Roofers in Haywards Heath,on a Local 01444 Number.
The West Sussex line, 01444 702 095, is a Haywards Heath number. The town grew around its railway station from 1841, and its roofs run from Victorian villas to the flat-roofed modernist houses of Sunnywood Drive and the new streets of Bolnore Village.
Roofing and Guttering in Haywards Heath, on the West Sussex Line.
Haywards Heath is a railway town. The London and Brighton Railway arrived in 1841 and the station opened on 12 July that year, and the Victorian and Edwardian villas that followed were among the earliest commuter housing in Sussex. The Sussex County Lunatic Asylum went up on the edge of the town in 1859, and Franklands Village was built in the 1930s.
The 1930s left something else too: Sunnywood Drive, laid out in 1934 with modernist-style houses built in brick with flat roofs, which are proper flat roofs of real age rather than an extension out the back. Bolnore Village, to the south-west, is the newest chapter, with its first house completed in October 2002.
Around the town sit Lindfield, a village with its own council since 1974, Cuckfield, the ancient parish that Haywards Heath grew out of, and the villages of Scaynes Hill, Wivelsfield, Ardingly, Balcombe and Horsted Keynes. We cover RH16 and RH17 on the West Sussex line.
The Roofs of Haywards Heath, From the Villas to Bolnore.
The Victorian and Edwardian Villas
Large houses around the centre and Muster Green with slate and clay tile, several stacks each and a lot of lead. Detail work rather than volume work.
Franklands Village and the Inter-War Streets
1930s houses under clay or concrete tile, on underlay and fixings of the same age. Sound tiles over perished felt is the usual finding.
Sunnywood Drive and the Flat Roofs
The 1934 modernist houses were built with flat roofs from the start. Ninety years on they need a covering that works, laid with proper falls, not another layer on top of the old one.
Ashenground, Bentswood and Bolnore Village
Post-war estates and, at Bolnore, houses from 2002 onwards, where the roof is young and the faults are at the details.
What We Get Called to in Haywards Heath.
Flat Roofs
Felt and GRP fibreglass on the Sunnywood Drive houses, garages and extensions, repaired or stripped and renewed with proper falls.
Flat Roofing explained02Roof Repairs
Slipped slates and tiles, cracked ridge and hip mortar and worn flashings on the villas and the inter-war streets.
Roof Repairs explained03Gutter Cleaning
Runs filled by the trees of the Weald and the moss off the roofs, cleared by hand with the downpipes flushed through.
Gutter Cleaning explained04Leadwork and Flashing
Valleys, back gutters and stack flashings on the older houses, dressed by hand.
Leadwork & Flashing explainedFlat Roofs of Real Age and the Rest of the Town.
A flat roof built in 1934 has had several coverings in its life, and the temptation each time is to lay a new one over the old. That adds weight, traps water and hides the deck. When we look at one of the Sunnywood Drive houses we look at the deck and the falls as well as the surface, and we tell you what the roof actually needs.
The villas need a different kind of attention. Several stacks, valleys between the slopes and lead at every junction mean the water rarely gets in where the stain shows. We go over all of the lead rather than the nearest piece.
Mid Sussex District Council is the planning authority. Most roof repairs need nothing from them. Where a house is listed or in a conservation area, in Lindfield or Cuckfield for instance, we check what applies before pricing.
The fault we are called to most in Haywards Heath, lit on the house.
Where We Work in and Around Haywards Heath.
RH16 and RH17, on a local 01444 number.
Haywards Heath Town Centre and Muster Green
RH16The Victorian and Edwardian heart of the town, around the station.
Franklands Village
RH16The 1930s development on the southern side.
Ashenground and Bentswood
RH16The estates south and east of the centre.
Bolnore Village
RH16The new village to the south-west, built from 2002.
Lindfield
RH16The village to the north-east, with its own parish council.
Cuckfield
RH17The ancient parish to the west that Haywards Heath grew out of.
Scaynes Hill and Wivelsfield
RH17The villages to the east and south.
Ardingly, Balcombe and Horsted Keynes
RH17The villages to the north, in the High Weald.
Why Two Jobs in Haywards Heath Cost Different Things.
We give a written price for the work we have looked at. In Haywards Heath these are the things that move it.
The State of the Deck Under a Flat Roof
On a 1934 Sunnywood Drive house the surface is the cheap part; the deck and the falls under it are what decide the price. We look at both before we quote.
The Lead on the Villas
Several stacks and valleys mean a lot of lead, priced by the metre and by how hard it is to reach. We go over all of it rather than the nearest piece.
Conservation in the Villages
In Lindfield and Cuckfield an older house keeps its covering, and a like-for-like repair in the right material sets the price.
The Questions We Get Asked in Haywards Heath.
Yes. 01444 702 095 is a Haywards Heath number, and it is the line for Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Cuckfield, Burgess Hill, Horsham and Crawley.
Yes. Both are minutes from the town, and both have older houses where we check the conservation position before pricing anything beyond a like-for-like repair.
Yes. We look at the deck and the falls, not just the surface, and renew the covering in felt or GRP fibreglass with the water going where it should. We do not just lay another layer on top.
On a villa with several stacks and valleys the water runs along timbers before it shows. We go over all of the lead on the roof rather than the nearest piece and tell you in writing what we found.
Yes, by hand, with the outlets and downpipes flushed through afterwards. It is the smallest job we do and it prevents most of the big ones.
Yes. The houses at Bolnore date from 2002 onwards, so the roof itself is young. When one leaks it is usually a detail, a flashing or a valley laid short, and it is quick to find from the roof.
Not as a rule. They are 1930s roofs, so the tiles are usually sound and the underlay and fixings beneath them may not be. We lift a few tiles and tell you honestly whether it is a repair or a re-roof.
Yes. We come out, look at the roof and give you a written price with no obligation.
The Other Towns on the West Sussex Line.
The West Sussex line is a Haywards Heath number. Ring 01444 702 095 for a free written quote anywhere in RH16 and RH17, or the mobile, 07377 633898, at any hour.
Tell Us About the Roof in Haywards Heath, and We'll Come and Look.
Your name, a number, the street and what you have noticed. That is all we need.