New Roof Installation Andover

Every roof covering has a working life, and once slates or tiles begin to fail faster than they can sensibly be replaced individually, renewal becomes the more economic course. A professional roof inspection measures how much service the slates, battens and fixings have left.

Andover’s Georgian and Victorian market-town core carries some of the oldest roofs in the town, and a strip on that generation typically exposes the original battens as well.

The concrete interlocking tiles fitted in the decades after the war are now beyond their intended service: the surface layer erodes, the tile becomes porous, and frost then breaks up the exposed face. Once that erosion is general across the slopes, renewing the covering is the only durable course.

The concrete interlocking tiles fitted across Andover’s 1960s and 1970s overspill estates are now approaching that condition, and once the erosion is general across a street we renew the whole covering rather than patch it.

Eventually each patch repair lasts a shorter period than its predecessor. The surrounding tiles and fixings deteriorate at the same rate as the fault being repaired. Where a slope has already received three or four repairs, we price renewal alongside the next one, so the two figures can be compared directly.

The same pattern appears across Andover’s terraced stock, the largest single house type in the town, where a shared roof plane means each repair has to be weighed against its neighbour’s.

Many period roofs were built with no felt or membrane beneath the tiles, so a displaced tile admits rainwater and dust directly into the loft. A re-roof is the opportunity to lay breathable underlay across every slope, giving the loft a continuous secondary barrier for the first time.

An absent underlay is characteristic of Andover’s Georgian and Victorian core, confirmed at the strip, built before the felt and membrane standards of later decades existed.

A roof near the end of its service should be renewed before solar panels or a loft conversion are added. Removing either to re-roof later means paying twice for the same access. Renewing first gives the new installation a serviceable base of underlay, battens and fixings.

Andover’s newest developments at Augusta Park and Picket Twenty carry coverings from the last two decades, so a loft conversion there usually proceeds without renewal once the rafter depth and the underlay are confirmed.

A director inspects the roof, the loft and the rainwater goods, then sets out the available options. Your written, itemised quote follows within 48 hours of the survey, with no hidden extras. Where the roof retains serviceable life, we quote for a repair instead.

A director brings samples to the property and holds them against the brickwork and the neighbouring roofs. Tile roofing in clay or concrete and natural slate are each specified for the building they are going on. The verge, ridge and eaves details follow the material.

A director confirms the start date and the specification in writing before any material is ordered. Scaffold and skip positions, parking and eaves protection are agreed around the household. The neighbours either side are notified when the noisiest stages occur.

One director remains your point of contact throughout, and the same team carries out the work from strip to completion. The team cleans the site each evening, reports progress at the end of each stage, and explains any weather decision immediately.

A director reviews the finished roof with you from ground level, verifying the ridge line, verges, flashings and gutter falls against the accepted quote. The documentation pack follows, setting out the completion record, the material specification and the aftercare a new roof requires.

We price a new roof from the measurements taken at the survey. The figure follows from the roof area, the pitch and the material specified. We also count the stacks and abutments requiring leadwork and record the condition of the battens and rafters beneath. Your written, itemised quote follows within 48 hours, set out line by line. The price for that scope is fixed before work begins, with no hidden extras.

Andover’s Georgian and Victorian core, and its long runs of Victorian terraces, hold some of the oldest roofs in the town, and where the original covering survives we install slate roofing or clay tile to match, in the same size, colour and headlap. The 1960s and 1970s overspill estates take an interlocking tile again, in a profile chosen against the neighbouring street. The homes at Augusta Park and Picket Twenty were built with dry-fix ridges and verges, and a renewal there keeps that detail with the matching tile.

The quoted price covers the whole project in Andover. It includes stripping the existing covering and laying a breathable roof underlay. New battens and stainless fixings, the tiles or slates, a dry ridge and verge and new lead flashings are inside that figure. We additionally remove all waste, clean the site daily and protect the driveway and garden. Rafter and purlin renewal is priced separately once the strip exposes the timber, and none proceeds without your agreement.

A new roof addresses several of the questions a buyer’s surveyor asks. The weathering layer is new throughout, the loft loses less heat once the underlay and eaves ventilation are adequate, and the roofline is straight again across the frontage. On Andover’s Georgian and Victorian core we measure the original slate and set the new courses to the same size and gauge. We do not attach a figure to resale value, because no reliable one exists.

Telephone or use the contact form, and we will book a free survey conducted by a director at a time convenient for the household. We respond within 48 hours. The survey covers the roof, the loft and the rainwater goods, and the material options are explained at the property. The itemised quote follows within 48 hours of that visit, and we work across our Andover service area.