Roofers Farnley

Farnley roofing, the short version

West Leeds on rising ground, an old village and a hall at the middle with inter-war corporation semis and later estates laid out around the park. Farnley is a short run from the yard and we are on that side of the district most weeks, so a survey does not mean waiting about. If your house is anywhere near Cross Lane, Chapel Lane and the estate roads off Whincover, the chances are we have had a ladder up on the same row. Ring for a free survey and a written price with nothing attached to it.

What we take on for Farnley roofs

Roofers in Farnley: roofing and roof repairs across LS12

Farnley covers a lot of ground and several different ideas of housing. Around the old village and Farnley Hall there is stone property under stone slate and Welsh slate, then a big spread of inter-war corporation semis in brick and render on the Whincover side, then later estates and modern infill, plus industrial and trade premises down towards Gelderd Road and the ring road. The land rises through the middle of it all, so you get long views and, on the higher streets, a lot of weather. People searching for roofers in Farnley are as likely to be ringing about a 1930s hipped roof as a stone terrace or a workshop flat.

Corporation semis of that era have a consistent fault list, which makes them straightforward to price. Concrete tiles have weathered porous and grown moss on the shaded pitch, hip irons have corroded and let the bottom hip tile slip, ridge mortar has cracked across and the tiles rock, and eaves felt has gone at the lap into the gutter. Render on the gables cracks and lets water track behind the verge. On the stone property it is nail fatigue, slipped slate and stacks in need of repointing. The commercial units bring old felt and sheet roofs where the failures are at the laps, fixings and internal gutters.

Being on rising ground with open land to the west means Farnley catches wind that lower parts of the city do not. Exposed gable ends and the last house in a row lose verge and ridge first, and that is where the after-the-storm calls come from. The parkland around the hall brings the usual tree debris into valleys and gutters on the streets nearest it. Access varies a lot: the estate roads are easy for scaffold and skip, while the older lanes and back-to-back yards need more thought and sometimes a licence for the pavement.

Farnley is one of the closer parts of Leeds to us. Either the A647 through Stanningley and Bramley, or the A58 Whitehall Road across from the Tong side, both of which put us in LS12 without much fuss. The survey costs nothing, we either get on the roof or fly it where walking is not sensible, and we photograph the faults so you are not taking our word for it. Written quote, itemised, no pressure. Insured to £5m, a ten-year written workmanship guarantee on our work, and emergency callouts seven days a week. Ring 0113 460 1042.

Farnley houses and the roofs they carry

1930s semis and their hipped roofs

Inter-war housing around Farnley usually means hipped roofs in clay or early concrete tile over felt that was never expected to last ninety years. Hip irons, ridges and the eaves are where it shows first, and they are worth looking at before a winter rather than after one.

Post-war estates

Post-war housing in Farnley is largely concrete tile gone porous, brittle felt at the eaves and fascia boards quietly rotting behind the gutter. Re-covers are normal at this age, and ours go on with breathable membrane, dry verges and ventilation that actually does something.

Large detached houses

The larger detached houses in Farnley have busy roofs: several hips, long valleys, dormers, and whatever has been added on over thirty years. The work has to be neat and the materials have to match, and the drive and the borders get looked after while we are on site.

Recent developments

The modern estates around Farnley are mostly interlocking concrete tile on dry-fix systems. The faults tend to be small, irritating and wind-related, and they get sorted with parts that match the rest of the roof.

The Farnley addresses we end up at most often are around Cross Lane, Chapel Lane and the estate roads off Whincover, plus everything tucked in behind them.

What we are called out to most in LS12

• Extension and conservatory abutments flashed badly from new
• 1930s coverings reaching the end all at once
• Cement-bedded ridges cracked the length of the run
• Concrete tiles gone porous and holding damp
• Felt turned brittle and split along the eaves
• Multi-hip roofs with long, awkward valleys

If that is roughly what is happening at your place, ring 0113 460 1042 or send the details over. Looking costs nothing and guessing works out dearer.

Why Farnley property owners use Bradford Roofing

• Bradford firm, Farnley on the round — The yard is in Bradford, not a call centre in another county. Whoever climbs up to survey the roof in Farnley is one of the people who comes back to do the work.
• Materials matched to Farnley roofs — Reclaimed Yorkshire stone slate, Welsh slate, clay and concrete tile matched to whatever came off, and lead used where lead belongs instead of tape and mastic.
• Storm work, seven days a week — When the wind strips a run of slates in Farnley it is the same number to ring. We make it safe first, photograph it for the insurer, then come back and repair it properly.
• Finance on the larger jobs — Re-roofs and chimney rebuilds can be spread on qualifying work. Ask when the written quote lands and we will set out what is available.

Around Farnley

Working out of Bradford puts Farnley on the same round as Wortley, Cottingley (LS11), Churwell, Armley (LS12), Gildersome (LS27) and Beeston (LS11), along with everywhere else across Leeds and the Bradford district.