Name: Apex Roofing and Guttering Services Ltd
Address: 105 Fence House, Fence Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1LM, GB
Telephone: +447377461095

Altrincham (3)
Blackpool (10)
Crewe (3)
Liverpool (3)
Macclesfield (19)
Prestbury (5)
Sale (10)
St Helens (4)
Warrington (77)
Cheshire (4)

Altrincham

3 photographs

Moss and broken render where the bay roof met the wall
The same junction re-sealed and dressed back against the render
The finished curved bay sweeping round below the first-floor window

Blackpool

10 photographs

Moss across the tiles and patched flashing at the chimney abutment
New membrane and battens going in where the tiles came off
A section opened up beside the stack, ladder laid up the slope
Both pots re-bedded in fresh mortar at the top of the stack
The old bedding round a pot, cracked and breaking away
The renewed ridge and hip lines along the finished roof
Old material cleared back between the battens before relaying
Ridge and hip lines of the tiled roof seen from above
Looking down the finished hips towards the bungalows opposite
Bottom courses lifted to reach the rafters and old battens

Crewe

3 photographs

Covering off and the roof timbers open, tiles stacked for reuse
Old bitumen felt below the tile line, torn and holed through
Scaffold up at the gable end with the van on the drive

Liverpool

3 photographs

The stripped ridge with the yellow ventilated roll run out
Old clay ridge tiles stacked on the slope beside the tools
The ridge tiles refixed, clips showing between each one

Macclesfield

19 photographs

Before: crumbling crown, moss and plants rooted round the pots
The stack opened up, sooty flues and dividers laid bare
Rebuilt brickwork, new capping and vented cowls on every pot
The same stack before and after, from the scaffold
Both windows in, seen from the garden with the gable behind
Frame set in the opening with the grey underfelt collar dressed round
The finished window flush in the tiles, apron dressed down
Looking along the roof: one window done, one going in
The opening cut, trimmed in timber and open to the store below
Tiles off around the first position, drill down on the slope
The stack from above with new lead dressed in around it
Two new pots back in, rain cap on the taller one
The new capping on top, pointing clean across every course
Lead apron and back gutter seen from the far side
Scaffold up across the elevation, the roof area stripped ready for felting
Breathable membrane and new battens going on above the old mossy tiles
Battens run up the slope in courses, membrane lapped beneath each one
Fixing battens near the ridge, tiles stacked clear on the boards
A course lifted at the eaves showing the torn old felt underneath

Prestbury

5 photographs

Looking up at the slated side range from the driveway below
Down the slope, with a colleague steadying the ladder at the eaves
A replacement slate slid home by hand into a standing course
The relaid slope in sunlight, lead dressed down the valley
Moss and leaf litter sitting in the lead valley before clearing

Sale

10 photographs

The kitchen roof before work, moss across the old interlocking tiles
Where the low roof meets the house wall, with the old lead at the junction
Close up of the old stepped lead, moss grown right up to the brickwork
Looking down the ridge line, moss along the tiles and the ridge joints
Stripped back and re-covered: new underlay and battens up to the hips
Fresh battens running up the slope over the new breathable underlay
The renewed lead stepped down the brickwork and dressed over the tiles
The roof open to its bare rafters, debris still lying on the ceiling below
The stripped hip structure from above, everything cleared ready for underlay
Lifting the old tiles off, torn felt and battens showing behind

St Helens

4 photographs

Working the coping junction on the stand roof at St Helens RFC
The coping run above the profiled metal sheeting, satellite dish alongside
Looking out over the pitch from the stand roof we were working on
Close-up of the sealed bead where coping meets sheet, round the fixings

