The older parts of Kedington are a mix of thatch, slate and clay tile, and the roof can change completely from one house to the next. That variety means the right fix on one house can be the wrong one next door. We cover Kedington for roof repairs, re-roofing, ridges and hips, valleys, lead flashings, chimney work, guttering and fascias. Where a tiled or slate roof abuts a thatched neighbour, we plan the job around that, including where the scaffold goes and how the flashing finishes against the thatch. On older properties we tell you plainly whether a repair will last or whether a section needs stripping and relaying, and we put back materials that suit the house rather than the cheapest option.
Kedington stands on the River Stour, just over two miles east-north-east of Haverhill. Part of the parish was once in Essex. The Grade I church of St Peter and St Paul is built over a Roman villa, and John Betjeman called it a village Westminster Abbey. Some land by the Stour off Haverhill Road is in flood zone 3. We also cover Calford Green, Dash End and Barnardiston.
Of the 34 listed entries in the parish, 18 are recorded with thatched roofs, mostly 17th and 18th century timber-framed and plastered cottages, many of one storey and attics with dormers in the thatch. Early 19th century buildings such as the White Horse Inn, Bridge House and the Barnardiston Arms have hipped slate roofs. Dowlands at Calford Green was thatched until 1975, when it was retiled. Ketton House, listed Grade II*, is early 18th century red brick under tile.
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New pitched roofs for extensions, new builds and outbuildings in Haverhill and the villages around it, in concrete or cl
When a roof is past repairing, we strip it back to the timbers and re-roof it to current standards. Many Haverhill homes
Slipped tiles, cracked slates, leaking flashings and crumbling ridges are the repairs we are called to most in Haverhill
Flat roofs on garages, extensions and dormers across Haverhill. We replace failing felt with GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubb
Rotten fascias, sagging gutters and cracked soffits let water into the roof edge long before it shows inside. We replace
Lead seals the joints where a roof meets a chimney, a wall or a dormer, and where it fails, water gets in. We fit and re
When a chimney stack is leaning, crumbling or letting water in, repointing is not always enough. We repair and rebuild c
A chimney you no longer use still needs maintaining, and it is still a common source of leaks. We take redundant stacks
Cladding protects walls and dormers from the weather and changes how a building looks. We fit and repair timber, fibre c
Roofs on industrial units, shops, offices and farm buildings in and around Haverhill. We repair and replace flat roofs,
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge - we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
