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Flat roofing
EPDM flat-roof work assessed around the existing roof, its size, access and construction before the specification is agreed.
EPDM is the flat-roof covering CSM currently uses for its flat-roof work. The roof can be a small area such as a bay-window roof or porch, or a larger domestic flat roof; the individual roof is still assessed before the work is agreed.
CSM uses EPDM on small flat-roof areas including bay-window roofs and small porches. A small roof is not automatically too small for the work.
EPDM is also used on larger domestic flat roofs. The roof’s size, shape and position all affect what the job involves.
We look at the existing roof and the construction supporting it before deciding what work is required. The current condition matters as much as the size of the roof.
The existing covering and the construction supporting it are assessed before the work is scoped.
Roof size, edges, outlets and the other details around the roof are considered as part of the job rather than treated as an afterthought.
Where the roof sits and what surrounds it decide how it can be reached, and that forms part of the same assessment.
A roof lantern changes how the flat-roof work is planned. Replacing an existing lantern, incorporating one into a new extension and adding a new lantern to an existing roof are three different jobs.
CSM currently uses Korniche aluminium roof lanterns. The size, configuration and installation are agreed around the roof and the individual project.
The existing lantern is measured for its replacement, removed, and the opening is made good before the new lantern is installed and the roofing is completed around it.
On a new-build extension, the lantern opening and supporting framework are formed as part of the extension build before the lantern and surrounding roof are completed.
Creating a new lantern opening in an existing flat roof can be a much larger job. The roof structure has to be assessed and may need alteration and strengthening, with upstands and associated internal finishing included in the scope where required.
We look at the roof first so the quote is based on the actual roof and the work involved.
How the roof is reached affects what the work involves. It is assessed during the quote visit rather than discovered on the morning the job starts.
A completed CSM EPDM flat roof in Tanfield Lea, Stanley.
Tanfield Lea, Stanley
A large single-span flat roof finished in EPDM, with anthracite fascias and anthracite seamless aluminium guttering.
CSM currently uses EPDM for its flat-roof work and no longer installs felt or GRP / fibreglass flat-roof systems.
No. CSM uses EPDM on small flat-roof areas including bay-window roofs and small porches, as well as larger flat roofs. The individual roof is still assessed before the work is agreed.
Tell us what is happening with the roof and we will look at it before the work is priced.
Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Gateshead and the wider North East - north to Alnwick, south to Teesside.
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