Roofers in Hull

Roofing in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

Roofers in Hull for repairs, re-roofing, flat roofs and roofline. Hull is in the middle of our Hull patch, covered by the same crews every time, and every job carries our 10 year workmanship guarantee.

Hull's housing runs from the Avenues and the terraces off Beverley Road through to the post war estates north and east of the centre, and the roofs change completely as you move between them.

Roofs here run from Victorian slate through to modern interlocking tile, often on the same street. That mix matters because the right repair on one is the wrong repair on the other. Each of those fails in a different way and on a different timetable, so the first job is working out which one you have got. Terraced work also means access has to be planned rather than assumed, because scaffold on a street frontage is a different proposition to a detached plot.

Hull roof details from Garden Village to Newbridge Road

Garden Village has a recognisable arrangement of houses around landscaped streets, with varied gables, porches and roof shapes along routes such as James Reckitt Avenue and Village Road. The older streets off Newbridge Road bring a more tightly packed residential pattern, including terraces with rear additions and narrow passages. These are useful distinctions when considering access as well as roof construction: a front garden in Garden Village does not necessarily provide a route to the back, while a Newbridge Road terrace may have several lower roofs between its main ridge and rear boundary.

Clay tiled slopes and decorative roof features help give Garden Village its character, so the shape of a replacement at a gable or porch deserves close attention. Around Newbridge Road, older slate coverings and subsequent tile replacements can sit above extensions with felt roofs, creating several separate weathering details on a single plot. A cut tile beside a Garden Village dormer can move independently of the main slope. On the compact rear roofs off Newbridge Road, deterioration at a felt upstand may appear as damp beside the back wall rather than directly below an obvious tear.

East Park introduces open space and mature trees beside the residential streets around James Reckitt Avenue, producing different conditions across adjoining gardens. East Park trees can shed leaves into low porch gutters while nearby ridges remain exposed above their canopy. Farther into the tightly built Newbridge Road streets, gaps between rows can admit gusts to a gable that otherwise looks well sheltered. Rain striking a Garden Village dormer side can test the flashing where its cheek meets the tiled slope, particularly if debris has narrowed the route carrying water past that small projection.

What we get called out to in Hull

• Flat roofs over rear extensionsOld felt that has split, blistered or shrunk back from the trims.
• Chimney flashingsDamp on a chimney breast in an upstairs bedroom, nearly always the lead rather than the brickwork.
• Slipped slates on Victorian terracesNail fatigue rather than broken slate, which is why they go in ones and twos across the whole roof.
• Roofline behind the gutterRotten fascia and soffit letting water at the rafter feet, often hidden behind a capped over uPVC board.

What we do most of in Hull

Pitched roofing in Hull

Tile and slate roofs in Hull 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.

Dry ridge and dry verge in Hull

Mortar bedded ridge and verge in Hull converted to mechanically fixed dry systems, which stops the mortar dropping on the drive and vents the ridge properly.

Slate roofing in Hull

Natural and fibre cement slate in Hull, laid to the correct lap and gauge, including strip and re-lay using your existing slate where it is still sound.

Chimney and leadwork in Hull

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

Hull at a glance

Every roofing service we offer in Hull

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

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

RoofRite planning for Hull's garden plots and rear terraces

Working space around James Reckitt Avenue starts with the actual garden boundaries and paths, not simply the distance between houses. On Village Road, we plan scaffold around projecting gables, fragile porch roofs and entrances. For terraces off Newbridge Road, pavement space, parked vehicles and the width of a rear passage can determine how materials arrive. Within the Garden Village conservation area, retained roof shapes and details warrant checking before a proposal changes the appearance of dormers, chimneys or the main covering.

Our Hull office is the contact for a free survey of these eastern neighbourhoods, from the layered rear roofs off Newbridge Road to the more varied gables around Village Road. Photographs of what we find explain how a Garden Village dormer interrupts drainage across the larger slope. An itemised written quote can identify Chimney and leadwork at a Garden Village stack separately from Roof repairs to adjacent tiles. For a terrace extension near Newbridge Road, Flat roofing brings attention to the wall upstand, outlet and condition of the deck.

Getting to Hull

The Hull office covers Hull as part of its normal patch, based right in Hull. It covers the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU9 postcode districts. Ring that number and you will get the team that actually works your area.

We would rather turn out to a slipped tile in Hull and do it properly than only take the big jobs. Small work is how most of our customers meet us, and it is usually how the bigger jobs come along later.

Nearby villages and towns we also cover: Sutton-on-Hull, Bransholme, Bilton, Cottingham, Hessle, Anlaby.