Hessle, East Yorkshire
Ridge tiles and chimney stacks take the weather first. Failed mortar lets water into the top of the house long before the tiles themselves look tired.
In plain terms
The ridge and the chimney take the weather before the rest of the roof. Ridge tiles that rock, and mortar missing from a stack, let water into the top of the house while the tiles still look tidy from the street. A damp patch at the top of a chimney breast is often this, or the lead where the stack meets the tiles.
We rake out loose mortar rather than smearing a coat over it. Ridges are rebedded, or dry-fixed where the covering allows it. The stack is repointed, the pots are flaunched, and the flashing is checked. If a stack is unsafe, we say so before any work starts.
We do this from Hessle, across Hull, Beverley, Anlaby and Anlaby Common, Willerby, Woodmansey and the villages in between. Call 01482 627895 or use the form further down. We look at the roof before we price it. A written quote is available if you want one, and the work we agree is guaranteed for at least 12 months, and often for longer depending on the job.
Paul Southwell, director, is the contact named on our National Federation of Roofing Contractors listing. Updated 19 October 2026.
The job
On the board
Mortar to suit the bricks, or a dry-ridge system where the covering allows it. Lead where the stack meets the roof.
Before you call
Straight answers about chimneys and ridges for houses in Hessle, Hull, Beverley and the villages around them.
Usually the flashing, the pointing, or the flaunching around the pots. Water gets in at the stack and shows on the breast. We look at all three from the roof. We do not assume the tiles in the middle of the slope are the cause.
If a stack is unsafe and you want it removed, we can take it down and weather the roof properly. We will not take down a stack that only needs pointing.
Yes. That is a common job on its own, on houses around Hessle, Hull and Beverley. We rebed the ridges in mortar, or dry-fix them where the covering allows it, so they cannot lift in the wind.
Leaning pots and cracked flaunching mean the top of the stack is open to rain. Call us and we will look. If the brickwork itself is unsafe, we tell you before anyone tidies the pots and leaves the stack as it is.
The mortar that beds the pots into the top of the stack and sheds water off the crown. When it cracks, rain goes into the flue and the brickwork. Reflaunching is part of a proper chimney repair, along with the pointing and the lead at the roof.
Yes. Terraces and semis across Hull, Hessle and Beverley are regular chimney jobs, as are houses in Anlaby, Willerby and Woodmansey. We check the stack from the roof, not from the pavement.
Also
Quote
We come out and look before we price it. A written quote is available if you want one.