Roofers in Diss

A border town

Diss is a South Norfolk market town in the Waveney valley on the Suffolk border, built around its Mere. The centre is a conservation area, with timber-framed, Georgian and Victorian buildings along its streets, and newer housing around the edges of the town.

Roofs in Diss

Older buildings in Diss have roofs of plain clay tiles, pantiles and slate, while newer homes are mostly concrete tile. On an older roof, repairs and re-roofs need materials chosen to match, and changes on a listed building or in the conservation area may need consent from South Norfolk Council. Newer roofs more often need attention to ridges, verges, guttering and the flat roofs on garages and extensions.

Solar panels in Diss

We install bespoke rooftop solar panels for homes and businesses. A roof facing south, east or west with little shade suits solar best, and because we are roofers we can deal with any roof repairs before the panels go on. On most houses rooftop panels are permitted development, but listed buildings need consent and conservation areas can have restrictions.

Roofing problems to look out for in Diss

In the conservation area around the Mere and the town centre, timber-framed and older brick buildings have roofs of clay tiles, pantiles and slate, where the common problems are cracked and slipped tiles, perished felt, crumbling ridges and worn leadwork around chimneys. Newer houses around the edge of the town have concrete tiles and uPVC rooflines, with ridges and verges that can work loose in high winds, gutters that block, and flat roofs on garages and extensions that wear out.

Solar panels and roof work together

If your roof will need work in the next few years, it is worth doing it before solar panels go on, rather than paying to take the panels off and put them back later. Because we are roofers as well as installing solar panels, we can look at the roof and the panels together and plan the work in the right order. Customers have had us remove their solar panels during a re-roof and refit them once the work was done.

Roofing work we carry out in Diss

• Roof repairs, from a single slipped tile to storm damage, with emergency call-outs for leaks
• Full and partial re-roofs in slate or tile
• Flat roofs in EPDM rubber, as certified Firestone installers
• Leadwork in rolled lead to BS12588 British standards
• Fascias, soffits, bargeboards and guttering in low maintenance uPVC
• Chimney repairs, rebuilds and removals
• Rooftop solar panels for homes and businesses

Villages around Diss

As well as Diss itself, we work in the villages around it, including Roydon, Scole, Bressingham, Burston and Dickleburgh, and throughout the rest of Norfolk. Every quotation is free and comes with no obligation.