Roof replacement in Knighton

Knighton is a border town in the Teme valley, built steeply up the hill from the river, with Victorian brick and stone terraces, a Victorian clock tower at the centre and the Offa's Dyke path running through it. When one of those roofs reaches the end, a full re-roof is a strip, inspect and re-cover job, and we put you in touch with a local roofer who does that work in Knighton and quotes it in writing.

The roofs in Knighton

Knighton is a border town in the Teme valley, built steeply up the hill from the river, with Victorian brick and stone terraces, a Victorian clock tower at the centre and the Offa's Dyke path running through it. Slate on most of the older houses, with steep pitches on the hillside streets that make access and scaffolding part of every job.

Built for the Knighton weather

Being on the English side of the hills it is drier than the west of the county, but the valley gets frost pockets and the wind funnels along the Teme. A re-roof here is specified for that, with more fixings and a bigger headlap than the same roof would need in a sheltered English town.

What the council will expect

The town centre and the Narrows are a conservation area, and the town straddles the border, so some properties fall under Shropshire's planning rules rather than Powys's. Building Regulations apply to any roof re-covered over half its area, and a competent-person-scheme installer can self-certify.

How it works

1. You tell us about the roof. The street or village, the age of the house, and what it is doing. Photographs from the ground help.
2. We pass it to one Knighton roofer. A firm that covers Knighton, Knucklas, Bucknell, Beguildy, Llangunllo and the district, not a list of ten.
3. They visit and quote in writing. With the timber allowance, the leadwork and the slate source set out. No charge for the enquiry, no obligation on the quote.

Whether the house is near the clock tower or out towards Knucklas, the roofer we pass it to knows the streets and the access.