Roofers in Camden Town

Many of the older terraces in and around Camden Town were built in the early and middle nineteenth century, and a lot of them hide their roofs. From the street you see a flat parapet, but behind it sits a V-shaped valley roof, sometimes called a London or butterfly roof, draining to a lead-lined gutter that runs from front to back. Ashlar Roofing works as a roofer across NW1 and the London Borough of Camden, and these concealed roofs are a regular part of that work.

Hidden roofs are easy to neglect precisely because nobody sees them. Leaves and silt gather in the central gutter, lead splits where it has expanded and contracted for decades, and the parapet walls themselves can let water in through worn copings and joints. By the time a stain appears on a top-floor ceiling, the valley may have been leaking for some time.

Mansard roofs are common here too, with steep slated faces and a shallow upper roof that is often finished in lead or felt. They have more junctions than a simple pitched roof, and each junction needs to be properly flashed. We check all of them when we survey.