by Daniel | May 19, 2020 | London, Roofing
Are you comparing apples with apples? 🍏 This is a roof we’ve just replaced in North London. There was no specification to price against, which can sometimes mean we lose out on jobs like this by ‘appearing’ more expensive than competitors. In order to provide...
by Daniel | May 18, 2020 | London, Roofing
Do you know what BS5534 is? This is a ‘British Standard’ code of practise. We are delighted to have completed the re-tiling of the roof at All Saints Church in Croxley Green to this standard. This is in fact the minimum requirement on any tiling job, big or small and...
by Daniel | Apr 20, 2020 | London, Roofing
Do you know what ‘capillary action’ is? Put simply ‘it is the movement of water along a material against an opposing force, such as gravity’. The shallow height of the steps in this gutter meant that when gutter became blocked in periods of heavy rain, these steps...
by Daniel | Apr 19, 2020 | London, Roofing
Are all of your roofers with you full time? This is an excellent question and one I was asked only yesterday – Its something that I often forget to emphasise the importance of. The answer is a resounding yes! At GWS we work extremely hard to keep our approach...
by Daniel | Mar 22, 2020 | London, Roofing
One of our clients asked us this question recently in regards to raising the height of he’s bathroom ceiling. The local council allowed the roof to be raised by 450mm. Taking into consideration the current ceiling depth and making sure we insulated correctly, we’ve...
by Daniel | Mar 20, 2020 | London, Training
‘Are you able to attend ASAP?’ I recently received this message from a regular client along with a video of what appeared to be quite an urgent issue. I usually prefer to visit a job initially but at such short notice I couldn’t personally attend so I asked one of our...
