Roofers in Gunness

Roofing in Gunness, North Lincolnshire

Roofers in Gunness for repairs, re-roofing, flat roofs and roofline. Gunness is about 3 miles west of Scunthorpe, covered by the same crews every time, and every job carries our 10 year workmanship guarantee.

River side villages combine exposure with a mix of old and new property. Ridge and verge mortar takes the brunt of it and is usually the first thing to fail, followed by chimney flashings on the exposed elevation. Where a roof is being re-covered here we would always specify mechanically fixed ridge and verge rather than mortar.

Gunness roofs along Old Village Street and the river approaches

Old Village Street gives Gunness its village focus, while Neap House Road connects it with houses and working riverside land. The Old Village Street brick homes sit among later houses and bungalows, creating changes in roof height and plot width. A house near the Old Village Street playing field may have an open rear aspect than its frontage suggests. Between that open side and a lower garage, there can be several roof edges hidden from Old Village Street, making the rear outlook as useful as the front view when identifying where rain could enter.

Clay pantile, slate and later concrete coverings all fit within the mixed building stock around Gunness, with flat or shallow roofs on some garages and additions. At an Old Village Street house, a short extension against an older wall can create an abutment below a much larger pitched slope. On a Neap House Road bungalow, the long lower edge of the roof makes the condition of eaves support and gutter connections important. On a Neap House Road roof, staining needs tracing through those eaves details, because the point where water appears indoors may be lower than the tile or flashing that first admitted it.

Gunness stands beside the Trent, with open river approaches that can bring wind across the village's less sheltered elevations. Roofs looking towards Neap House may have a different exposure from those enclosed by houses around Old Village Street, particularly where a gable rises above a low garden boundary. Trees beside the Old Village Street playing field add shade and seasonal debris to some lower roofs. On the Trent approach, ridges and flashings need checking alongside tree-sheltered gutters, so a river-facing defect is not confused with water backing up beneath leaves on the opposite side of the house.

What we get called out to in Gunness

• Pantile repairsOlder brick and pantile property where the covering is fine and the bedding is not.
• Ridge and verge failureLow, open ground and a clear run for the wind along the river.
• GutteringRainwater goods overwhelmed or pulled away from the fascia.
• Concrete tile re-roofsPost war housing where the nails and the felt have both given up.

What we do most of in Gunness

Pitched roofing in Gunness

Tile and slate roofs in Gunness stripped and re-covered on new membrane, treated battens and fixings specified for the exposure, or repaired where a full re-cover is not warranted.

Chimney and leadwork in Gunness

Chimney stacks in Gunness repointed or rebuilt, with new stepped lead flashings, soakers and back gutters dressed into raked joints rather than sealed with mastic.

Re-roofing in Gunness

Full strip and re-cover in Gunness with a structural check once the roof is open, new breathable membrane, treated battens and mechanically fixed ridge and verge.

Garage roofs in Gunness

Garage and outbuilding roofs in Gunness re-covered in EPDM, GRP or felt, with the deck replaced and the falls corrected where they need it.

Gunness at a glance

Every roofing service we offer in Gunness

These are the services we run in Gunness. If you are not sure which one you need, ring the Scunthorpe office and describe it, and we will tell you.

• Pitched roofing
• Flat roofing
• Roof repairs
• Re-roofing
• Fascias, soffits and guttering
• Chimney and leadwork
• Storm damage
• Slate roofing
• Garage roofs
• Dry ridge and dry verge
• Valley replacements

RoofRite arrangements around Gunness frontages and gardens

On Neap House Road, access planning would consider the driveway entrance and the movement of other traffic before choosing an unloading point. An Old Village Street cottage can present a narrower route to the rear, where boundary walls and lean-to roofs affect the scaffold footprint. Detached bungalows towards Burringham may offer more room around the house, but their garages can still interrupt the route to a gable when discussing Roof repairs or Dry ridge and dry verge.

Gunness is covered by the Scunthorpe office, with a free survey able to compare a river-facing slope with a more sheltered roof beside Old Village Street. Photographs of what we find locate a Neap House Road gutter defect at its outlet or behind the fascia. The itemised written quote for Fascias, soffits and guttering, Pitched roofing or Chimney and leadwork follows those findings and the working space available between the house, its garage and the Neap House Road approach.

Getting to Gunness

The Scunthorpe office covers Gunness as part of its normal patch, about 3 miles away in Scunthorpe. It falls inside the DN8, DN9, DN10, DN14 and DN15 to DN21 area we work in. Ring that number and you will get the team that actually works your area.

There is no charge for us coming out to Gunness to look at a roof, and no obligation once we have. If the answer is that the roof needs nothing doing, that is what we will tell you.

Nearby villages and towns we also cover: Keadby, Althorpe, Flixborough, Scunthorpe, Bottesford, Messingham.