Hessle, East Yorkshire
Most of the houses we work on are slate, clay pantile or concrete tile. The covering has to suit the pitch, the laps and the way the house was built.
In plain terms
The covering has to suit the pitch. A steep old roof can carry natural slate. A shallower roof built for concrete interlocking tiles should stay tiled. Clay pantiles are the familiar orange roof across much of East Yorkshire. The wrong product on the wrong pitch is how a new roof leaks.
Nail sickness is when the nails have failed and the slates slip, even though the slates still look sound. Porous tiles, and ridges that have cracked away from the covering, are the tile version of the same problem. We set the gauge and the nails properly, and we flash chimneys in lead.
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
Natural slate, clay pantiles of the sort common across East Yorkshire and the Humber, and concrete interlocking tiles on later houses.
Before you call
Straight answers about slate and tile for houses in Hessle, Hull, Beverley and the villages around them.
The nails holding the slates have rusted, so the slates slip into the gutter. The slates themselves can still be usable. The repair is new fixings, new battens if those have gone, and the slates set back to the right lap. Mastic will not hold them.
Often, yes, from reclaimed pantiles or from a close new one. We show you what we can get before we start, so a repair in Hessle or Beverley does not stand out from the rest of the street.
No. Slate suits a pitch steep enough to carry it. A shallow pitch built for interlocking tiles should stay tiled. We match the roof the house was built with.
A clay pantile is the curved tile, usually orange, on many older houses around Hessle and Beverley. A concrete interlocking tile is the flatter tile on many later houses. The lap, the weight and the look are different. They are not swapped like for like.
Yes. Older terraces, including in Hull, are often slate. We re-slate to the right lap and nail, and we finish the ridges and the flashings so the covering stays put.
We try. A few odd tiles on a slope can often be swapped for a closer match. If the whole slope is a mixture of leftovers, we will say whether a repair is honest or whether the slope needs re-covering.
Also
Quote
We come out and look before we price it. A written quote is available if you want one.