Roofers in Broadstairs

Bay-fronted Victorian villas and terraces above the chalk cliffs give Broadstairs its character, and with them come slate, deep valleys and prominent chimney stacks. Sitting on an exposed corner of Thanet, those roofs take salt-laden wind off the North Sea for most of the year. Salt does less to the covering than to everything holding it on. Nails, clips, screws and the lead at abutments corrode faster here than a few miles inland, which is why a roof can look sound from the pavement while its fixings are already going. Wind uplift at ridges, verges and the edges of flat-roofed extensions is the other constant. Any repair worth doing in a town this exposed is specified with corrosion-resistant fixings and properly secured edge detailing rather than replaced like for like. We cover Broadstairs, Kingsgate and the bays either side of the town.