Roofers in Lincoln

Roofing in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

We are roofers in Lincoln, working across Lincolnshire from our Lincoln office in the middle of our Lincoln patch. Free survey, photographs of what we find, a written quote you can compare, and a 10 year guarantee on the work we do.

Lincoln's roofs change dramatically between the uphill conservation area around the cathedral, where slate, pantile and lead detailing are the norm, and the post war estates downhill and to the south.

City roofs are the most mixed stock we work on. That mix matters because the right repair on one is the wrong repair on the other. Older terraces bring slate and lead into the picture, and the post war estates around them bring concrete tiles that are usually sound long after their nails are not.

Lincoln roof connections across the West End and Monks Road

The West End streets off Carholme Road and West Parade contain closely spaced houses with rear wings, garden boundaries and small access passages. East of the centre, the residential streets branching from Monks Road have another substantial concentration of terraces, often with alterations behind their main roofline. Boultham introduces a different pattern of houses and garden plots around its park. In the West End, street-facing slopes and smaller rear additions can send rainwater towards different walls, so the two need consideration together when investigating damp.

Older slate slopes around West Parade can include dormers, chimney abutments and changes in height between neighbouring houses. Beside West Parade's chimney abutments, a cracked slate and the concealed flashing beneath it need assessment together. On the terraces off Monks Road, later tile replacements may meet an original rear section, creating a change in thickness and profile at their boundary. Around Boultham, concrete tiled houses with lower garage or kitchen additions bring another detail into play: runoff from a large main slope can be concentrated onto a much smaller roof below.

Carholme Road borders the approach to West Common, where open ground allows weather to reach roofs differently from the enclosed streets behind West Parade. Carholme Road chimneys can face West Common's open airflow above otherwise sheltered terrace yards. Around Boultham Park, mature trees can shade gutters and deliver leaves into the channels where extensions meet the house. A Monks Road end terrace has its own exposed gable, so a defect after wind may be concentrated at that edge rather than repeated across the rest of the row.

What we get called out to in Lincoln

• Roofline behind the gutterRotten fascia and soffit letting water at the rafter feet, often hidden behind a capped over uPVC board.
• Concrete tile roofs on post war estatesSound tiles, corroded nails and perished felt underlay, all reaching the end together.
• Shared valleys between terracesThe busiest part of a terraced roof and a common source of a leak that shows up in the neighbour's house, not yours.
• Flat roofs over rear extensionsOld felt that has split, blistered or shrunk back from the trims.

What we do most of in Lincoln

Re-roofing in Lincoln

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

Garage roofs in Lincoln

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

Valley replacements in Lincoln

Lead, GRP and metal valleys in Lincoln re-lined where the channel has perished, including the cement filled valleys left behind by somebody else's repair.

Flat roofing in Lincoln

EPDM rubber, GRP fibreglass and torch on felt flat roofs across Lincoln, laid warm where the build up allows, with the deck checked before anything goes over it.

Lincoln at a glance

Every roofing service we offer in Lincoln

Everything below is work we carry out in Lincoln. Each one has its own page with what the job involves, what tends to go wrong and what moves the price.

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

RoofRite planning for Lincoln terraces and park-side plots

On the streets off Monks Road, parked vehicles and narrow frontages can determine where scaffold materials are unloaded. For Monks Road terraces, we check doorway clearance and whether rear passages provide access to lower roofs. A detached Boultham property may offer driveway access but need equipment positioned around a conservatory or mature planting. Along West Parade, the existing roof details and the property's conservation status need consideration together before choosing a replacement covering or altering a visible dormer edge.

Our Lincoln office covers these neighbourhoods, with a free survey that can follow the connected roof sections behind a West End frontage. An itemised written quote supported by photographs of what we find helps identify which Monks Road junction needs Roof repairs and whether nearby Chimney and leadwork is also relevant. For a Boultham extension receiving water from the house above, the discussion may instead centre on Flat roofing and its drainage arrangement. For the West End's connected roof ranges, the proposal also identifies which section each service would address.

Getting to Lincoln

Lincoln sits in the middle of our Lincoln patch, so it is a short run for the crews working out of that office. It sits in the LN1 postcode district. There is no charge for coming out to look at a roof and no obligation once we have.

Most people ringing us about a roof in Lincoln have no way of checking what they are told, which is exactly why we photograph everything and put the quote in writing. You can take that price to anyone else and compare it properly.

Nearby villages and towns we also cover: Canwick, Bracebridge Heath, Riseholme, Greetwell, Burton Waters, Nettleham.