Roofing in Crouch End, N8
Crouch End is N8, around the Broadway and its clock tower, with the hills of Shepherd's Hill and Crouch Hill on either side. From our N19 base it is a short drive over the hill.
This is Edwardian north London: red-brick semis and terraces with clay tile roofs, gabled bays with timber detailing, and loft conversions with dormers and flat roofs on the back. Many roofs are now a century old and on their original battens.
Clay tile roofs of that age fail in a predictable way: nail sickness lets tiles slip, ridges lose their mortar and the old felt under the tiles crumbles. We repair what can be repaired and quote for a re-roof when the battens have had their day, with a 20-year guarantee on tiled roofs.
Dormer and rear extension flat roofs are the other big Crouch End job. We replace failed felt with GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubber, with up to a 35-year guarantee on GRP.