Wakefield’s housing is more brick than stone, and more tile than slate, which changes what a roof needs. The Victorian terraces of Agbrigg, Eastmoor and Thornes often carry Welsh slate on the front and have been patched with whatever was to hand on the back. The interwar and post-war semis of Sandal, Lupset, Outwood and Ossett were built for concrete tiles and most are now on their second roof, with ridges that need rebedding and flat-roofed bays and garages that have had three layers of felt.
We re-roof in natural slate where the house deserves it and in concrete or slate-effect tile where that is what it was built for. GRP flat roofs on bays, porches and garages are a big part of our Wakefield work, and dormers for loft conversions in the semis.
The district gets the wind straight across from the M1 corridor, and ridge tiles and lead are the usual casualties. We cover storm damage and insurance work across Wakefield and the Five Towns.
Getting to Wakefield
Wakefield city centre is about fifteen minutes from Morley. Ossett, Horbury, Outwood, Stanley and Lofthouse are closer, and Normanton, Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley are all within half an hour.
