Roofers in Marple
Up on the Peak edge, Marple's roofs take more weather than most — older stone and slate on hillier, more exposed ground.
Marple is a different roofing proposition to the suburban SK7 and SK8 areas. Sitting where Greater Manchester meets the Peak District, around the Peak Forest Canal and the famous flight of locks, it's hillier, more exposed, and its housing is older and more varied — stone cottages, Victorian villas and canal-side terraces alongside the more recent estates.
Roofing on the Peak edge
- Exposure to weather. Marple, Marple Bridge and Mellor sit high and catch driving rain and wind off the hills. Roofs here need their flashings, verges and ridges properly fixed — anything marginal gets found out fast. Wind-lifted ridges are a regular emergency callout.
- Stone and natural slate. A lot of the older stock carries stone or natural slate, often in conservation areas around Marple Bridge. Repairs and re-covers here mean matching materials sympathetically, not slapping on the cheapest tile — our pitched roofing work covers this.
- Older chimneys and leadwork. Period properties mean tall stacks and lots of lead junctions — the most common leak points, and where our chimney and leadwork gets the most use.
Areas we cover around Marple
From Marple we cover Marple Bridge, Mellor, Compstall, Rose Hill, Hawk Green and across to Romiley and High Lane — all in and around SK6, and all worth the trip out from Stockport.
Free roof survey in Marple
If you're up on the exposed side of the borough, it pays to have a roof that's fixed properly. We'll survey it, quote a fixed written price, and back the work with a 10-year guarantee.
Roof trouble in Marple?
Local, established roofers — insured, 10-year guarantee, fixed written quotes. We're rarely more than twenty minutes away.