Roofers in Stockport
We cover Stockport from Macclesfield, up the A523 through Poynton and Hazel Grove. Stockport's red-brick terraces and Victorian semis make up most of the roofs we work on here: Welsh slate, brick chimney stacks, rear extensions and dormers, many over a century old.
Brick and stone terraced houses with slate roofs on Strines Road, Stockport. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stockport's houses and roofs
Stockport grew on cotton and hat making in the nineteenth century, and its great railway viaduct, finished in 1840, still crosses the Mersey valley in the middle of town. Around the centre, Edgeley, Cheadle Heath and Shaw Heath have long streets of red-brick terraces with slate roofs. Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey and Davenport have larger Victorian and Edwardian semis and villas, with bays, gables and attic rooms.
Further out, Offerton, Marple and Hazel Grove have more interwar and post-war housing, and many homes across the borough now have dormer loft conversions.
What goes wrong on Stockport roofs
- Terrace roofs at the end of their life
- Slate roofs on Victorian terraces with nail sickness and rotten battens.
- Dormers on loft conversions
- Flat dormer roofs, cheeks and flashings on converted lofts that leak at the joints.
- Bay window roofs
- Lead or slate roofs over bays on Victorian and Edwardian semis that split and let water into the front room.
- Chimney flashings
- Old lead or mortar flashings on brick stacks shared between neighbours.
Planning and roof work in Stockport
Stockport is in Greater Manchester, and planning and building control are with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, not Cheshire East. The borough has a number of conservation areas, including parts of the Heatons and the town centre, where changes to roofs facing the street need care. Most dormers on houses outside conservation areas fall under permitted development if they are at the back and within the size limits.
Council: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Postcodes: SK1 to SK7. Getting to you: We come up the A523 through Poynton and Hazel Grove into Stockport.
Roofing services in Stockport
The jobs we are asked for most here come first.
- Slate roofingWelsh, reclaimed and natural slate repaired, refixed and relaid to match.
- Roof repairsLeaks traced to the cause, then slates, tiles, ridges, valleys and flashings put right.
- Flat roofingExtensions, dormers, garages and bays in GRP, EPDM rubber or torch-on felt.
- Gutter cleaningGutters, outlets and downpipes cleared, flushed and checked, with photos.
Also in Stockport: emergency roof repairs, new roofs, fibreglass roofing (GRP), rubber roofing (EPDM), chimney repairs, lead flashing and leadwork, guttering, fascias and soffits, velux and roof windows, roof surveys, garage roofs, roof cleaning and moss removal, heritage roofing, commercial roofing, conservatory roofs.
Roofing in Stockport: questions
Do you cover all of Stockport?
We cover the borough, including Edgeley, the Heatons, Davenport, Offerton, Hazel Grove, Marple and Romiley, along with Bramhall and Cheadle.
Can you repair the lead roof over my bay window?
Yes. Bay roofs are usually lead or slate. We renew split lead or relay slates and renew the flashing to the main wall.
Can you fix a leaking dormer?
Yes. Most dormer leaks are at the flat roof edges, the cheeks or the flashing where the dormer meets the main roof. We find which and repair it.
Roof problem in Stockport?
Call, or send a few details and a photo if you have one. We will come back to you, arrange a visit and give you a written quote before any work starts.