Newtown is built in rows: Victorian terraces in the side streets and shopfronts along the main road. Roofs here are joined to their neighbours, which shapes how leaks happen and how they get fixed.
Terraces share walls, parapets and often the box gutter between them. Flashings along the party wall are a common leak point, and water can travel from one property to the next before it shows.
The roofs behind the shopfront parapets are low pitch and hidden from the street. Box gutters and outlets fill with leaf and debris, and cracked parapet cappings let water into the brickwork.
Most terraces have a skillion roof over the back wing, joined to the main roof with a flashing that takes a lot of movement. That join is one of the first places we check.
Narrow streets and rear lanes leave little room to set up. Every job is planned around access, and the property and its neighbours are protected while we work.
Large parts are. If your terrace is in a conservation area, repairs keep the original materials and look, and it is worth checking with council before any change to the roof.
On a terrace, water often gets in at the party wall flashing, the box gutter or the join to the back wing, then travels along the framing. We trace it back to where it actually gets in.
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