Roofer in Grandpont and South Oxford

Grandpont is named after the medieval stone causeway that still lies under the Abingdon Road, but the houses mostly came in the late Victorian and Edwardian years, on the low ground south of Folly Bridge. They are two-storey brick terraces, many still with slate on the main roof and a chimney stack on each party wall.

Roofs like these show three faults again and again:

- **Slates slipping in runs.** After a century the nails rust through, so slates slide out across a whole slope, not one at a time. See my slate roofing page. - **Shared stacks.** One stack carries the flues of two houses, most of them long blocked off. Weathered pointing and cracked flaunching let water into both chimney breasts. See chimney repairs. - **Back additions.** The narrow rear wings, and the flat-roofed kitchens added since, meet the main roof in tight corners where flashings split and leaves collect.

Grandpont isn't one of Oxford City Council's conservation areas, so ordinary roof repairs here rarely need consent, though a listed house is another matter. Slopes shaded by the riverside trees and Grandpont Nature Park, on the old gasworks site, grow moss fast.

I cover every South Oxford street, and the visit to look at your roof is free.