Warrington

77 photographs

Ridge tiles lifted off and the new timber batten screwed down
The finished line, every tile held by a black clamp
Ventilated roll run out along the batten, backing tape peeling away
Unrolling over the apex with the kit boxes beside us
Looking down the completed ridge between the two panelled slopes
Looking down on the finished apex, caps running down both slopes
Screwing a cap into the batten end, bare tile edge ahead
Working up the gable off a roof ladder hooked over the slope
The gable apex from the garden, caps above the white bargeboard
Grey caps stepping down over the eaves and black gutter
The finished garage roof, ridge and hip lines even again
Working along the hip with the ladder up to the gutter
Moss and lichen over the old pantiles before anything came off
The ridge closed back up, tiles clipped and screwed down
One tile seated on its union clip, screw driven home
Ridge roll run out along the apex, old tiles set aside
The roll dressed down over the tile courses, kit box open alongside
Ridge tiles lifted off and the old bedding exposed
The old plain tiles on the kitchen roof before stripping began
Tiles off: worn battens and what was left of the felt
New breathable membrane down with treated battens set out across it
The re-covered kitchen roof seen from the garden below
Working the covering up to the wall, drill and fixings to hand
The finished roof from above, edges squared off
New leadwork along the wall abutment with the verge caps on
The kitchen roof from the yard, dark covering against white render
New white UPVC fascia and soffit running the length of the brick gable
The attached garage roof from the drive, plain tiles running up to the house wall
Breathable underlay down and battens fixed, tiles stacked ready to go back
Lower courses relaid over the new underlay, lead dressed at the wall
Stepped lead worked into the brick joints above the finished tile courses
The open section sheeted over with a tarpaulin between working days
Looking down on the stripped slope, old tiles stacked clear to one side
A flat roof covering finished with its black edge trim beside the slated slope
The finished hips and ridge seen from above, fixings spaced along each line
New grey capping closing the hip mitre at the top of the roof
The new ridge lines, with older red clay capping on the roofs beyond
Before: red clay hip tiles sitting in bedding that had crumbled away
Before: powdery mortar broken out of the joints and spread down the slope
The projecting gable from the ground, valley running where the two roofs meet
Battens going back down the stripped slope, broken cement cleared as we went
New underlay and battens laid, roll and grey sheet lengths to hand
Before: moss growing the full length of the old cement valley
New tiles chasing the membrane up the slope, valley cut in below
The front slope open to the rafters while the far end still carries its tiles
Most of the slope re-covered, waste tiles loaded into the trailer
Bare rafters after the strip, old tiles stacked out on the garden
The finished roof — one even tile colour across the whole bungalow
The valley where the two slopes meet, looking up from the ground
The finished hip line, fresh mortar bedding running up to the ridge
Working along the ridge with the tiles off, tools and buckets below
Ridge tiles set out in rows on the lawn while the bed was cleared
Close-up of the new bedding above the dark tiles and black gutter
The eaves and gable of the house where the wasps were getting in
Working at the verge from the ladder, tools laid out below
Grey papery comb packed between the rafters and into the insulation
A section of tiles off, battens and underlay open across the slope
The nest against the underlay, with felt and battens lifted back
Blown render taken off back to the blockwork on the damp wall
Cracked and lifting render beside the patio doors before it came away
The stack capped off in fresh mortar, shaped to shed water
Weathered brickwork and eroded joints on the stack, pots and cowls above
Moss along the top courses and capping slabs of the old stack
The crumbling cement crown round the base of the pot before work
The renewed crown, sloped on all sides, with the cow re-bedded
The ridge line running away across the thick grey slates
Cushions of moss growing out of the open ridge joints
The same ridge pointed up in fresh mortar, joints closed
The old fillet cracked and broken away, with moss rooted in it
Crumbling mortar round the flue terminal on the weathered stack
The crown re-flaunched in fresh mortar and shaped to fall away
The finished flaunching, sloped on every face to shed water
Working the new mortar off against the top course of brick
The finished felt roof seen from the main roof above the garden
New decking sheets going down over the stripped joists
Boarding out across the joists, the old insulation still in place
The finished roof on the brick outbuilding, ladder against the wall