rather than replacing an existing one: pitch, covering, insulation strategy, ventilation, and how it ties into the roof that is already there.
Read more →Roof insulation at re-roof
Replacing more than a quarter of a roof covering triggers a duty under Part L to improve the roof's insulation to current standards where that is feasible. A re-roof is also simply the cheapest moment it will ever be — the access is up and the roof is open.
Read more →Roof survey & report
A proper look at the whole roof — outside and from the loft — with photographs and a written summary of what is sound, what needs doing now and what can wait. It is what a homebuyer's survey says you should get when it recommends further investigation.
Read more →Garage & outbuilding re-roof
Detached garages, workshops and stores get the same treatment as a house roof at a fraction of the cost — and they are usually decades overdue. The two things to establish first are what the existing covering is, and what the structure will carry.
Read more →Not sure which one you need?
Describe it in your own words on the quote form. Your roofer will work out what the job actually is when they ring you back — usually the same day.
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