by Daniel | May 20, 2020 | London, Roofing
Unfortunately we see this sort of thing all the time. I’m sure these plumbers/gas engineers have done a great job fitting a new boiler or bathroom suite but the same care and attention has not been given to weathering the flu’s. Flu’s often need to be passed through a...
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 22, 2020 | Roofing
At GWS Roofing this is a question that we ask ourselves regularly. Despite having all of our own checks in place, every 4 to 6 weeks we ask an independent health and safety advisor to check one of our jobs. We don’t warn the men he is coming as we want cold hard facts...
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...
