Roofers in Blackley, M9
Blackley roofs sit mostly on interwar and 1930s semis, in long avenues off Victoria Avenue, Crab Lane and Charlestown Road, with Boggart Hole Clough green in the middle of it. Many are still on original slate or a first replacement tile. Boardman Roofing is based in Swinton and covers Blackley. Call Dave directly on 07879 736629 for a realistic ETA.
The 1930s Blackley semi roof you probably have
Gable or hip, shallow to medium pitch, and either original slate or a concrete tile covering fitted between the 1970s and the 1990s. If it is slate the nails fail long before the slate does. If it is tile the underlay fails first, and that is the case we meet most on the avenues off Crab Lane. Eighties reroofs used bitumen felt, which turns brittle and tears over the rafters, so damp shows in a back bedroom only when the wind sits in one direction.
Trees, moss and the Boggart Hole Clough effect
Near the Clough, and along the wooded ground down towards the Irk, roofs get more shade and more growth, and north facing slopes go green and stay green. Moss does not eat a tile, but it holds water against the surface so frost spalls the face, and it breaks away in lumps that block gutters. On slate it lifts the tail slightly and lets more water past. We clear it by hand and soft brush, never with a pressure washer, then flush the gutters.
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Higher Blackley, White Moss and the later estates
Out through Higher Blackley and towards White Moss and the Booth Hall housing off Charlestown Road the stock gets later, and newer roofs bring their own list. Dry verge caps gone chalky and blown off in a gale. Plastic soakers split at the collar around vent pipes. Mechanical ridge fixings that were never actually tightened. We check every mechanical fixing when we are up there. Valleys with a plastic liner where the tile has been cut short, so the effective gutter is too narrow for a real downpour. Somebody still has to go up and look.
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