We have completed roofing and leadwork to Wayward Cottage in Herefordshire for local Architect Stephen Potter.
In May we completed roof works to St Bridget's Church, Skenfrith for I J Preece & Son Limited, builders from Madley. We have been working on this beautiful 12th Centuary church for over six months, reroofing with a mixture of reclaimed stone tiles and new 'Black Mountain' quarried stone tiles.          I was asked to repair and make a new lead downpipe for a Georgian Town House in Ludlow. For the repairs I welded on new sections of lead and dressed the downpipes into shape. I had to weld and cast a new lead downpipe to match, to replace one that was beyond repair. I fabricated a new lead swan neck (bent like a swans neck) to connect it to the gutter. The new one can be seen second from right in the picture opposite.
In July we were asked to inspect a leaking Eyebrow Dormer by D N Gittoes Builders for one of their customers. Upon investigation we discovered that it had been wrongly constructed when the roof was originally built. An Eyebrow Dormer is a difficult and intricate roof structure where the tiles should 'sweep' over the dormer window. In this project we stripped back the tiles to discover that mortar had been used to try to 'stick' the tiles on. We had to remove this before replacing the old tiles with individually cut tiles which we fixed properly to the roof structure. The correct construction means the Eyebrow Dormer does not need mortar and is now sound on it's own merit. It is also not leaking.    In June we undertook a re-roof to the rear of Bramble Cottage. On instruction from the surveyor we replaced the existing stone tiles with new natural slates, a lighter roof covering to reduce the weight on the structure of the building.    |
RSS FeedAndrew Wright Roofing and Access Platform Hire Limited • Garden House • Chapel Lane • Dorstone • Herefordshire HR3 6AP
Telephone: 01981 550524 • Mobile 07710 945552 • Email [email protected]