Roofers in Atherton, M46
Boardman Roofing covers Atherton and M46. Locals still call it Chowbent, and coal and cotton shaped its slate terraces around Market Street and Bag Lane, the Fletcher colliery cottages at Howe Bridge, workers housing through Hindsford and estates at Hag Fold. Dave has 25 years on the tools.
Chowbent terraces and the Howe Bridge colliery cottages
The terraces follow the familiar Lancashire pattern: a steep front pitch in Welsh slate, a shallower rear addition and a shared stack on the party wall. The Howe Bridge cottages were built by the colliery for its own workers, well laid out but to a budget, with short head laps and light rafters. When we strip one we routinely find the rafter feet rotted where the gutter has been overflowing for years, and the wall plate gone with them. We price for likely rafter end repairs up front.
Old mine workings, and Atherton roofs that are no longer square
The town sat in the middle of the coalfield and the ground has moved. Walls are out of plumb, ridges dip along their length and gables lean a fraction, so the covering has been under strain for decades. Coursing laid true has racked, slates sit unevenly, and mortar bedding on ridge and verge cracks again however often it is repaired. You cannot straighten the house, but dry ridge and dry verge tolerate movement, and lead can be formed to follow a line that is not level.
Hag Fold, Hindsford and the estate housing
Out on the estates the work is simpler. Concrete interlocking tiles, felt perished at the eaves, mortar verges shedding their pointing, and gutters sagged between brackets so water runs to the middle of the run instead of the downpipe. Many of these houses have had nothing done to the roof since they were built, and small money now saves a ceiling later. Common jobs are refixing a lifted verge, replacing a run of gutter and fascia, and fitting an eaves carrier tray.
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Roofing services in Atherton, M46
We handle slate roof repair, reroofing, rafter repairs, chimney stack removal, leadwork, dry ridge conversions and full guttering replacements across Atherton.
Access and scaffold licensing on narrow Chowbent streets
Bag Lane and the other narrow terraced streets need careful scaffold planning. We get the pavement licence from the council before any poles go up, so the footway stays clear.
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