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Lancashire roofers covering Garstang: leaks on new and old roofs
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Water dripping into the loft of a house that’s barely thirty years old? Peak Roofing is a roofing company based in Lancashire, covering Garstang. Half of Garstang’s homes were built in 1983 or later, and young roofs mostly leak at the details, not the tiles: a valley, a ridge, or a gutter spilling behind the fascia. Those are the first places we look.
What goes wrong on Garstang roofs
Garstang has grown fast, and most of its roofs are younger than the High Street would suggest. Almost a quarter of the homes have gone up this century alone. On estates of that age the covering is usually concrete interlocking tile, which rarely fails across the open slope. What lets the water in is the detail work: the valley where two slopes meet, the ridge, and the uPVC fascias and gutters along the eaves.
About a third of households live in a detached house, and plenty of those come with a porch, a garage or an extension under a flat roof. Felt on a small flat roof blisters and splits in the sun years before the main roof needs anything, and where the extension meets the house wall, the flashing takes all the run-off from above. Damp at that join often gets blamed on the main roof, so we check it first.
The older core around the High Street is a different job altogether: stone walls, slate roofs and brick chimneys, on houses far older than the estates around them. Only 6% of the town’s homes were built before 1919, but on those it’s the nails under the slate and the lead round the stacks that give up first. They get put right in slate and lead, to match what’s there.
Listed homes and conservation areas in Garstang
Garstang is one of Wyre Council’s conservation areas, and the council publishes an appraisal and a boundary map for it, so you can see whether your street sits inside the line. Like-for-like repairs, slate for slate and lead for lead, are usually fine. Listed buildings need more care: the house and shop at 43 High Street, dated 1744, is Grade II with rubble walls, a slate roof and brick chimneys, and work that affects the character of a listed building needs consent. If you’re thinking of changing what your roof is covered with, speak to Wyre Council first.
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Wet weeks, then frosty nights
At Myerscough, the nearest weather station, rain falls on about 158 days a year, so a gutter packed with leaves or a valley clogged with moss gets tested most weeks. Water that can’t get away along the eaves backs up under the bottom row of tiles or spills down behind the fascia, and the first sign indoors is often a stain on the bedroom ceiling near the outside wall.
Away from the coast, winter nights bring frost as well. Freezing and thawing slowly opens tired mortar, so on an estate roof it shows first as a ridge tile that rocks, and on the older stone houses as pointing falling out of the chimney stack.
Roof repairs in Garstang: what we check first
- Valleys on estate roofs Where two slopes meet, water gathers fast, and a split or blocked valley leaks straight into the loft.
- Fascias, soffits and gutters On newer homes, sagging gutters and loose trims often cause damp before the tiles do.
- Frost-cracked ridge bedding Dozens of frosty nights each winter open up old mortar, so ridges get looked at early.
- Lead on stone buildings Older High Street properties rely on lead at chimneys and walls, and it should be repaired in kind.
How a roof job runs
- Call or text Peak Roofing, or send the form, with what you can see.
- We look at the roof itself, not just the stain inside.
- You get the price before any work starts.
Roofing services covering Garstang
Questions
Garstang roofs: questions
Our Garstang home was built in the 2000s. How can the roof leak this soon?
More often than people expect, and rarely through the tiles themselves. On a roof that age it’s usually a cracked ridge, a valley, the flashing where an extension joins the house, or a gutter spilling behind the fascia. We check each of those and tell you which one it is before anything is priced. See roof leaks.
The flat roof on our Garstang garage holds puddles and drips inside. Can it be fixed?
Usually. If the deck underneath is still firm, a split or blister in the felt can be repaired. Once the boards have gone soft, the roof is stripped and re-covered in felt or fibreglass (GRP), and the joint with the house wall is re-flashed at the same time. See flat roofs.
Can you replace sagging gutters and fascias in Garstang?
Yes. We fit uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering, and check the roof edge above while we’re up there. Rotten timber behind an old fascia often means water has been getting in for some time, so that gets sorted before the new boards go on. See fascias, soffits and guttering.
Where the facts on this page come from
- ONS Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (Nomis), output areas in the ONS 2022 built-up area: Households by accommodation type in Garstang: 34% detached, 35% semi-detached, 11% terraced, 10% flats (2,878 households). Read 2026-11-05.
- Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.1 (build period), LSOAs in the built-up area: Homes by build period in Garstang: 6% before 1919, 5% 1919-1939, 40% 1945-1982, 50% since 1983 (England and Wales: 21% before 1919). Read 2026-11-05.
- Met Office: Myerscough climate station, 1991-2020 averages: 1,058.1 mm of rain a year, 157.9 days with 1 mm or more. Read 2026-11-05.
- Wyre Council: conservation areas in Wyre: Wyre has seven conservation areas including Garstang, each with an appraisal and boundary map Read 2026-11-05.
- British Listed Buildings: 43 High Street, Garstang: Grade II, house and shop, 1744, rubble, slate roof, brick chimneys Read 2026-11-05.