Cleator Moor, where the vans go out from.
The yard is a few streets away, so we are minutes from you — and have probably worked on your street already. A family firm of 20 years, based in the town. Free quotes, 24 hour call-outs.
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Written prices
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Free quotes
no call-out charge, and a written price before anyone starts
24 hours
someone answers the phone, storm or shine
Fully insured
every job covered, from a single slate to a full re-roof
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Roofing in Cleator Moor.
Cleator Moor went up in a hurry. The iron ore was found in the 1850s and by the 1870s the population had gone from a few hundred to several thousand, and the terraces were thrown up as fast as men could be housed. That is why so much of the town looks the same: long rows of two-up two-downs, built to one pattern, roofed at one time, in Welsh slate at a decent steep pitch.
Roofs built together fail together. When one house in a row starts dropping slates, the ones either side are usually a year or two behind it, because the slates are the same age and — more to the point — so are the nails. Nail sickness is the standard failure in this town: the slate itself is often still perfectly sound, but the iron nails holding it have rusted to nothing, so slates slip one at a time on a windy night with no warning.
The other thing we see constantly here is the 1960s and 70s re-covering. A lot of these terraces were stripped of slate and re-done in concrete interlocking tiles, which are considerably heavier than what the rafters were sized for. Fifty years on, some of those roofs have visible sag along the ridge or a dip between rafters. It is fixable, but it needs looking at properly rather than covered over again.
Being local is not a slogan, it is how the job works. We are in the town, so if a slate comes off in the night we can be there before it does any harm inside, and if you want to see our work before you commit, we can walk you round to three or four roofs within ten minutes.
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What the weather does here.
Cleator Moor sits inland of the coast, so it is spared the worst of the salt, but it is open to the west and the gales that come up the Ehen valley get at a roof from the same direction every time. Loose ridges and slipped slates almost always show up on the western slope first.
The rain here is persistent rather than dramatic. That is harder on gutters and flashings than a downpour is: a blocked hopper or a cement fillet that has cracked will let water in slowly for months before anyone notices the wall going dark inside.
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What we do most of in Cleator Moor.
Every town on this coast wears its roofs out differently. These are the jobs that come up here — but we do the lot, so if yours is not on the list, ring and describe it.
Slating and tiling
The standard job on a nail-sick terrace: strip, felt, batten and re-slate.
Slating and tiling in Cleator Moor
Repairs and leaks
One slipped slate after a gale, before it becomes a ceiling.
Repairs and leaks in Cleator Moor
Chimneys and leadwork
Party-wall stacks here nearly all want re-flaunching and proper soakers.
Chimneys and leadwork in Cleator Moor
Storm damage
We are local enough to make it safe the same night.
Storm damage in Cleator Moor
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Give us a call. Looking at it costs you nothing.
We come out, get on the roof, and tell you what's actually wrong — not what's easiest to sell you. The price we quote is the price you pay, in writing, before anyone lifts a slate. A standard re-roof is normally done inside two days.
- Doing this since
- 2006
- Typical re-roof
- 2 days
- Call-out cost
- Nothing
- Phone answered
- 24 hours
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Jobs round here.
Our own photographs, off our own jobs. The van you can see is the one that turns up.
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What Cleator Moor says.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 on the Cleator Moor Google profile.
“Bryan and his team fitted a new slate roof on my house and did a fantastic job. Brian explained fully what the work entailed and answered all of my questions. They are professionals and I would highly recommend them.”
Amanda Wright
New slate roof — , 30 November 2020
“I contacted Riverside roofing with an emergency issue at my holiday let. He ( Bryan) returned my call immediately, offered to go to the property in less than an hour to assess the problem, without any charges for looking at the problem. Absolutely fantastic service, with customer service to match, reliable with a positive attitude. I thoroughly recommend Riverside Roofing.”
lisa McAleavey
Emergency call-out to a holiday let — Google, 24 August 2024
“Excellent service. I phoned on Monday & they were able to start work on my badly leaking roof on the Friday. Job finished on the Saturday. Thank you to Brian & the lads. Highly recommend this company.”
Joanne Whitehead
Badly leaking roof — Google, 21 November 2022
“Fantastic service. Prompt, friendly and 100% professional. Explained everything clearly and got job started and finished with remarkable quality. ( a visiting friend is a roofer and ‘remarkable quality’ are his words) left yard clean and tidy. Team singing and happy on job- really cheered us up. CWould recommend to anyone. Thanks guys!!!”
Lucy Wills
Roof damage repair and installation — Google, 28 November 2022
“Great job done on guttering, quick and efficient, very friendly”
malcolm cavanagh
Guttering — Google, 22 November 2019
“Top service! Came out after some storm damage to my roof by storm Eowyn. They were there within the hour from me making contact and carried out a temp fix and make the roof watertight whilst i logged a claim with my insurers. Once my insurance claim was authorised they came straight back out to do the permanent repairs and even waited for the insurance payout to hit my bank before I paid them. All done in good faith and nothing was too much trouble. Would definitely recommend.”
Wayne McCarron
Storm damage and insurance repair — Google, 10 February 2025
“Bryan and his team did an excellent job replacing my roof, facias and guttering, leaving everything clean and tidy when they finished. I would have no hesitation in recommending Riverside Roofing.”
diane harrison
New roof, fascias and guttering — Google, 6 July 2024
“Great response, only a small job but done within 24 hours of the initial enquiry.”
Kevin Howland
Small repair — Google, 12 February 2025
“Would highly recommend, very professional and all work completed on the agreed time. Exceptional work!”
Mark Gillgrass
Roofing work — Google, 25 June 2025
100%
of the 15 reviews on our page recommend us, and Google has us at 4.7 out of 5. Every word of them is somebody else's, so go and read them there rather than here.
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Where to find us.
Our Cleator Moor address, and the yard the van goes out from.
We are five minutes away.
Coming out to look costs nothing and there's no call-out charge. You get a written price before anyone lifts a slate.