Roof replacement in Rhayader

It is the most exposed of the Radnorshire towns, with the Elan Valley dams to the west catching the highest rainfall in Wales and sending the weather straight down to the town. That is the climate a new roof in Rhayader has to stand up to, and it shapes the specification a good roofer will give you. We pass your enquiry to one local firm that re-roofs houses in Rhayader; they look at the roof and quote in writing.

Housing and roof stock

Rhayader is a small stone-built town at the crossroads on the upper Wye, the gateway to the Elan Valley, with old coaching inns, terraces and a large upland farming district.

Slate on the older buildings, a good deal of corrugated and asbestos-cement sheeting on the outbuildings and farms, and a climate that tests both.

Weather and exposure

It is the most exposed of the Radnorshire towns, with the Elan Valley dams to the west catching the highest rainfall in Wales and sending the weather straight down to the town. The exposure category decides the headlap, the fixing pattern and whether the ridges are mortar-bedded or dry-fixed, and it is worth asking the roofer which category they have priced for.

Conservation, listing and the national park

The town centre is a conservation area, and the surrounding hills include Sites of Special Scientific Interest around the Elan estate.

One roofer, one written price

We do not sell your details to a list of firms. Your enquiry goes to a single roofer who covers Rhayader and the surrounding district, and they visit and quote. If you would rather get a second opinion after that, we can pass it to another.

The roofer covers Rhayader itself and the district around it, from the clock tower at the crossroads out to Llanwrthwl.