Bowthorpe was developed largely from the 1980s onward as one of Norwich's planned suburban expansions, and its housing stock has now reached the age where roof maintenance and repairs are becoming a regular need.
Most properties in Bowthorpe - across the three villages of Chapel Break, Three Score and Clover Hill - were built with concrete interlocking tiles, and many of these are now 30 to 40 years old. Concrete tiles are prone to surface erosion, moss growth and mortar failure on ridge and hip sections, and once the ridge mortar cracks it's only a matter of time before tiles start to rock loose. Re-bedding and re-pointing ridge tiles is one of the most common repairs we carry out here, and it's a relatively quick job when caught before individual tiles have slipped.
Flat-roofed canopy porches are also common on Bowthorpe's housing styles, and the felt membranes on these rarely last more than 15 to 20 years without attention. If you've noticed a drip inside a porch or a damp patch near a front door, it's usually the canopy roof rather than the wall. We're about six miles from Bowthorpe and can arrange a survey at short notice.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge - we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
