Trusted Roofers in Crowland

Crowland lies on the road between Peterborough and Spalding, so whichever of our two teams is nearer picks up the job, which usually means a quick survey.

Around the abbey and Trinity Bridge the older brick and stone properties carry slate and pantile roofs, while the rest of the town is mostly 20th-century houses and bungalows on concrete tile, all standing on flat, open Fen.

Crowland sits between our Peterborough and Spalding teams, so whichever crew is closer on the day takes the job and surveys are rarely far off. You get a free survey with photographs, a fixed written quote from owner Charles Stevens within 48 hours and valid for 30 days, and a written guarantee on the finished work: 20 years on roofing, 5 years on driveways and patios.

Roofs around the abbey and out on the Fen: roofing in Crowland

Crowland is a town of two halves as far as roofs go. Around the abbey and the three-way Trinity Bridge the older brick and stone properties carry slate and clay pantile roofs with substantial chimneys, and they need the same sympathetic approach as any historic street: matching materials, proper lead flashings and soakers at the chimneys, and repointing that uses a mortar suited to the brick rather than a hard modern mix that damages it. Chimney repairs come up often on this kind of stock because the stacks are tall, exposed and have been standing in Fen weather for a very long time.

Beyond the old centre, most of Crowland is 20th-century housing and a great many bungalows, and bungalows on the Fens bring their own issue. Their roofs are often laid close to the minimum pitch that concrete interlocking tiles allow, which means the underlay does far more of the work than it would on a steeper roof. While the felt is sound the roof is fine. Once it perishes, wind-driven rain that gets past the tiles has nowhere to go but inside, and the owner sees a leak that only appears when the weather comes from a particular direction.

The honest answer for a low-pitch bungalow roof with failed underlay is usually a strip and re-cover with a modern breathable membrane and new battens, keeping the tiles where they are sound. That is a full re-roof rather than a patch, and on completion an independent building inspector checks it and signs it off. Where the felt is still doing its job we will say so and quote a repair instead.

Crowland sits almost exactly between our Peterborough and Spalding teams. In practice that means whichever crew is nearer on the day picks up the survey, and there is no travel loaded into the quote either way.

Roofing in Crowland, your questions answered