Roofers in Lewisham

Lewisham is a busy regenerated hub in south-east London, grown up where the little Quaggy joins the Ravensbourne, its long high street and new towers rising above streets of bay-windowed Victorian and Edwardian houses. Those houses are slated in natural slate with clay-tile and tile-hung details; the later infill and rear additions bring concrete tile and flat coverings into the mix.

Because two small rivers thread the district, the lowest streets carry a flood-resilience concern and a steady background damp, while the borough's many street trees shed leaves straight into gutters and box valleys. Salt is not a factor this far up the Thames. Practical priorities here are clearing rainwater runs before autumn, lifting moss off the sunless rear slopes before it beds in, and — on a tired slate roof whose nails have corroded — re-covering the slope rather than patching it repeatedly. The bay-window and tile-hung details reward a roofer used to period London housing.