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Are you able to quote for it all?

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...

Does it matter what it looks like?

It’s just a roof – Does it matter what it looks like? As soon as we were given the order for this turret I was really keen to get started because I knew how impressive it could look. The scaffold we had to build was quite complicated, with numerous staggered...

Job that went wrong?

Have you had a job that goes wrong? This particular job in Hammersmith didn’t start well for us. We had been asked to diagnose an issue that was causing water ingress all the way along the parapet. Due to the lack of a drip edge from the coping stone above, the inside...

Can you afford to take the risk?

Method Statements and Risk Assessments or ‘RAMS’ should be in place before any job starts. Today, one of our teams are replacing a small ground flat roof over a bathroom for a private domestic client. Despite the jobs being quite small in size, our site manager will...

Did you know we install roof terraces?

From domestic hide always to commercial common parts – Outside space in London is rare and especially valuable at the moment. These are two examples of roof terraces we’ve completed recently in Chelsea and Poplar respectively. The decking in Chelsea we installed...

Have you heard of the NFRC?

Have you heard of the NFRC? The National Federation of Roofing Contractors is our industry’s governing body. To be a member, an independent roofing assessor must randomly inspect our work to make sure that British Standards are being met. This allows us to sign our...