New thatch installations, re-thatching, and targeted repairs on existing roofs - including leak tracing, ridge work and fire-retardant treatment.
A well-built thatch roof is not a maintenance problem - a badly built one is. Most of the failures we are called to are the same handful of causes: pitch too shallow for the region, a ridge that was never detailed properly, thatch laid too thin, or a repair that was patched over the symptom instead of the leak.
We install new thatch, re-thatch roofs that have reached the end of their life, and repair existing roofs where repair is genuinely the right answer. Where it is not - where the structure or the economics say convert - we will say so rather than sell you another decade of patching.
Full installations on new builds, lapas, entertainment areas and outbuildings - structure, thatch and ridge detailing as one scope.
Stripping and replacing thatch that has reached end of life, with the structure inspected and corrected while it is exposed.
Finding where water is actually entering rather than where it appears inside, then repairing the cause.
Ridges fail first. Replacing a ridge is routine work that frequently buys years on an otherwise sound roof.
Applied treatment where an insurer requires it or where you want the additional protection.
Periodic inspection and minor correction, which is how a thatch roof reaches its full life rather than half of it.
If the roof is leaking, the first job is finding out why. We inspect before quoting, because a quote written from a phone description of a damp patch is a guess.
We will also tell you honestly where a roof is close enough to end of life that repairing it is money spent twice - including when the better answer is a conversion rather than more thatch.
Thatch on a lodge, venue or estate common area is both an asset and a liability line. We work to a maintenance programme rather than call-outs, which is cheaper over a five-year view and considerably less disruptive to trading.
For managing agents, that means scheduled inspections, documented condition reporting across multiple structures, and repairs planned into low season instead of appearing in the middle of it.
It depends heavily on pitch, exposure, the quality of the original installation and whether it has been maintained. A well-built, well-maintained roof lasts a long time; a shallow, neglected one does not. An inspection will tell you where yours sits.
Often, yes - particularly where the problem is the ridge or a localised area. We inspect first and tell you which it is, including when replacement is the more economical answer.
Some insurers require it and some price for it. Check with your insurer or broker what specifically they want, and we will apply to that requirement.
That is a cost and risk question rather than a taste one, and it turns on your insurer, the state of the structure and how long you plan to hold the property. We quote both where both are viable so you can compare them properly.
Roofing, conversions, new builds and renovations - run by the same team, under one contract.
Replacing a thatch roof with a conventional tile or sheet roof - the work insurers increasingly require, delivered on occupied homes and across whole estates.
Read moreNew thatch installations, re-thatching and targeted repairs - leak tracing, ridge work and fire-retardant treatment on existing roofs.
Read moreFull residential builds from foundation to handover, run as a single contract with one point of accountability from plan approval to occupation certificate.
Read moreExtensions, alterations and refurbishments - structural work, second storeys and full interior renovations on occupied properties.
Read moreSend us the details and photos of the property. We will come back with a scope and a written quotation.