Roofers in Musselburgh

Musselburgh, the "Honest Toun", lies just east of Edinburgh where the River Esk empties into the Firth of Forth, an ancient burgh with a racecourse, old harbour and golf links said to be among the oldest anywhere. Its townscape is traditional Scottish sandstone and roughcast render, roofed in natural slate, with later housing added in slate and concrete tile around the historic core.

Standing right on the Forth shore, the town is wide open to salt-bearing winds and squally coastal rain, a combination that rusts cheap nails and prises at any slate that has worked loose. The sound approach is copper or stainless fixings, slates and ridge mechanically held against uplift, and render-to-roof junctions detailed with care where the harling meets the eaves. When an aged slate roof loses its nails, re-slating the whole slope is the durable answer rather than chasing slips, and rainwater goods deserve clearing before the autumn gales arrive in earnest.