Roofers in Ashford

Ashford is one of the largest towns in Kent and its housing stock reflects decades of rapid growth. The established residential areas in Stanhope, South Willesborough, Newtown and around the Victoria Road corridor have a predominantly post-war and 1960s–80s character, with concrete interlocking tile dominating across the large estate housing. These estates are now at the age where nail sickness is becoming widespread — 40-plus-year-old galvanised nails are corroding through on thousands of roofs, triggering the re-roof wave that we are seeing across the whole of East Kent.

The older parts of Ashford — the Victorian terraces around Victoria Road, Bank Street and Beaver Road — have a different profile, with clay tile and slate requiring conservative, matched repairs. The significant amount of recent new-build around the Ashford Designer Outlet and the Eureka Park development has brought large volumes of modern tile and flat roof work. The Great Stour runs through the town and lower-lying properties near the river benefit from careful gutter and drainage management.

Common Roofing Problems in Ashford

Nail sickness on the large post-war concrete tile estates in Stanhope and South Willesborough is the dominant re-roof driver in Ashford and accounts for a significant proportion of our volume in the town. Ridge mortar failure is widespread on properties from the same era — the bedded ridges from the 1970s and 1980s are at the end of their life and need either full re-bedding or mechanical ridge conversion. Flat roof section failures on rear extensions are common across all the 1960s and 1970s housing stock. The more affordable the property, the more likely the extension flat roof was under-specified at construction.