Roofing
Your Local Roofer
With over 13 years of roofing experience our roofers are outstanding and undertake work to the highest standard. Covering the Blackburn, Preston and Northwest areas AHB Roofers deal with every aspect of new roofs and repairs.
We don’t just specialise in doing the work, we specialise in diagnosing the problems with your roof. Our proven track record has meant many a roofing repair where others have failed and as such we take pride in our roof repair work. The key to our success is experience and attention to detail.
Our Roofing Services for Blackburn, Preston and the Northwest
We cover every facet of roofline work and love a challenge. AHB Roofers with every project aim to meet our customers high expectations and deliver outstanding workmanship, on time and on budget. We have built our reputation on this as our customers comments reflect. Our services cover:
- Full re-slate to single slate replacement
- Roof re tile to single tile repairs
- Chimney stack repairs including pointing, pots and replacing cowls
- Chimney stack removal or restoration
- Sky light installation
- Lead flashing repairs and replacement
- Guttering replaced, cleaned & repaired
- Ridge Tile bedding, pointing and replacement
- Garage roof repair and renewal
- Flat roof repairs and new installations
- Fascia boards replacement
- Soffit Boards replacement and new fitting
- Barge Boards fitting and replacement
- UPVC cladding and verge fitting
- We also provide pointing and rendering services
Areas we cover in the North West
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We know our business very well as you would expect and nothing beats experience. If you are considering a new roof or replacing your roof give us a call and we’ll guide you through everything you need to know.
Go to our Contact Us page for details on how to contact us or call 01254 664 369.
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About the more common materials we use
Roof Tiling Materials
Tiles are man made materials, which are made from hard wearing materials. By far the most common material used to make roofing tiles is clay. Invariably roofing tiles made this way out of clay have to be treated with a weather resistant glazing coat.
People have been using tiles to build their roofs for hundreds of years and over this time people have designed many different shapes and sizes of tiles. Flat tiles for example are just about the most basic type of roof tile. They are more often than not flat and rectangular in shape which makes them ideal for layering on a roof. Flat roofing tiles are very, very common in roofing applications and the methods used for creating these types of roofs have not changed a great deal since the 1970’s!
Other types of tiles are roman tiles and single lap tiles. Roman tiles have a curve at one edge and another at the other edge; this allows them to interlock for additional strength when they are laid on a roof. Single lap tiles are shaped like the letter s and when they are laid they give a very distinct pattern.
Slate Roofing Materials
Slate roofs are done with roofing tiles made from slate which is an ancient sedimentary rock made up mainly from of clay and other volcanic materials, and compounded in the earth by pressure and heat.
Slate is a very common roofing material because it is very strong and also waterproof. It is very popular because it can be easily shaped into the rectangles that we see on the roofs of today. During the manufacture of roofing slates, big pieces of slate rock are broken into small sheets quite easily. Again this makes slate an ideal material for roofing.
Slate roofs can last a very long time because slate is a very hardwearing material the disadvantage of slate as a roofing material is that it is very expensive to buy and replace. In some areas roofs have to be kept maintained with specific types of slate in order to satisfy planning laws and keep the architectural character of buildings uniform in certain areas. Finding specific types of slate in such cases can be very difficult and there are few roofing contractors which undertake this kind of work.
Felt Roofing Materials
Roofing contractors use strong, polyurethane type materials to form felt roofs. A felt roof is applied to a base board which is painted with a preservative coating to make it last longer. Once the base has been prepared the roofing felt is fixed in place using suitable galvanised nails. Felt roofing applications are usually for flat roofs such as those normally seen on garages and garden sheds.
We no longer use ‘Felt’ for roofing or very rarely at any rate. The reason for this is that although felt is inexpensive it is also prone to failure in the changing climate due to temperature changes and humidity changes. It is not a flexible material and therefore does not cope well with extremes.
Our alternative is GRP or EPDM systems.
GRP or EPDM Roofing Materials
EPDM is a synthetic rubber membrane that is supplied literally in 1 piece, cut specifically for your flat roof. EPDM stands for ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER. EPDM rubber membranes are suitable for flat or slightly pitched roofs and are guaranteed by Firestone for 20 YEARS. Not a single drop of water will pass through this roof covering.
GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic – Fibreglass) is an immensely versatile material which combines lightweight with its inherent strength to provide durable weather resistant finish with a variety of surface texture and an unlimited colour range available. Almost any complexity of shape, surface appearance or scale of work is achievable and it is both non-corrosive and non-conductive which can be made to achieve a fire rating which complies to BS476.
We have found both products to be excellent. So much so that we have stopped using felt. The choice is our customers as to which system suites their needs.
