Roofers in St Ives

Local roofers who actually know St Ives

St Ives is one of the prettiest market towns in Cambridgeshire, and it is right on our doorstep. From our Huntingdon base it is a six mile run east along the river, so when you call us about a roof in St Ives you are not waiting days for a roofer to come over from miles away. We are a familiar sight in the town, and we know its roofs because we work on them all the time.

That riverside setting on the Great Ouse is lovely to live with, but it is hard on roofs. Damp coming off the water, the wind that funnels along the valley, and the age of the older properties near the famous medieval bridge with its chapel all take their toll. The period cottages and town houses around the centre and the Quadrant often have steep, traditional roofs with leadwork and mortar that needs proper care, while the busy Monday and Friday markets bring plenty of footfall but no relief to a slipped ridge tile sitting above it.

The town is far more than its old centre, though. Newer estates like Hill Rise and Wheatfields have grown St Ives outwards, and a lot of those homes are now twenty or thirty years old, which is exactly the age where the first roof repairs and roofline jobs start to crop up. Flashing lifts, felt under the tiles gets brittle, and plastic guttering put up when the house was built starts to sag and leak. We see all of it across St Ives, and we fix it properly rather than patching it to get through another winter.

What a St Ives roof usually needs

For most homeowners here it starts small. A few missing tiles after a windy night, a damp patch on a bedroom ceiling, or a gutter overflowing down the wall. Caught early, these are quick, affordable jobs, and that is the whole point of using a local roofer who can get to you. Leave them and water finds the timbers, and a thirty pound repair turns into a thousand pound one. Our roof repairs cover leaks, slipped and missing tiles, worn flashing and storm damage across the town.

When a roof has simply come to the end of its life, we fit new roofs and re-roofs in tile and slate that are built to outlast the rest of the house. The flat-roof extensions and dormers that are common on the newer St Ives estates are covered by our flat roofing in modern fibreglass and EPDM rubber, which lasts far longer than the old felt it usually replaces. We also handle chimney repairs and leadwork on the period homes near the bridge, fresh uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering to protect your timbers, and roof cleaning to clear the moss that builds up on shaded, riverside roofs.

Whatever your roof needs, the deal is the same in St Ives as everywhere else we work. You get an honest look, a clear explanation in plain English, and a fair price in writing with no pressure. If a repair will do the job, we will tell you that rather than try to sell you a new roof. You can read more about how we work, or just get in touch for a free quote and we will be over before you know it.