Wiveliscombe is a hilltop market town more than 200 metres up at the foot of the Brendon Hills, and it is the most exposed place in this service area by a distance. Wind-driven rain arrives off the Brendons and Exmoor with nothing to slow it down, and it goes for the same things every time: ridge lines, chimneys and flashings. The town also has the fewest local trades of the four, which is why the question people actually want answering is whether anyone will come out at all.
About 25 minutes from Taunton, ten miles west and five from the Devon border. Calls are answered evenings and weekends, and urgent leaks are attended on the same basis as anywhere else in the area.
Yes. It is about 25 minutes from Taunton and it is inside the service area, not on the edge of it. Calls are answered evenings and weekends, urgent work — an active leak, something loose and dangerous — is flagged to the contractor straight away, and routine repairs are surveyed within a few days. Wivey has fewer local trades than the towns nearer Taunton, which is exactly why the phone being answered matters more here.
Ring rather than email, and say what you can see from the ground. Loose ridge tiles above a door, a path or a parking space are the priority, because the risk is what falls rather than what leaks — keep clear of that area until someone has looked at it. A temporary make-safe to stop water coming in is treated as a separate job from the permanent repair, so the roof gets stabilised first and priced properly afterwards.
Tell us what is happening with the roof and we will arrange for the contractor to take a look. We cover Wiveliscombe and the surrounding villages.
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