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Curved barrel-vaulted copper roofs for barn

Curved barrel-vaulted copper roofs for barn

Near Swansea, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons, this job was a barn conversion for holiday accommodation. The building had three barrel-vaulted roofs which were separated by flat valleys. We asked the carpenter to build the slight curve between the internal gutters in order to give the pitch necessary for a standing seam roof....

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Zinc roofing, facades and guttering in Lewes, Sussex

Zinc roofing, facades and guttering in Lewes, Sussex

Our client lives in a two-storey detached house in Lewes, Sussex and was building a rear extension on both storeys with the addition of a new lower floor below this. A terrace was built at ground floor level and a balcony on the first floor. The client’s aim was to build something with style and character but which remained in harmony with the house and...

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Copper work on Oxford pool house

Copper work on Oxford pool house

Metal Roof Ltd are glad to have had the opportunity to work on this swimming pool house, built as an extension on a house in Oxford. The owners will enjoy the transformation of the roof over the years from copper-brown to...

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VM Anthra zinc on Lewes, Sussex new-build

VM Anthra zinc on Lewes, Sussex new-build

A new-build house on a brown-field site in Lewes, Sussex. The house has three roofs, all clad in Anthra zinc, which is not painted but chemically treated to produce its charcoal black finish. The roofs are ventilated, with close boarding under the zinc. We include here a picture of the porch – we custom-made a downpipe here as the client felt that the standard...

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Multi-roofed Falzinc building in Faversham, Kent

Multi-roofed Falzinc building in Faversham, Kent

This project comprised six roofs of various shapes and sizes, including internal box gutters and cladding to parapets. The double gutter on some of the roofs, worked out between us and the main contractor, was the solution to the position of the steel beams in the main structure....

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