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Roofers in Clitheroe

Roofers in Clitheroe

Clitheroe is about eleven miles from us, over towards the Ribble Valley, and the roofing there is noticeably different from Pendle.

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11 miles from the yard
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9 of the twelve
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The roofs in Clitheroe

The first thing that changes is the stone. Clitheroe sits on limestone rather than the millstone grit you get across Pendle, and the older buildings are built from what was to hand. That matters for repointing, because limestone and lime mortar go together and hard cement does real damage to both.

The second thing is the housing mix. Clitheroe is a market town rather than a mill town, so alongside the terraces you have Georgian and Victorian villas, farmhouses on the edges, and a good deal of period property that has been extended and altered over two centuries. Roofs on those buildings tend to be complicated: valleys, dormers, changes of level, lean-tos added at various dates, and a lot of junctions. Junctions are where leadwork earns its money.

Coverings vary more than they do in Pendle. Welsh blue slate on much of the Victorian work, heavier stone slate on older and more rural property, and on grander houses occasionally green Westmorland slate, which is expensive and needs matching carefully if any of it has to be replaced.

The conservation area covers much of the historic centre, and the castle sits above it. If your property is in it, or listed, what goes back on the roof is not entirely your choice. That is worth knowing before you get quotes, because a quote based on the cheapest available tile is not a quote for a job you will be allowed to do.

Out towards Waddington, Chatburn, Pendleton and Whalley you are into village and farm property, often exposed, often old, and often with roofs that have been repaired in half a dozen different ways over the years.

Common questions

Questions we get from Clitheroe

On a solid stone wall, almost certainly. A solid wall gets rid of damp by letting it evaporate out through the joints, and cement stops that happening. The water then leaves through the face of the stone instead, which spalls and crumbles. It is slow, expensive and permanent damage.

Usually through salvage, and we will tell you before you commit whether a match is realistic or whether a repair is going to show.

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Two counties, most weeks

We are in Nelson, so Pendle is our own doorstep, but we are out across Lancashire and Craven most weeks.

If you are not sure whether you are in range, ring and ask. We would rather tell you honestly than have you wait in for a quote that was never coming.

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