Roofer in Pilsley

Quick note first: this is Pilsley in North East Derbyshire, between Clay Cross and Tibshelf. Not the estate village of the same name near Chatsworth.

We're based in North Wingfield, roughly a mile away, so Pilsley is very much on our doorstep.

Before 1800 Pilsley was farmland, split into Upper and Nether Pilsley. Pilsley Colliery opened in 1866 and grew to six shafts and 945 men at its peak, working until it closed in 1957. The pit site is now Locko Plantation, and the old railway line that served it is part of the Five Pits Trail.

The village grew around the pit, and today it's really four areas running north to south: Lower Pilsley, Upper Pilsley, Pilsley itself and Nether Pilsley.

A lot of the housing went up in the colliery years, in rows, for the same workforce. Same builders, same materials, same decade. That's why the problems we find in one house on a street are often waiting in the next.

Old terraced roofs coming to the end. Many of the original slate roofs were replaced with concrete tiles in the second half of the last century. Those tiles, and the mortar holding the ridges on, are now wearing out on whole streets at once.

Ridges and verges. Mortar bedding cracks with age and frost. You'll see it as bits of mortar on the path or in the gutter, cracks along the ridge line, or tiles that rock. Firm tiles can be repointed. Loose ones need re-bedding or a dry ridge system.

Chimneys on terraces. Shared stacks between terraced houses are a common leak source. Failed pointing, cracked flaunching or perished flashings let water track into the loft and down the party wall.

Gutters and fascias. Old timber fascias rot, gutters sag, and water ends up running down the wall instead of into the drain.

We go up and look properly, take photos of what we find, and give you a written price. If it's a repair, we quote a repair. If the whole roof's past it, we'll explain why and show you.

If you're trying to budget for a repair or a new roof, we've written a full roof cost guide for Chesterfield and north Derbyshire — real 2026 prices for repairs, re-roofs, flat roofs, chimneys and more.