Roofers Hampsthwaite

Hampsthwaite roofing: the short version

Hampsthwaite is a Nidd-side village of stone cottages around a church and green, where the dale begins to narrow. Hampsthwaite is a few minutes from the yard, which means quotes and small jobs there get slotted in quickly, often on the way to something else. Most Hampsthwaite jobs begin with a call about a damp patch or a slate on the lawn, followed by a free look at the roof, usually with the drone up so you can see the pictures too.

What we do for Hampsthwaite homes

Roofers in Hampsthwaite: Hampsthwaite roofing and roof repairs across HG3

Hampsthwaite roofing sits at the point where the Nidd valley starts to narrow, and the housing reflects it. Around the church and the green the cottages are gritstone under slate and stone slate, some of them on original timbers. Off the village lanes the later closes are concrete tile with dry-fix details, and there are bungalows on the quieter roads with long, shallow roof planes. Roofers in Hampsthwaite need to be able to do a matched stone slate repair in the morning and a dry-verge replacement in the afternoon.

The river valley dictates the repairs. Shaded pitches near the Nidd hold moss and stay damp, which shortens the life of everything under it and blocks valleys and gutters with debris from the riverside trees. Old felt beneath the original slate has usually perished and torn at the eaves. Cement fillets around the stone chimneys crack and drop out, and once they do, water tracks down the stack into the roof space rather than off it.

Wind funnels down the dale here too. It is not Pateley Bridge by any means, but it is noticeably stronger than anything the middle of Harrogate deals with, and ridge tiles bedded in mortar simply do not last as long on the exposed runs above the village. Where we re-ridge or re-verge, we dry-fix with mechanical fixings as standard. And where a stone slate roof is coming off, we grade and re-lay the existing slate on new battens and breathable membrane rather than replacing it with something lighter and cheaper that will sit wrong on old timbers and look wrong from the street.

Hampsthwaite is about fifteen minutes from our base, straight out through Killinghall, so the village is well inside the patch we cover every week rather than an outlying job. Surveys are free and usually within a few days, storm damage is made safe the same day, and quotes are written down and fixed before anything starts. The workmanship is guaranteed for ten years, and we will tell you honestly whether a roof wants a repair or a re-cover. Roof repairs, re-roofs, flat roofing, chimney work, fascias, soffits and guttering across the village and the lanes towards Birstwith and Clint. Ring 0113 460 1042.

Hampsthwaite houses and their roofs

Stone Cottages

Cottages and farmhouses around Hampsthwaite were built to shrug off weather, and mostly they still do. When the roof does need attention it tends to be re-fixing slates on fresh battens, sorting a valley, or re-bedding a ridge, always in the right materials.

Modern Estates

The modern estates in Hampsthwaite are mostly interlocking concrete tile with dry-fix systems. The faults tend to be small, annoying and windy, and we fix them quickly with matching parts.

Bungalows

Dormer bungalows around Hampsthwaite nearly always need the dormer cheeks and flat tops looking at first. We re-cover in fibreglass or EPDM and put new lead where the dormer meets the tiles.

Farmhouses & Barns

Cottages and farmhouses around Hampsthwaite were built to shrug off weather, and mostly they still do. When the roof does need attention it tends to be re-fixing slates on fresh battens, sorting a valley, or re-bedding a ridge, always in the right materials.

Roads we are on regularly in Hampsthwaite include High Street, Church Lane, Hollins Lane, Rowden Lane, Grayston Plain Lane, Clint Bank, Nidd Lane and Birstwith Road,, plus the streets running off them.

Faults we are called to most in HG3

• Lime repointing on stone stacks and gable copings
• Dry-verge caps and ridge fixings working loose
• Snagging the builder never came back for
• Dormer tops and cheeks past their best
• Long, shallow gutter runs with poor falls
• Stone slates splitting and sliding on old timbers

Recognise one of those? Ring 0113 460 1042 or book a free survey and we will come and look, normally within a few days.

Why Hampsthwaite homeowners use Harrogate Roofing

• Harrogate firm, Hampsthwaite covered — We work out of Harrogate, not a call centre. The roofer who surveys your roof in Hampsthwaite is the one who turns up to do the job.
• Written quotes, nothing vague — Every quote is itemised and on paper, normally within 24 hours of the visit. If a repair will do, that is what we quote.
• Drone inspection where it helps — Steep or awkward roofs get flown and photographed. You see exactly what we see before you decide anything.
• Insured and guaranteed — £5m public liability, £10m employer's liability, and a ten-year written workmanship guarantee on all major work.
• Materials to match Hampsthwaite houses — Welsh slate, stone slate, clay and concrete tile matched to what is on the house already, with lead where lead belongs.

Around Hampsthwaite

From Hampsthwaite we also cover Birstwith HG3, Killinghall HG3, Darley HG3, Jennyfield HG3, and everywhere else across the Harrogate district and Leeds.