Auchterarder has a mile of traditional stone-and-slate along its high street and some of the finest houses in Perthshire out toward Gleneagles. Both deserve roofing done properly — correct materials, proper leadwork, and a specification you can read and understand.
Auchterarde has grown a lot and it shows in the roofs.
The Lang Toun’s mile-long high street is the town’s defining feature and it’s lined with traditional buildings — stone, natural slate, chimney stacks, the construction that characterises this part of Strathearn.
Behind and around it there’s a substantial amount of modern and high-value housing, with the Gleneagles area holding some genuinely large and architecturally complex properties.
Those two building types need different things, but they have one thing in common: on both, the cheap option is a false economy that shows.
On the traditional high street stock:
On the larger modern and Gleneagles-area properties:
Every quote is written and itemised:
The point is that you can read it, compare it properly against anyone else’s, and see exactly what you’re paying for.
If a quote you’ve been given doesn’t let you do that, that’s information about the quote.
Leaks traced to the actual source, not the stain on the ceiling
Full strip and reroof, new sarking, proper ventilation
GRP, EPDM and felt for extensions, garages and dormers
Natural and reclaimed slate, matched to the original
Repointing, rebuilding, proper lead flashings
Fascias, soffits, downpipes, eaves ventilation
Make-safe first, then the repair, with insurance reports
By hand. Never pressure-washed.
Inveralmond, Ruthvenfield, Arran Road and the city’s units
We specify properly and we write it down. You get a document that names the materials and the methods, not a number on the back of a card.
We do the detail. Leadwork at every junction, correct headlap, matched coursing. On a complex or a traditional roof, the detail is the job.
We won’t undercut ourselves into doing it badly. If someone quotes substantially less than us for the same roof, ask what they’ve left out. Usually it’s the sarking allowance, the leadwork, or the ventilation.
Yes, along with Auchterarder itself, Blackford, Dunning and the wider Strathearn area.
Usually. Reclaimed slate in the appropriate size, and diminishing courses reinstated where the original had them. We’ll show you what we’re proposing before we order anything.
It might legitimately be. But ask three things: what allowance is included for replacing rotten sarking, is the leadwork new or reused, and what nails are being used. Those three answers usually explain the difference.
Yes — see commercial roofing. We can work out of hours and in phased sections so the business keeps operating.
