First.
Survey & inspection
An hour on a roof tells us more than an hour in a meeting. Every survey returns with photographs, life-expectancy notes, and a written plan.
A roofing atelierVolume MMXXVI
A roof is a building's first defence — and its quietest witness.
Independent roofers working in slate, cedar, copper and standing-seam metal. Survey, restoration, and new build across the region.
- Independent atelier
- Twenty-year warranty
- Listed-building approved
- Carbon-considered
- On-site every day
A note from the foreman
We build the roof we'd put on our own house.
here is no shortage of contractors who will quote a roof in an afternoon and start it on a Monday. We are not those people. We measure twice. We specify by climate, by pitch, by the building underneath. We do not work in materials we do not understand.
Every roof we lay is documented — photographs of the deck, the underlayment, every flashing detail. The folder is yours when we leave. Twenty years from now, the next roofer will know exactly what they are looking at.
The work
Four kinds of work, done one way.
Survey, replace, restore, build new. We choose the material; you keep the building.
Second.
Restoration & repair
Weathered slate, lead flashings, valley re-bedding, leaks at chimneys. We restore historic roofs without rebuilding them.
Third.
Full re-roof
Strip-back, deck assessment, breathable underlayment, new battens, new fixings, new ridge. Twenty-year warranty on labour.
Fourth.
New build
We work alongside architects from drawings. Standing-seam zinc, hand-split cedar, slate — specified for the building, not for the brochure.
The materials
We work with four. We know each of them well.
Welsh slate
— Penrhyn quarry · Hand-split · 80-year life
Terracotta tile
— Mediterranean clay · Kiln-fired · Listed-building approved
Cedar shake
— Western red cedar · Air-cured · Silver patina at five years
Standing-seam copper
— Continuous-coil · Soldered seams · Verdigris at twelve
The process
Three weeks, from survey to ridge.
One.
Survey, specify, agree.
We climb the roof. We open the loft. We write a plan with photographs, materials, costs, and a timetable. You approve before we order anything.
Two.
Strip, deck, underlay.
We protect the garden, scaffold the building, strip the old roof, inspect the deck, and lay breathable underlayment. Every step is photographed.
Three.
Lay, flash, finish.
Battens, fixings, course-by-course laying, ridge, hip, valley, chimney flashing in lead or copper. Final inspection. Documented handover.
Recent commissions
Field notes from the last twelve months.
A small selection of completed work. Full archive on the journal.
Letters
What homeowners say after the scaffold comes down.
“They surveyed the roof in the morning, sent a written plan that afternoon, and started a fortnight later. Three weeks on, the house looks like itself again — only drier.”
“We had three quotes. Two were faster, one was cheaper. We picked the slowest one. Six years on, the roof has not moved a millimetre.”
“They photographed every detail. We have a folder. Our insurer asked for it last winter and the claim took an afternoon.”
Begin
Schedule a survey.
Tell us about the building. We'll come, climb, write a plan, and send it to you. No charge for the visit.