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Agricultural and barn roofing around Builth Wells
Farm building re-sheeting, barn re-roofing and asbestos-cement replacement around Builth Wells. We put you in touch with a roofer who does agricultural work in the district.
Builth Wells is a market town on the Wye, with a compact Victorian centre of stone and rendered buildings, terraces up the hill and a wide farming district that fills for the Royal Welsh Show every July. The farms around Builth Wells, out towards Llanelwedd, Cilmery, Llangammarch Wells, Erwood, carry every kind of agricultural roof: stone barns in slate, Dutch barns in rusting tin, cattle sheds and workshops in asbestos-cement sheet. Farm roofing is its own trade and we pass your enquiry to a roofer who does it, not a house roofer on a big shed.
The buildings around Builth Wells
Slate on the town, a good deal of it original, and a great many agricultural roofs on the farms around it, from stone barns to steel-framed sheds with sheet roofs.
Re-sheeting and re-roofing
Steel sheet
Box-profile or corrugated plastisol-coated steel on checked purlins, with rooflights and ridge ventilation for stock. The fastest way to make a working building dry.
Fibre cement
The asbestos-free sheet that replaces old cement roofs like for like, and the better choice over livestock for condensation.
Stone barns
Re-slated like a house, and if the barn is listed or in a scheme, slate is expected. The town centre is a conservation area, and the Wye is a Special Area of Conservation, which affects how roof water and site waste are handled near the river.
Asbestos-cement roofs
Most sheds put up before 2000 around Builth Wells are roofed in asbestos cement. Sound sheet can stay and be managed. Removal is non-licensed work under HSE rules if the sheets come down whole and wet, but sheets that will be broken up are notifiable, and the waste must leave with a registered carrier under a consignment note. Ask the contractor to show both.
Weather on the farms
The Wye valley is a wind corridor in a westerly, and the town gets heavy rain from the Cambrian Mountains and the Epynt to the south. Sheet roofs are fixed for that exposure, with stitching screws at the laps and the ridge, and a shed re-sheeted without them loses sheets in the first gale.
How it works
Tell us what the building is, its rough size, what it is used for and what the roof is made of. We pass it to a roofer who does agricultural work around Builth Wells, and they visit and quote in writing. Free to use. We do not advise on grants; check the current Welsh Government scheme with Farming Connect.
- Roofers who do farm buildings, not house roofers on a big shed
- Steel, fibre cement or slate priced for the building and its use
- Asbestos-cement handled under the HSE's rules, with the waste paperwork
- One local firm, free to use
Before you ring
Agricultural and barn roofing in Builth Wells: common questions
Can the shed stay in use while it is re-roofed?
Usually, bay by bay, with stock moved as the roofer works along the building. It is one of the first things they will plan with you.
Does the contractor need an asbestos licence around Builth Wells?
Not for asbestos-cement sheet removed whole: the HSE classes it as non-licensed work. They do need trained workers, a registered waste carrier and a consignment note for the waste, and they should show you both.
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Your roof. Your next step.
Describe the job and your location. Your enquiry goes to one local roofing firm, who can discuss the work and arrange a written quote.