Roofers in Rossendale

Rossendale is a valley of former cotton and footwear towns — Rawtenstall, Bacup and their neighbours — strung along the Irwell in the Lancashire Pennines, built almost entirely in local gritstone. Its terraces and mills are roofed in heavy stone slate and blue Welsh slate, weighty roofs that depend on sound timbers and battens as much as the covering.

High in the Pennine valleys, Rossendale is one of the wetter, windier corners of Lancashire, and the steep valley sides make access a real part of any job. Stone-slate roofs need a roofer who understands their diminishing courses and weight; when a slate roof's fixings finally go, a careful strip-and-relay is the right answer rather than spot repairs. Ridges must be held firmly against the exposure, and valleys and gutters kept clear through the long wet spells. Chimney flashings on the taller terraces deserve regular attention given the driving rain.