Bishops Lydeard sits at the foot of the Quantocks, and hill weather coming off the ridge is what most of its roofing work comes down to. The village is red sandstone in character, with Grade II thatched cottages going back to the 16th century, period houses from the 1700s around the green, and a David Wilson development on the edge that is a completely different kind of roof. One call reaches a vetted local roofing contractor covering the village.
One of the closer villages in the service area, and covered on the same terms as Taunton — routine repairs are usually surveyed within a few days.
Ring it in and say what you can see from the ground — loose or missing tiles, a ridge that looks wrong, water coming in. Urgent make-safes are flagged to the contractor immediately and treated as a separate job from the permanent repair. On insurance: sudden storm damage is usually covered while gradual wear such as perished mortar usually is not, and the contractor can provide the dated photographs, written damage report and repair quote that insurers ask for. The claim itself stays yours to make.
A good rule of thumb: if you are calling someone out more than once a year, or the covering is failing in several places at once rather than one, replacement usually costs less across ten years than repeated patching. On a period property the answer is often repair — the slate itself may have decades left while the fixings, flashings and stack pointing are what have actually failed. A survey will tell you honestly which side yours falls on.
Tell us what is happening with the roof and we will arrange for the contractor to take a look. We cover Bishops Lydeard and the surrounding villages.
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