Roofers in Hawkinge

Hawkinge is far enough from the sea that salt is much less of a factor, but it is high and open, so wind is. Being up on the downs means gusts arrive with more force than they do in the sheltered parts of Folkestone in the valley below.

So the failures here tend to be mechanical rather than corrosive: lifted verges, ridge tiles with blown bedding, and tiles dislodged in a gale rather than eaten away over decades.

A good deal of Hawkinge housing is recent enough that people assume the roof is fine, and often it is. What does turn up on newer estate roofs is detailing: dry verge units that have become brittle and come away, mortar bedding that was thin to begin with, and underlay torn where it was dressed into the gutter.

Those are small, cheap jobs when they are caught and a much bigger one once water has been running into the eaves for a couple of years.