What tends to be worth checking around Ramsbottom?
Bury Council’s Ramsbottom management plan says salvageable slates or tiles should be reused where possible and warns that concrete tiles or synthetic slate can be inappropriate. If only one part of a terrace needs work, matching the existing covering matters.
The same council guidance says chimney stacks should be retained even when flues are unused. A redundant chimney still needs a sound top, good flaunching and sensible ventilation; removing it is not the automatic answer to a leak.
The Holcombe appraisal records cottages with stone-slate roofs as well as slate-roofed rows. Stone slate is thicker and much heavier than ordinary slate, so repairs need the right support and coursing.
What would I want to know before looking at the roof?
On an older Ramsbottom property, the roof material is worth identifying before anyone prices the job. Stone slate is heavy and often laid in diminishing courses; Welsh slate is much thinner. A contractor used to modern concrete tiles may not be the right person for either.
What should the roofer show you?
Ask how any replacement slate or stone will be matched and fixed. If the chimney is being repaired, ask what is happening to the pots and flues rather than accepting removal simply because they are no longer used.
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K Healy Roofing
82 Fir Street, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 0BG
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The Corner Pin, 298 Bolton Road North, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 0NG
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Brookbottom Road, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 4HU
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