RoofersinFerndown
Our team is based in Bournemouth and travels to Ferndown regularly. A town that went up in one mid-century wave, which means a great many roofs here are reaching the same age at the same time.
- Both owners on site, so the people quoting are the people doing the work
- We will tell you if the job does not need doing
- British Standard materials, fitted to manufacturer spec
Get a quote
Tell us what the roof is doing and we will come and look at it.
- 1–2 wksA full re-roof, start to finish
- 15–20 yrGuarantee on roofs we install
- 5.0 ★From 21 Google reviews
- BothOwners on every job
Why Ferndown roofs age together
Ferndown is a young town. It was heathland into the early 1900s, and the areas that are now residential were open heath within living memory of the generation before last. It expanded rapidly in the middle of the twentieth century from a village into a suburban town, and it only gained town status in 1977. That history is written into the roofs. A town that filled in one wave has a housing stock of near-identical age, and almost all of it is concrete interlocking tile from the fifties onwards. Concrete tile does not fail like slate does. It goes porous and starts shedding its surface across the whole roof at roughly the same time, and the felt underneath perishes on a similar timetable. So when one roof on a road needs doing, its neighbours usually are not far behind. That is worth knowing before someone quotes you, because it cuts both ways. It means a genuine replacement is more likely here than in an older town. It also means a lot of roofs get quoted for replacement when what they actually need is the ridge re-bedding and a few tiles put back. The other Ferndown feature is the pine. After the Enclosures Act of 1805 landowners planted the heath with conifer, and there are still extensive blocks of Corsican and Scots pine on the former heathland. Mature pine near a house means needles in the gutters and valleys all year rather than one leaf fall in autumn.
- Mid-century concrete tile across most of the town, ageing together
- Roofs that genuinely fail across the whole covering rather than in one spot
- Pine from the old heath planting, which fills gutters all year round
FerndownWhat we do in Ferndown
The same services everywhere we work, but in a town of one age and one covering the emphasis is different. Pick the one closest to your problem.
Roof Replacement
Tiled RoofsMost of Ferndown. Mid-century concrete tile, now porous, with felt underneath that has perished.
Extension RoofsVery common here. Large plots meant a lot of houses got extended, and the join is where they leak.
New Build RoofsPlot subdivision and replacement dwellings are steady here. Priced from the drawings.
Slate RoofsLess common in Ferndown than anywhere else we work, because so little of the town predates the tile era.
Roof Repairs
Ridge & Hip Re-PointingOften all a tired-looking Ferndown roof actually needs. Ask before you accept a replacement quote.
Roof Leak RepairsMoss holding water against the tiles under shade is a common cause here rather than a hole in the roof.
Storm Damage RepairsInland and sheltered, so less common than on the coast. Falling pine limbs do more damage than wind here.
Flat Roofing
EPDM Rubber RoofingDetached garages are everywhere in Ferndown, and this is the sensible system for nearly all of them.
GRP Fibreglass RoofingWhere the flat roof gets walked on, or where a garage roof is used for storage access.
Felt & Torch-On RoofingThe larger flat roofs on outbuildings and long garage blocks, laid to a backed specification.
Also availableRoof Surveys & Inspections
1977
The year Ferndown became a town
1805
Enclosures Act, and the heath was planted with pine
15–20 yr
Guarantee on roofs we install
Both
Owners on every job
How a Ferndown job runs
The same five stages everywhere. What we look hardest at here is whether it genuinely needs replacing.
We come and look at the roof
In a town where whole roads reach the same age together, the honest question is whether yours has actually gone or whether it just looks like its neighbours. We check the felt in the loft as well as the tiles.
Scaffold goes up and materials arrive
Ferndown plots tend to be generous, so access is usually straightforward and there is somewhere to put a skip without blocking the road. That keeps the cost down.
The old roof comes off
Concrete tile has no salvage value, so it all goes. Where pine has been dropping on the roof for decades we clear the valleys and gutters properly while we are stripping.
New felt, battens and covering go on
Proctor Air breathable felt and new battens, then the covering. Under heavy tree cover we will talk to you about the shaded slope, because that is where moss comes back first.
We clear up and hand it over
Site cleared, waste away, guarantee issued. If the gutters were full of needles when we arrived, they are not when we leave.
The kind of roofs we replace around Ferndown
Our own work. No stock photography.
Captions name what was done.
What Ferndown customers say
We are a new company and we are building this up honestly. These are the jobs people have been kind enough to comment on.
Sam Young
Southern Counties Roofing completed a full re roof for me. I was very pleased with outcome and there professionalism. Would deffo recommend.
Kris Pass
Great job, thanks guys. Would highly recommend.
Clive Curley
Nice guys to deal with and a good price a1
What Ferndown customers ask us
Mostly about the trees, and about whether the whole road really needs re-roofing.
The pines drop everything onto my roof
They do, and unlike a leaf fall it happens all year. Needles fill valleys and gutters and hold water against the tiles. It is a clearing job rather than a roofing job, and it is worth doing yearly here.
Three houses on my road have had new roofs. Do I need one?
Maybe, and it is a reasonable thing to wonder given how the town was built. But we would rather look at yours than assume. Plenty of roofs that look like their neighbours turn out to need the ridge doing and nothing more.
The north side is green with moss
Very common under tree cover. Moss on a sound roof is mostly cosmetic, but it holds water against the tiles and blocks valleys, so it is worth clearing rather than ignoring. It does not on its own mean a new roof.
Roofing questions from Ferndown
Do you cover Ferndown?
Yes, and a good share of our work comes from here. We are based in Bournemouth, which is a short run, so we are in Ferndown regularly rather than occasionally.
Why do so many roofs here need doing at the same time?
Because the town was built in one wave. Ferndown was heathland into the early 1900s and filled out through the middle of the century, so the housing stock is a similar age and almost all of it is concrete tile. Those roofs reach the end of their life together.
Do I need a new roof or just the ridge doing?
That is exactly the question worth asking here, and often it is the ridge. Mortar bedding cracks with age on every roof of this era. If the tiles are sound and the felt is intact, re-bedding the ridge is a day rather than a fortnight.
The pine trees are dropping needles into my gutters constantly
Pine drops all year rather than in one autumn fall, which is why gutters here fill faster than people expect. Once a year is the minimum. If you have mature pine directly over the roof it is worth twice.
Is moss on the roof a problem?
Mostly cosmetic on a sound roof, but it holds water against the tiles and blocks valleys and gutters, which is not. Under heavy tree cover it comes back, so it is maintenance rather than a one-off fix.
Do you come out at night or at weekends?
No. We do leak repairs and make-safe work during the working day, and we would rather be straight about that than have you waiting on somebody who is not coming.
Other towns we cover
Ferndown and Wimborne are our two inland towns. These are the rest.
Get a straight answer about your Ferndown roof
Your neighbours having new roofs does not mean you need one. We will come and tell you which yours is.
Get a free quote
Tell us what you need and we'll come back with a price. No pressure, no hard sell.
Prefer to talk? Call Southern Counties Roofworks Ltd on 07895 305286