Wales

This unusual project provides both a usable basement and a ground floor walkway for a large new-build property in Tregaron, near Lampeter in West Wales (SY25, Ceredigion) - using the cellar roof as the walkway.

Basement tanking or cellar tanking refers to the use of waterproof barriers either inside or outside (in this case inside and over the roof area) to make the basement or cellar dry and habitable. It's one type (among many) of…

This concrete and mastic asphalt roof refurbushment in SY23 (Aberystwyth, West Wales) started out as a real patchwork of problems!

As the photos show, there were different roof materials in use, and moss and other vegetation in abundance over a relatively large area.

First, we pressure-cleaned the roof thoroughly - removing all debris that might hinder installation - before coating the whole area in a primer and undercoat that's…

There's an idea we come across surprisingly often that GRP roofs cannot be refurbished - that it all has to be torn out and started again from scratch. We can tell you right now that this isn't true.

This GRP roof in Cardigan (Aberteifi), West Wales, was holding water, creating pooling that over time would seriously undermine the safety and structure of the roof. However, we were able to fully refurbish it, without ripping out the…

This amazing new build timber frame house in Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire (South West Wales SA73) had some very specific requirements.

First, very high insulation was needed (read more about government-set heat retention U-values here) as well a strong, highly durable and fully waterproof substrate to allow creation of a warm roof suitable for use as a green roof - which can be particularly difficult to achieve for timber frames (…

Abergele Hospital's dedicated, standalone Orthopaedic unit provides care for patients with a whole variety of musculoskeletal needs - meaning good access is critical.

Because the polymer roofing system is cold-applied, suitable for most substrates and faster to install than most other systems, disruption and mess are minimal. With most of our roofs, life can carry on as normal below - giving a particular advantage for organisations…

Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, West Wales (a Hywel Dda NHS hospital), had some unique needs for remedial overlay refurbishment work. Despite previous repairs by another company, the roof was leaking in numerous places, with the asphalt upper area of the main roof in especially poor condition. Its solar-reflective coating had worn away completely, exposing the felt, which had cracked and blistered in the elements. The felt…