Services
Specialist & Commercial
Heritage and listed buildings, commercial estates, rendering and traditional harling.
- 24/7 emergency line
- Free written quotations
- Fully insured work
24/7
Emergency roofing response across Cumbria and the Borders, answered day and night.
What does specialist & commercial cover?
Some roofs need more than good roofing. Listed buildings need appropriate materials and consents; commercial estates need programming, documentation and phasing around occupation.
In this section
4 services
Heritage & Traditional Roofing
Heritage roofing is the repair and renewal of roofs on listed, historic and traditionally built properties using materials and techniques appropriate to the original construction — natural slate and stone slate, lime mortar, traditional leadwork and hand-formed detailing — and carried out within the consents the building's status requires.
Commercial Roofing
Commercial roofing covers survey, repair, recovering and planned maintenance on non-domestic buildings — offices, schools, churches, retail units, industrial premises and public sector estates. The work differs from domestic roofing chiefly in scale, access, programming around building occupation, and the documentation required.
Rendering
Rendering applies a protective and decorative coating to external walls. On roofing projects it most often accompanies chimney work, gable repairs and wall heads. The critical decision is whether the wall needs a breathable lime render or a modern cement or silicone system — using the wrong one traps moisture in the wall.
Roughcasting & Harling
Roughcasting, known as harling in Scotland and the Borders, throws a wet mix containing aggregate onto a wall to create a textured, highly weather-resistant finish. It is the traditional external treatment across much of southern Scotland, the Borders and west Cumbria for good reason: it stands up to driven rain better than a smooth render.
Coverage
Where we carry out this work
Core areas get the fastest response. Extended areas are for planned projects and commercial contracts.
Common questions
Not sure what your roof needs?
Tell us what you are seeing and we will tell you honestly whether it is a repair, a maintenance job or something that needs replacing. Consultations and written quotations are free.