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Flat roofs are normally found on garages, dormers and extensions of properties. Flat roofs tend to have quite a bad reputation for leaking, however, this is often more likely down to the flat roofing materials getting in to the wrong hands and being poorly fitted and finished.We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
A professionally fitted flat roof system from Taylor Roofs, using quality materials, will get you a 20 year warranty, giving you total peace of mind for your flat roof. There are various flat roof coverings including built up torch on felt roofing, EPDM rubber flat roofs, GRP flat roofs and less common green flat roofs.Third-party links
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Our preferred method of flat roof systems is the built-up torch on felt roofing system. The reason for this is it’s tried and tested, and we also have very skilled roofers in this discipline.Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website.
One of our fully qualified BUFR roofers was a finalist at the UK championships after being in the top 10 roofers in Scotland at the Scottish championships.We have implemented the following:
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The Flat Roof Process
The process of replacing your flat roof will begin with scaffolding going up a few days before the project starts (if required), in some instances we will only require edge protection on our flat roof jobs, but we will advise you at survey stage. We always use trusted, insured and qualified scaffolding companies and hold all their relevant insurances and qualifications on file.We use the Google Ads remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our website. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
Our skilled flat roofers will then arrive on site and take delivery of skips and materials to ensure they are in the right place for the project and to help protect your belongings, putting down boards or coverings to limit any damage to your grass or driveway.You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the
Our roofers will set up their hoisting equipment and will then strip off the old flat roof coverings back to the timber deck. At this point they will inspect your boards and a decision will be made if they need replaced or not. If the boards are deemed to not be salvageable, we will remove them back to the trusses and dispose of old tiles and other associated materials to the skip.
Google Ad Preferences pageAs our skilled flat roofers go they will replace your old redundant boards with new 18mm OSB ply boards and ensure your roof is made watertight by fitting torch-on underlay. Our roofers will only strip the roof in manageable sections depending on the size of your flat roof so there isn’t any unnecessary risk of letting water in during the installation., and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.
Once the flat roof is all stripped and re-boarded our skilled flat roofers will fit the vapour barrier layer which is nailed to the boards then insulation boards will be fitted if relevant to your flat roof. Insulation is usually required in lived-in spaces, but not as common in cold spaces like uninhabitable garages.Contacting Us:
We welcome any queries, comments or request that you may have regarding our service or this policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us.Next, we are on to the 2mm torch-on underlay layer, which will be torched-on to the roof using technical torch-on techniques, ensuring all laps and seams are sealed with tar.
Registered in ScotlandThen, it is the final layer of black mineral torch-on capsheet. Again, this is laid using the proper torch on technique ensuring there is an adequate bleed of tar at all seams. The perimeter of flat roof will have a black mineral torch-on capsheet drip edge to ensure full flat roof area is complete and sealed for a 20 year warranty.3 Firth Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate
Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 5DJOnce the roof is complete including any associated lead flashings and any Velux windows we are then ready for the final clear up. We will clean down the roof, scaffolding and your garden and dispose of any waste. Once our contracts manager has signed off your new roof, it’s time for our back office support team to instruct the uplift of the skips, removal of the scaffolding and then we pop back for a final clear up to ensure your garden is as clear and tidy as possible. We will always aim to give you your garden back the way we found out it.
Company Number: SC559247Following completion, it’s time to pay your bill and then we will send all your relevant paperwork including receipts and warranties. And if you agree that we have fulfilled our job the way we always strive to, we invite you to leave us a review to add to our many 5 star reviews already online.
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