Storm damage in Hull

Storm damage in Hull

Storm damage in Hull, carried out by our own directly employed roofers. Free survey, photographs of the problem, and an itemised quote in writing before the work is booked in.

Hull is in the middle of our Hull patch, so it is part of the Hull office's normal patch rather than a job we have to travel for. It covers the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU9 postcode districts. That matters when you need somebody back to look at something.

The roofs in Hull

Working in Hull means dealing with terraced access as often as roof condition. Scaffold on a street frontage, shared valleys between neighbouring properties and abutments on a party wall all change how a job is planned. It is also why so many leaks here turn out to start on somebody else's roof and show up in yours.

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.

Storm damage in Hull tends to cluster: one blow takes tiles off several roofs on the same exposed run of houses. Get the roof made safe and photographed first, then deal with the insurer. We can usually be out to make safe quicker than we can be out to survey.

What storm damage roof repairs in Hull involves

• Fences, roofline and outbuildingsStorm damage rarely stops at the main roof, so we quote the garage, the porch and the roofline in the same visit.
• Uninsured workIf the claim only covers part of it, we price the rest separately so you can see exactly what is what.
• Permanent repairsTiles, ridge, verge, flashings, valleys and roofline reinstated once cover is confirmed.

That is the short version. There is a fuller explanation of the work, the materials and the detailing on our storm damage roof repairs page.

Signs your Hull property needs this

• Tiles or slates on the lawn, the drive or in the gutter after high wind
• A neighbour's tree or a fence panel that has hit the roof on the way past
• Water coming in during the storm that has not stopped since

What insurers actually want to see

Storm claims get refused far more often than people expect, and usually for one of two reasons. Either there is no evidence tying the damage to a specific weather event, or the roof was already in poor condition and the insurer treats the damage as wear and tear.

Storm damage in Hull at a glance

What affects the price in Hull

• Whether the claim covers the full permanent repair or only part of it
• Access, which after storm damage often has to go up faster than a standard scaffold booking
• The extent of the damage and how much of the roof it covers

Everything is priced after we have seen the roof, in writing, with the scope written down so there are no new numbers once work starts.