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Agricultural and barn roofing around Llanwrtyd Wells
Farm building re-sheeting, barn re-roofing and asbestos-cement replacement around Llanwrtyd Wells. We put you in touch with a roofer who does agricultural work in the district.
Llanwrtyd Wells is often called the smallest town in Britain, a former spa on the Irfon with Victorian villas and terraces along the main road and hill farms in every direction. The farms around Llanwrtyd Wells, out towards Abergwesyn, Llangammarch Wells, Beulah, Cynghordy, 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 Llanwrtyd Wells
Slate on the Victorian buildings, many of them large and steep, and sheet roofs on the farms.
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. There is no conservation area, but the Victorian spa buildings are what give the town its character and most owners want the slate kept.
Asbestos-cement roofs
Most sheds put up before 2000 around Llanwrtyd 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
It is high and wet, on the edge of the Cambrian Mountains, and the snow and ice that come with that are hard on old slate and mortar. 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 Llanwrtyd 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 Llanwrtyd 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 Llanwrtyd 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.