Homes built from the 1960s onwards
Mascote Renovation & Property Solutions Ltd are roofers in Daventry, a family run firm with full insurance. What a roof here needs depends a great deal on when the house was built.
Daventry was expanded from the 1960s under an overspill agreement with Birmingham. New estates went up around the old market town from then on, Southbrook, Drayton and Middlemore among them, so a large share of the housing is now 40 to 60 years old. Roofs of that age tend to need the same few things.
Tiles and underlay. Most of these houses were roofed in concrete tiles over a felt underlay. The tiles last well, but the felt turns brittle and tears at the eaves, where it sags behind the gutter, and the mortar holding ridge and verge tiles cracks and falls away. Our roof repairs in Daventry deal with all of this, along with slipped and broken tiles, and begin with a free roof inspection.
Flat Roofing in Daventry
Garages, porches and dormers. On the estates these often have a flat roof laid in felt, and a felt roof of that age is usually due for a new covering. We carry out flat roof repairs and flat roof replacements on homes and commercial buildings in felt, GRP fibreglass and EPDM rubber. Repairs include leak detection, patch repairs and curing ponding water. Where the roof is beyond that, we lay a new flat roof with a full guarantee, and can upgrade the insulation while it is open.
Roofline. Timber fascias and soffits from the same years are often soft or peeling by now. We take them down and fit UPVC fascias, soffits and gutters, which need very little upkeep.
The old town and the villages
The centre of Daventry stayed largely intact through the expansion, and the villages around it, Braunston, Weedon Bec, Long Buckby, Badby and Staverton, are older again. Many of the houses are stone or brick under slate or clay tile, and the roofing work is different.
Slates slip as their fixings give way. Chimney stacks need repointing, and sometimes rebuilding from the roof up. The lead around the stack, which includes the flashing, the soakers and the back gutter, wears thin and splits. We carry out chimney repairs and leadwork in Daventry and these villages, from one length of flashing to a rebuilt stack with new pots and cowls, and we replace broken slates and tiles with ones chosen to suit the roof.
New Roofs in Daventry
A roof that has served its time is better replaced than patched every winter. On a house from the 1960s or 1970s that means new tiles on new underlay and battens. On an older house it means slate or clay tile to suit the building. Each new roof we install in Daventry meets current building regulations. We take the old roof away, clean up the site and give a full guarantee.
Loft Conversions in Daventry
Converting the roof space gives a house another bedroom, a study or a bathroom while the garden stays as it is. Our loft conversions include dormers, L shaped dormers, mansards, hip to gable conversions and Velux rooflight conversions. Planning, structural work, electrics, plumbing and the finishing trades are all handled by our own team, and a free site visit will show which type suits your roof.
As builders we also take on home extensions and property refurbishment in Daventry.