Roof Repairs in Hessle
Sitting right beside the Humber, Hessle's roofs face salt-laden winds that find every loose tile and lifted flashing.
Learn more →Roofers in Hessle
Roofing services in Hessle
Hessle sits right beside the Humber Bridge in the HU13 postcode, where the open estuary leaves roofs properly exposed to wind and driving rain. Around the Square and Hessle Foreshore there is a good stock of period property, while much of the rest is established semis and bungalows from the mid-20th century, now reaching the age where fascias, guttering and coverings need renewing. Leak tracing, chimney and flashing repairs and full roofline renewal are all common here — work we cover from close by.
Free quotes · £5 million public liability · 15-year guarantee
What slate, rosemary tiles and steep gables mean for Hessle roofs
Two conservation areas cover the older parts of the town. Hessle (Southfield) was designated in June 1979 and Hessle (Town), which takes in the historic core, followed a year later; the two abut at Ferriby Road and South Lane. Within the centre the council's appraisal records clay tiles in several styles, concrete tiles, slate and some industrial sheeting.
Southfield's streets are older than its houses: Woodfield Lane and Ferriby Road predate the 1793 enclosure survey, while the building of the area took little more than fifty years from 1860, producing mainly large detached and semi-detached houses of Victorian and Edwardian proportions with some grand terraces. Slate was the preferred covering on the older properties, those along Ferriby Road especially, with rosemary tiles supplanting it on later work; the appraisal is critical of roofs since recovered in concrete tiles or clay pantiles.
Front-facing gables are another marker, steeper than in many more rural places — the appraisal puts that down to the town's proximity to Hull. A steep pitch sheds water fast, but on any roof it is the ridge, the verges and the abutments against a chimney that take the most punishment.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council designates both of Hessle's conservation areas and determines planning applications in them. A change of covering, a front-slope roof window or taking a chimney down can all need permission inside them, and any of the parish's seventeen listed buildings will likely also need listed building consent. Ask the council what applies to your address before any work is specified.
Our roofing services in Hessle
Everything we do for Hessle homeowners — tap a service for local detail.
New Roofs & Re-Roofing in Hessle
Some of the older homes around Hessle Square and the Foreshore are still on their original coverings, and estuary exposure ages a roof faster here than a few miles inland.
Learn more →Flat Roofing in Hessle
Bungalows and extended semis around Jenny Brough and Tranby often rely on flat roofs over garages, porches and rear extensions, and older felt rarely copes well with the freeze-thaw cycles the estuary climate brings.
Learn more →Pitched & Tiled Roofing in Hessle
From slate on Victorian villas near the Foreshore to clay pantiles and concrete interlocking tiles on semis along Swanland Road, Hessle's pitched roofs cover the full East Yorkshire range.
Learn more →Emergency Roof Repairs in Hessle
Storms tend to hit Hessle hard; there is little between the Foreshore and the weather rolling up the estuary.
Call 07447 352091Learn more →Fascias, Soffits & Guttering in Hessle
Salt and driving rain off the Humber are hard on painted timber, which is why so many rooflines on Tranby and Swanland Road homes are peeling within a few years of decorating.
Learn more →Cast Iron, Cast Aluminium & Timber Guttering in Hessle
We supply and fit cast iron, cast aluminium, timber and lead guttering across Hull, Beverley and the East Riding, plus Twinplas — a twin-wall PVC box gutter made as a like-for-like replacement for the timber troughing on Victorian and Edwardian terraces — because not every roof suits white plastic.
Learn more →Twinplas Guttering in Hessle
Twinplas is a twin-wall PVC box gutter made specifically to replace the timber trough gutters found on Victorian and Edwardian terraces and barn conversions.
Learn more →Listed Building Roofing in Hessle
We regularly work on Grade II listed buildings across Hull, Beverley and the East Riding — from a detailed roof assessment at Lockington House, a Grade II listed former rectory, to an ongoing programme of lead work, ridge and verge work and like-for-like tile replacement on a listed property in Walkington.
Learn more →Chimney Repairs & Repointing in Hessle
Chimneys around Hessle Square and the older Foreshore streets take the estuary's weather full on the face, so eroded pointing, cracked flaunching and slipped lead flashings are frequent finds.
Learn more →Roof Cleaning & Moss Removal in Hessle
Damp air drifting off the Humber keeps Hessle's roofs moist for much of the year, and moss takes full advantage, especially on shaded north slopes in Tranby and tree-sheltered gardens off Jenny Brough.
Learn more →Velux & Skylight Installation in Hessle
A well-placed roof window makes the most of Hessle's best asset: light off the water.
Learn more →Conservatory Roof Replacements & Repairs in Hessle
Replacing a conservatory roof turns a room that bakes in summer and freezes in winter into one you can actually use all year round.
Learn more →Lead Work & Flashing in Hessle
Lead earns its keep in a climate like Hessle's, outlasting almost every substitute despite the salt and wind that come with living beside the Humber.
Learn more →Woodworm Treatment for Roof Timbers in Hessle
Woodworm is the larva of a wood-boring beetle — in East Yorkshire homes usually the common furniture beetle — tunnelling through rafters, purlins, joists and floorboards in the roof space.
Learn more →Drone Roof Inspections in Hessle
Wondering what estuary storms have done up there? As a CAA-registered drone operator, we can survey any Hessle roof from the air, photographing ridge lines, chimney stacks and hidden valleys in high resolution without scaffolding.
Learn more →Covering Hessle and the surrounding area
As well as Hessle itself, we regularly work in Hessle Square, Hessle Foreshore, Swanland Road, Tranby, Jenny Brough and across the HU13 area. Wherever you are, you get the same insured, guaranteed roofing work and an honest assessment of what your roof actually needs.
Roofing in Hessle — FAQs
Do you cover Hessle?
Yes — Armour Shield Roofing Services covers Hessle (HU13), including Hessle Square, Hessle Foreshore, Swanland Road, Tranby. Every quote is free and no-obligation, and our workmanship is guaranteed in writing for up to 15 years.
Can I re-roof a house in one of Hessle's conservation areas with concrete tiles?
Possibly not without asking first. The council's appraisal of the Southfield area criticises roofs recovered in concrete tiles or clay pantiles as out of place beside its slate and rosemary tiled roofs, since a conservation area is normally expected to keep its existing materials.
Can slipped rosemary tiles on a Hessle roof be matched?
Usually, with care. Plain clay tiles vary in colour and camber between makers, and they weather on the slope, so a tile straight from the merchant seldom blends. Salvaged tiles of the same size work best, and scattering new ones through several courses beats a solid patch. It matters here because the council's appraisal names slate and rosemary tiles as the two dominant coverings in Southfield.
Do the new homes north of Boothferry Road in Hessle need any roof attention?
A new roof is not a no-maintenance roof. The allocation north of Boothferry Road is only partly built out, so those coverings are young, but gutters still fill with site dust and leaves, ridge and verge fixings still want checking after a hard winter, and north-facing slopes still take moss. A drone survey early on gives you a photographic baseline to measure later problems against.
Need a roofer in Hessle?
Free, no-obligation quote — usually the same working day.
Free · no obligation
Get my free quote
Loading the quick form… If it doesn't appear, call 07447 352091 and we'll take the details over the phone.