Garage roofs in Stockport
Stockport has some of the best-preserved inter-war suburbs in Greater Manchester. Around Cheadle, Heald Green, Heaton Moor and Bramhall the streets are 1930s semis with brick driveway garages that still have their original roofs, which very often means corrugated cement sheeting.
Brinnington and Reddish have 1950s and 1960s estates with garage courts, and Marple and Hazel Grove bring in older stone-built houses and outbuildings on larger plots.
Places we cover in Stockport
Postcodes: SK1 to SK8.
What is typical here
The most common job in Stockport is a single or double brick garage beside a semi, with a low-pitched roof that has been leaking at the back for years.
Larger plots in Bramhall and Marple sometimes have a detached double garage or workshop, where a new roof is an opportunity to add rooflights or a solar array.
Typical locally: Typical on 1930s driveway garages around Cheadle and Heald Green.
Services in Stockport
- Removal and new roof: The old asbestos cement roof comes off and a new roof goes on, as one job.
- Removal only: Safe removal and disposal of an asbestos cement garage roof, without a new roof.
- New garage roof: A new steel, fibre, rubber or flat roof once the asbestos has gone.
- Solar on the new roof: Put solar panels on the new garage roof and a battery in the garage.
- Is it asbestos? Testing: A small sample settles whether a roof contains asbestos.
Stockport questions
Do you cover Cheadle, Bramhall and Marple?
Yes, all the way across Stockport from SK1 to SK8. Add your postcode when you send photos.
Is a double garage much more expensive than a single?
The roof area roughly doubles, so the price rises, but not twice: scaffold, set-up and waste handling are shared. See the cost guide for ranges.