Norfolk
Storm damage roof repairs in Hunstanton
The most exposed roofs in Norfolk, and the ones we get called to first after a blow.
Hunstanton faces west across The Wash, which makes it the only place on this coast where the weather arrives over open water and hits the front of the house rather than the back. Roofs on the cliff top and along the seafront take gusts that roofs five miles inland never see.
What the wind does here
It gets under the verge on the seaward gable and peels the run back tile by tile. It lifts mortar-bedded ridge in one piece. On the older carrstone properties it works the flashings loose where the stone has weathered back behind them. None of that is a repair you want doing twice, so we fix back mechanically rather than re-bedding in mortar that will let go again in the next gale.
Salt as well as wind
Nail sickness runs faster within a mile of the sea, and galvanised fixings that would last thirty years inland are gone in fifteen here. If we are on a Hunstanton roof for a repair we will tell you honestly what state the fixings are in, because that is the thing that decides whether you are repairing this roof or replacing it in two years.
Coverage
- Hunstanton, Old Hunstanton and Heacham
- Snettisham, Dersingham and Ingoldisthorpe
- Brancaster, Thornham and Docking, PE31 and PE36
Recent work near Hunstanton
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Storm damage repair in Hunstanton: common questions
Do you cover Hunstanton from King’s Lynn?
Yes, it is a twenty minute run up the A149 and we are up there most weeks. Coastal work is a decent share of what we do.
What our customers say
"Re-roofed our semi in Gaywood. Quoted £8,900 including the scaffold and that is exactly what we paid. Found a rotten wall plate on day two, rang me from the roof with a photo and gave me a price for it before touching it. Rare."
"Ridge came off in the January gale. Rang at nine, somebody was here by two and it was sheeted before the rain came back. Proper repair done the following week."
"Paid for the survey because I had two roofers telling me I needed a new roof. Report came back saying the roof had another ten years in it and the actual problem was the chimney flashing. Cost me £180 to save several thousand."
"Very good work on the flat roof over the kitchen and a fair price. Only reason for four rather than five is we waited about three weeks to get started, though we were told that up front."
"Our place at Heacham is about as exposed as it gets. They specified stainless fixings and clipped the whole perimeter, explained why, and it has been through two winters without losing a tile."
"Chimney repointed on a listed house on the North Brink. Used lime mortar without me having to ask, which is more than the last lot did. Conservation officer was happy."
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