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How Tilehurst Roofing Contractors got its Logo
I thought it would be interesting to share a little bit of history about Tilehurst Roofing Contractors, how the company evolved and how we developed our logo into what it is now. Tilehurst Felt Roofing was formed by Gordon Sims in the middle sixties. As Gordon was living in Tilehurst, and the company carried out felt roofing, the company was called Tilehurst Felt Roofing, simple as that.
Asbestos Water Tank Removal
With all the health & safety surrounding asbestos and the removal of asbestos items, I was very surprised to be asked to remove an asbestos water tank. With all my years in the building trade, and experience in safely handling asbestos, I have never seen or heard of an asbestos water tank.
Roofing Repairs for 1000yr old Church
Recently we carried out roof repairs and lead replacement works to a beautiful old church in the middle of the woods in Berkshire. The roof had obviously been replaced some time in the past, but what amazed me were the original rafters to the main roof.
Tilehurst Roofing gets ready for Christmas
Following our success with the Tilehurst Roofing Contractors poppy appeal window display, the girls have now started on our Christmas display. We decided to use a Silver and Blue theme for our decorations this year just to keep it corporate. Caroline has spent many hours knitting hats for our ‘TRC Teds’ and our TRC Dude the Duck!
TILEHURST ORGANISES A FITTING TRIBUTE
Some time ago Tilehurst Roofing Contractors had a flyer arrive on the doorstep telling us an event was being organised to ‘Turn Tilehurst Red for Remembrance Day, and that they were hoping to rally all businesses, residents, clubs etc in helping with the project, remembering the fallen from World War One on its hundredth anniversary. They wanted everyone to feature this for two weeks between 1st to 14th November.
Successful School Roofing Projects – 2018
Summer Madness Over! Earlier in the year, we started planning our summer roofing maintenance projects with the usual trepidation, because with an immovable completion date, the pressure is always on.
Roofing Repairs on the Cheap? Latest Horror Story
Recently one of our previous customers rang the office to book in an appointment for a roof inspection. This is not unusual as we are lucky to have a big chunk of our business from returning customers. On pulling in the driveway, I noticed the garage roof, fascia and all the internals was completely burnt out. Speaking to the customer she pointed out some broken hanging tiles.
School Holidays means Re-Roofing School Buildings
Schools Out… Here we go again! Sorry nothing to do with the Mamma Mia sequel! But at Tilehurst Roofing Contractors the summer school holidays are the only time in the calendar that we have both empty schools and weather to be able to do any kind of roofing maintenance on these important clients to us.
TRC Classic Car Collection Showcased at Reading School Spring Fayre
The TRC classic car collection does not show their cars too often as we are always busy with other hobbies. But Reading School asked us to show some of their cars at their fund raising Fayre on Saturday 12th May. Only too glad to oblige we took along a Escort RS Turbo series 2, and a Sierra Cosworth which we had literally only just acquired!
Flat Roof Repairs – This has got to be the worst we have ever seen!
On stripping a small flat roof recently over a bathroom we soon could see that the decking was rotten. Surprisingly this was a close boarded roof, of 6x1 planks, and should have been in good shape - but all were totally perished as were a few joist ends. The Culprit - Badly Installed Extractor The actual flat roof itself only had a few cracks so we were surprised as to why the timbers were so bad. On further investigation we found an extractor fan was fitted in the bathroom ceiling but had no way of venting outside, the hot wet air was simply discharging straight into the ceiling void beneath the decking. And slowly rotting the timbers supporting the flat roof. Apparently the fan was fitted 20 years ago, no wonder the timbers were gone.