What We Did
Barratt homes pride themselves on the quality of their homes. Promoting design excellence, and best practice in the house building industry, they have been highly commended by their customers and the industry alike for the high standard of their products and services. One of the roof coverings specified by Barratts was natural slate which offers unique natural beauty, durability, versatility, longevity with its ability to withstand extreme environmental and weather conditions making it an ideal material for quality homes.
Another product specified was Redlands Cambrian Slates which embody the beauty and character of natural slate. They are made in Wales from over 60% recycled Welsh slate, and provide excellent performance. Whilst light in weight and offer a unique three point fixing making Cambrians suitable for highly exposed sites.
This project has been running for 48 weeks and split in to several phases, Western Counties Roofing provided a team of four slaters and a leadsmith to waterproof the perimeters and abutments to the units to ensure that the programme run to time.
One of the challenged faced by Western Counties Roofing during this project was the site location. The site is situated around a small harbour, and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe, with narrow cobbled streets and just outside a small Cornish holiday resort. Delivering materials with poor road access made getting materials on site more difficult than usual. It was imperative for suitable sized vehicles to be arranged with suppliers in advance, Western Counties Roofing foresaw this issue and were able to avoid any problems.
