Edwardian Semi-Detached roofing

Typical roof on a edwardian semi

Plain clay tile at 40–50° pitch, ornate ridge and hip tiles, lead-lined hips and valleys, decorative bargeboards and deep timber eaves.

Common issues

• Mortar bedded ridge tiles letting go after 80+ years
• Hip-tile slippage where lead rolls have perished
• Rotten bargeboards and deep timber soffits
• Cracked clay tiles on exposed front slopes
• Chimney lead aprons failing at the back gutter
• Original cast-iron gutters splitting at joints

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