If you are reading this you are likely to be a potential customer. Private or commercial, you will need to be sure that we can do what we say we can do. Nice photo's are all very well but do we turn up every day? Are we okay to have around?  Neat & tidy?? Do we keep costs within the quote??  What about the follow up service - will we come back and attend straight away if there is a problem???  Everybody who advertises talks a good game, but this page is to give you the opportunity to contact the people we have worked for.  E-mails have been given of customers or professional overseers of jobs where possible.   They have not been primed, but am sure they would not mind a short email requesting a bit of info about our reliability, quality of work, after service etc.  (Or otherwise!)

A short video of a wet lay roof being carried out at Porthmeor Studios -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-re-O3EqjgI

Please scroll down for pictures of completed and ongoing projects.

Porthmeor Studios, St Ives

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Grade 2 Listed      

Architect: Kentish Long Associates, London

Other Interested Parties: English Heritage. Cornwall Council.  Heritage Lottery fund. Sea Change Convergence.  European Fisheries Fund.  Arts Council England.  Borlase Smart John Wells Trust.

Job details: New Delabole slates laid on lime mortar in diminishing courses from 14" to 10", to a 3.5 pin Scantle gauge triple lap.  New 12" Delabole slates hung vertically and laid on lime mortar, all to a standard headlap. Lime mortared hips laid on mitred hip cuts with lead soakers which were coursed through. Roof elevations ranged from 34 degrees to 42 degrees. Lots of detail to the roof with box gutters (some with T-Pren expansion joints), valleys, chimneys, flues, roof windows, hanging slates.

Chy Morvah West, Marazion

3 sides.  New dormer.  Imported slates. Wet laid triple lap, random width.  Lime render to stacks, lead hips, new dormer.

                                                                  Huge height difference between old & new!

Grade 2 Listed.

celia@nikolaus-lang.de

Vingoes Solicitors, Helston.

3 sides, imported slates standard length, random width, wet laid triple lap.  Re-build top of chimney, mortar hips.

Grade 2 Listed.

Owner: AnthonyVingoe@vingoelloyd.co.uk

Carbis Bay

2 sides, pre-used Scantle, wet laid triple lap diminishing length 14" to 7" random width slates.

The Manor House, Crantock, Newquay.    

Grade 2 Listed

Architect: Colin J Lott, Surrey.   

Structural Engineer: MBA Truro   

Owner:  Mr William Hill

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid on lime mortar to diminishing courses from 12" to 8", triple lap.  Extensive replacement of timbers working closely with Conservation. Warm and cold roof with above felt ventilation and loft space ventilation.  Slate hips laid to a mitred style with soakers for good weathering, mortared hips.  Lots of detail, lead box gutters, valleys,  dormers.

Tregeseal, St Just.

Grade 2 Listed.

Owner:  Mr R Plank  

Other Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council.

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid in diminishing courses from 12" to 8", on lime mortar, triple lap,  3 buildings, 12" x 8" Scantle diminishing, cast iron guttering & downpipes. Little detail but lots of area.

Chapel Street, Penzance

Grade 2 Listed. Owner:  Richard Jackson

Other Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council. 

Job details: New light grey continental slates 300mm x 200mm, laid on lime mortar and hung with copper nail. Cement fibre slates to inner elevations (as existing).  3 chimneys re-built with conservation bricks on lime mortar incorporating lead DPC, all new cast iron guttering and downpipes, refurb to large cast iron roof light, all insulation, re-point to all exterior walls with lime mortar. 

Vicarage Lane, Lelant

Grade 2 Listed.

Owner: Mrs Pace        

Other Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council.

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid on lime mortar to diminishing courses from 12" to 8", on lime mortar to a headlap gauge.  Lots of detail and area.

Charles Hall, Gwinear.

Grade 2 Listed.

Owner: charleshall@btinternet.com

Strip and replace one large elevation all as existing with wide mortar hips (as existing).  Scantle slates wet laid diminishing 12" to 8"

The Warren, St Ives.

Grade 2 Listed.

Owner:  Roger Johnstone                                                                     

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid on lime mortar in diminishing courses from 12" to 8".

Biggleston's Shop, Hayle

Grade 2 Listed

Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council. Hayle Townscape Heritage Initiative

Job details: House front and shop.  Pre-used Scantle slates laid on lime mortar to diminishing courses from 12" to 8".  Large leaded roof between slate roofs.  New cast iron guttering and down-pipes with caulked joints. New rooflights and refurbished cast iron rooflights. 

Hugh Town, St Mary's, Scilly Isles.

Grade 2 Listed.   

Owner: Jonathan white

Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council.

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid on lime mortar to diminishing courses from 12" to 8".  

The Rectory, Landewednack, The Lizard.

Grade 2 Listed

Surveyor:  Matthew Williams MRICS, Diocese of Truro

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid in diminishing courses from 12" to 8", on lime mortar.  All new purlins and rafters. 

Captain Cutters, Chapel Street Penzance

Grade 2 Listed.   Owner: Barry Ashworth  barryashworth@btinternet.com

Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council. Penzance Townscape Heritage Initiative.

Job details: Pre-used Scantle slates laid in diminishing courses from 12" to 8", on lime mortar to a headlap gauge. Lime rendered chimney. 

Penzance County Court, Penzance

Grade 2 Listed.   

Surveyor: Tony Galan   Atkins Design & Engineering.

Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council.  Her Majesties Court Service.

Job details: All new roof, imported slates 300mm x 200mm laid on lime mortar. Lead box gutter.  Lime render to 4 large brick chimneys.  Insulation.  Refurbish rainwater goods.

St Pirans School, Hayle

Grade 2 Listed.    

Martin Middlewick, RTP Surveyors, Falmouth

Other Interested Parties:  Cornwall Council.

Job details: Pre-used Cornish Delabole 16" x 8" slates laid with copper nails. Stepped lead box gutter. 

Passmore Edwards Building, Hayle

Grade 2 Listed 

Other Interested Parties: Hayle Townscape Heritage Initiative, Cornwall Council. PE Committee members (John Bennett).

Job details: Pre-used Cornish Delabole 16" x 8" slates laid with copper nails. Large leaded roof to lantern type skylight.  4 lead covered vent boxes.  Small wet laid Scantle roof to rear.  New cast iron guttering and down-pipes with caulked joints.  Insulation.

There are many more, but you get the gist.  We have done a lot of conservation work and a lot of wet lay roofing, be it 'proper' Scantle or wet laid imported slates.