North Petherton has an unusually old core for a town this close to the M5. The historic centre is built in local Blue Lias and Hamstone with solid walls and lime-based mortar, and the 17th and 18th century properties around it carry slate — and, in places, thatch. Around that sits three-storey Victorian stock along Bridgwater Road and a wide band of 1960s to 2000s estates built as the town grew with commuter traffic from junction 24.
Three miles south of Bridgwater and close to the M5 at junction 24, which matters mainly for how quickly someone can get to an active leak.
No, and it is worth being straight about it: thatch is a specialist trade with its own materials, techniques and time-served craftsmen, and a general roofing contractor has no business on one. What is covered here is slate, tile and flat roofing. If your property is thatched you want a thatcher, and you will be told that on the call rather than after a wasted visit.
It is rarely the emergency people fear, but it is not harmless either. Moss holds water against the tiles and, more importantly, breaks off and washes into valleys and gutters where it blocks them — and a blocked valley on an older slate roof is how water finds its way in. It is usually dealt with as part of a wider clean or repair visit rather than as a job in its own right.
Yes, and it matters. Solid walls and lime-based mortar need materials that can move and breathe, so hard cement pointing on an old chimney stack traps moisture and accelerates the damage it was meant to fix. If your property is listed, changing the material or appearance of a roof may need consent from the local authority — that consent is the owner's responsibility, but the contractor can tell you what a job would involve so you know what you are asking permission for.
Tell us what is happening with the roof and we will arrange for the contractor to take a look. We cover North Petherton and the surrounding villages.
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