Garage roofs in Wigan
Wigan borough covers a lot of ground: terraces in Pemberton and Ince, 1930s council estates around Beech Hill and Whelley, suburbs at Standish and Orrell, and the old mining towns of Hindley, Atherton and Leigh.
Mining-town housing was built quickly and cheaply and garages followed in the 1950s and 1960s, so there is a high share of cement-sheet garage and outbuilding roofs.
Places we cover in Wigan
Postcodes: WN1 to WN8, M46.
What is typical here
Garage courts on council-built estates often have long shared roofs. If yours is one unit in a row, check with neighbours before ordering anything.
Where gardens are large, as in Standish and Orrell, detached garages and workshops are common and are a good candidate for a new steel roof with solar panels.
Typical locally: Typical on garage blocks around Beech Hill and Whelley.
Services in Wigan
- 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.
Wigan questions
Do you cover Leigh and Atherton as well as Wigan?
Yes. Leigh, Atherton, Hindley, Standish, Orrell and Ashton-in-Makerfield are all part of the service area.
Can I get just the old roof taken off?
Yes. Removal only is a normal job, but the garage needs a roof straight away, so most owners choose removal and a new roof as one job.