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Independent roofers for Lofthouse, working out of Harrogate. Leaks, storm damage, chimneys, gutters, flat roofs and new roofs, with plain advice on what actually needs doing.
Lofthouse is strung along the old Leeds to Wakefield road, part canal-side village, part 1930s ribbon development, part 1970s and 1980s cul-de-sac estate. Lofthouse is towards the far edge of what we cover, but we run into Leeds all the time and the price is for the work, not the mileage. The age of the house changes the materials, not the method: we survey properly, explain it in plain words, quote in writing and guarantee the work.
Leaks traced to the source, slipped slates re-fixed, lead renewed. One visit, one written price, ten-year guarantee.
Find out more →Full strip and re-cover on new battens and breathable membrane. Slate, stone or tile to suit the house and the street.
Find out more →Fibreglass, EPDM and torch-on felt for extensions, garages, dormers and bays. Laid to fall so water actually leaves.
Find out more →Welsh slate on the Victorian villas, stone slate on the dales cottages, clay and concrete on the estates. Matched, not approximated.
Find out more →Repointing, rebuilds, pots, cowls, lead trays and flashings on the tall stacks Harrogate is full of. Removals below the line too.
Find out more →Storm damage and sudden leaks made safe the same day across Harrogate, Knaresborough and north Leeds. Proper repair after.
Find out more →Lofthouse strings out along the old Leeds to Wakefield road, and the roofs change as you travel it. At the canal end there are older stone cottages and terraces under slate; along the main road it is inter-war semis with clay or early concrete tiles; behind them sit the 1970s and 1980s cul-de-sacs with interlocking tiles and shallow pitches. Roofers in Lofthouse therefore need to price three different kinds of job on the same street, which is why we survey before quoting rather than guessing from the pavement.
On the inter-war semis the common fault is the shared chimney stack between two houses: cracked flaunching, open flashings and soft mortar letting water into both roof spaces at once. On the later estate housing it is dry-verge caps blowing off, felt perished at the eaves so it no longer carries water into the gutter, and rear extension flat roofs laid without enough fall. Roof repairs Lofthouse residents call us about are rarely dramatic, but left alone they rot a purlin end quietly for years.
This is open, flat country with the motorway network close by and very little shelter from the west. Gales come straight across the fields and take ridge tiles, verge caps and pots off the exposed gable ends, usually on the same houses each time because the exposure never changes. Where we replace a ridge here we prefer a mechanically fixed dry system rather than mortar bedding, because bedding it back in means having the same conversation again in five winters. The canal end also brings damp air and heavier moss growth on shaded rear slopes.
Lofthouse is at the far side of Leeds from us, around forty to fifty minutes down the A61 and through the city or round on the motorway, and we plan work here alongside our other south Leeds jobs so the travel does not land on the customer. We price the work, not the mileage. Roof repairs, full re-roofs, flat roofs on garages and extensions, chimney repairs, fascias, soffits and guttering, all surveyed free with drone photographs and quoted in writing. Call 0113 460 1042 for a date.
The 1930s houses in Lofthouse have reached the age where the original roof covering, the cement-bedded ridges and the felt all fail within a few years of each other. We repair where a repair is honest and quote a full re-cover where it is not.
The 1950s and 1960s houses in Lofthouse have plain hipped or gabled roofs, which keeps a re-cover sensible on price. Fascia, soffit and gutter replacement on these homes is a big part of what we do.
The modern estates in Lofthouse 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.
Newer houses in Lofthouse still have roof problems, just different ones: dry-verge caps lifting, ridges that were never bedded properly, and snagging the builder walked away from. We put the details right and take over where the warranty ran out.
Anywhere around Canal Lane and Ouzelwell Lane, or the streets behind them, is covered.
Recognise one of those? Ring 0113 460 1042 or book a free survey and we will come and look, normally within a few days.
From Lofthouse we also cover Robin Hood WF3, Middleton LS10, East Ardsley WF3, Rothwell LS26, Oulton LS26, Belle Isle LS10, and everywhere else across Leeds and the Harrogate district.
Covered from Harrogate, further out, but well inside our patch.
Ring, describe what you can see, and we will sort the rest. Free survey, written quote and guaranteed work across WF3.