Roofer in Barnsley

Local to Barnsley

Barnsley has a lot of ex-council semis and post-war housing with flat-roofed extensions and garages that were often built with felt rather than anything more durable, particularly around Wombwell and the older parts of Dodworth, where whole streets of near-identical properties were built to the same specification in the fifties and sixties. We fit GRP fibreglass as standard now, which lasts considerably longer and doesn't have seams for water to find its way through, but we'll always look at what's already there and advise honestly rather than push the more expensive option where felt would do the job fine for another few years. The town's mining history also means some older properties have had roof repairs done over the decades by whoever was available at the time rather than a specialist, so we sometimes find repairs stacked on repairs that need stripping back properly rather than adding yet another layer on top.

Common roofer problems in Barnsley

Ponding water and cracked seams are the most common flat roof faults we see in Barnsley, usually on felt roofs that are past their expected lifespan and starting to let water sit rather than drain away, which accelerates the rot underneath if it's left. On the pitched roofs of older terraces, moss build-up on north-facing slopes is a recurring issue, trapping moisture against tiles that would otherwise be perfectly sound and eventually forcing them out of alignment. We also regularly find evidence of previous repairs done without properly stripping back the layer underneath, which tends to fail again within a year or two once the new material moves independently of the old.