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Heights are never a problem - as this parapet roof at Aberystwyth University's Old College shows!

The leaking ashfelt parapet roof of this historic tower stairwell in Aberystwyth was in desperate need of repair and refurbishment. Now a listed building, the Old College was opened in 1872 as the original home of Aberystwyth University, Wales' first university, and so holds a special place in the hearts of the Welsh!

As the slideshow photos demonstrate, the pressure washing method used to prepare the roof had the added advantage of…

This metal box gutter on a factory at Port Talbot was leaking badly
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This leaking factory metal box gutter at Baglan Industrial Estate, Port Talbot, was causing untold problems for the prestigious car manufacturer having to run its business underneath it!

The simple two-coat sytem meant that after application of the top coat, the job was complete - the liquid roofing…

Before - Asbestos cement profile roof in Northeast Manchester

This roofing project, undertaken on an asbestos cement profile roof in Middleton in Northeast Manchester, really shows what a difference a good roof can make!

The two-coat liquid membrane roofing system was applied quickly and without fuss or mess to give a complete 10-year system with far superior performance to the previous roof. As you can see, it also looks great!

Call today on 01970 610047 to discuss how we can…

Aberaeron school computer room roof - a leaking patchwork of old repairs

This flat roof repair and replacement project was undertaken at Aberaeron, not far from Aberystwyth, on the wet and windy West Wales coast.

The school computer room roof, now a leaking and rotting patchwork of repairs, originally had a flat ash felt roof that had fissure-cracked over the school’s sixty year life and been felted over at some point with non-vapour permeable felt.

Rainwater and internal vapour had leaked in,…

Oxford new build roof with lead roofing alternative

For their new build roof, the owners of this Oxford building chose a modern, safe, easily applied alternative to lead roofing, which also fits in beautifully with the surrounding Oxfordshire countryside.

The reputation of the liquid polymer roofing system as being 'like liquid lead' is well deserved - but it also offers many advantages over traditional lead-work:

faster to install cheaper to install easier to maintain (as…
Listed building in Aberystwyth - the 'perfect forming', lead coloured liquid roofing system is ideal for this work

The completed roof of this listed building in Aberystwyth shows just how versatile the liquid roofing system can be - it looks like lead, forms around details more easily than lead (it is 'perfect forming'), and indeed, often gets described as 'liquid lead'.

On this roof, the lead-work had perished and would have been 'cost prohibitive' to replace. Various alternative options exist but most (including fibreglass) do not expand and…