Hitchin
Roofing in Hitchin
A historic market town with old roofs at its centre, Victorian terraces around it and a great many conservatories due a solid roof.
Old roofs in the centre, conservatories on the edges
Much of Hitchin's town centre sits within a conservation area. The roofs there are clay tile and natural slate, often old, with lead valleys, parapets and chimneys that have been patched many times over. Repairs in the centre need matching materials and a careful hand, and some changes need consent before they start, which we check at survey stage.
Around the centre are streets of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, with the problems you would expect at that age: slipped slates, tired valley and parapet leadwork, and chimney flashings that have given up. Further out, the interwar semis and post-war estates tend to need re-roofing as the original felt beneath the tiles reaches the end of its life.
Conservatories are the other regular job. Many were added in the 1990s and 2000s with polycarbonate or glass roofs, and replacing that roof with an insulated solid one turns a room that is too hot in summer and too cold in winter into one you can use all year.
Common work in Hitchin
- Solid conservatory roof replacement
- Slate and clay tile repairs in the conservation area
- Re-roofing interwar and post-war houses
- Leadwork on valleys, parapets and chimneys
- Guttering and roofline replacement
Services in Hitchin
What we are usually called out for
Questions
Hitchin questions
Yes. Work on older roofs in the town centre is carried out in matching materials, and where a change needs consent from North Hertfordshire Council we tell you at survey stage, before anything is agreed.
Yes, and it is one of our most common jobs. The frames and base are checked at survey to confirm they can carry a solid roof, and you receive a fixed, itemised quotation.
Yes. We work across the SG4 and SG5 postcodes, including the villages around the town. If you are not sure whether we reach you, send us your postcode and we will confirm.
Request a survey
We look at the job before we price it
Someone comes out, looks at the work properly (getting on the roof where it is safe to do so) and photographs what they find. You get those photographs and a fixed, itemised quotation.
- 01 SurveyWe look at the job properly and photograph what is actually there.
- 02 QuoteA fixed, itemised figure with those photographs attached.
- 03 ScheduleA written start date, and one named contact throughout.
- 04 FinishSwept daily, signed off with you, guaranteed in writing.
Written workmanship guarantee issued on completion, with evidence of insurance on request.