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Lancashire roofers covering Blackpool: inter-war roofs in sea wind
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Tiles rattling at night, or a brown stain creeping across the bedroom ceiling? Peak Roofing works across Blackpool as a Lancashire roofing company, on repairs, leaks and new roofs. Over a third of Blackpool’s homes, 35%, went up between the two world wars.
Blackpool weather and the wind on its roofs
Squires Gate, Blackpool’s own Met Office climate station, logs a mean wind of 10.7 knots over 1991 to 2020. Rochdale, inland on the Pennine side, averages 4.2 knots. That steady push off the Irish Sea works at ridge tiles, verges and whatever has begun to lift. Rain is lighter than the UK norm, at 886 mm a year against 1,163 mm. So on a Blackpool roof, wind is often the bigger worry.
What we look at first on a Blackpool roof
- Mortar on ridges and hips Inter-war roofs usually have bedded ridges, and years of sea wind crack that mortar and loosen the tiles.
- Slate or tile to match Raikes Hall alone mixes blue slate and red tiles, so a repair needs the right match.
- Felt under the tiles On a covering of that age the old felt is often brittle and torn along the eaves.
- Bay and back extension roofs Small flat roofs over bays and rear extensions often split and let water track inside.
What sits on Blackpool’s roofs
Blackpool leans inter-war more than most places. Council tax records put 35% of Blackpool homes in 1919 to 1939, more than twice the 15% seen nationally in England and Wales. Another 26% predate 1919, and 25% are post-war, from 1945 to 1982. Of its 68,568 households counted by the 2021 Census, 39% were in semis, 29% in terraces and 21% in flats.
Blackpool Council’s appraisal of the Raikes Hall conservation area singles it out for its surviving inter-war housing. It notes blue slate and red tiles both in wide use there. Roofs from that period are often still on their first covering. Ridges and hips set in mortar tend to work loose, and old felt under the tiles can turn brittle.
Blackpool conservation areas and your roof
Blackpool Council lists seven conservation areas: Town Centre, Stanley Park, Foxhall, Raikes Hall, Marton Moss, North Promenade and Layton. Raikes Hall was designated in 2015. The council says these areas bring restrictions on changes and additions to buildings. If your house sits inside one, ask Blackpool Council before a slate roof is re-covered in concrete tiles, or in anything new.
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How a roof job in Blackpool runs
- Call or text Peak Roofing, or send the form, with what you can see.
- We look at the roof itself, not just the stain inside.
- You get the price before any work starts.
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Questions
Blackpool roofs: questions
Is an inter-war roof in Blackpool worth repairing, or is it time for a new one?
It turns on two things: the tiles and the felt under them. Where the tiles are still hard and only a ridge or a few tiles have gone, a repair is normally enough. Where tiles are flaking across a whole slope, a re-roof is the better spend.
My Blackpool bay window leaks when it rains hard. Is that the roof?
Often it is the small roof over the bay, or the flashing where that roof meets the house wall. Rain driven sideways by the wind tends to find those joints first. We check those first.
Is my house in the Raikes Hall conservation area?
Blackpool Council’s Raikes Hall page lists 23 streets, among them Hornby Road, Forest Gate and Elm Avenue. It also links a plan of the boundary. If your street is on it, get the council’s say before a new roof covering goes on.
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Where the facts on this page come from
- ONS Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (Nomis), output areas in the ONS 2022 built-up area: Households by accommodation type in Blackpool: 11% detached, 39% semi-detached, 29% terraced, 21% flats (68,568 households). Read 2026-11-05.
- Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.1 (build period), LSOAs in the built-up area: Homes by build period in Blackpool: 26% before 1919, 35% 1919-1939, 25% 1945-1982, 15% since 1983 (England and Wales: 21% before 1919). Read 2026-11-05.
- Met Office: Blackpool, Squires Gate climate station, 1991-2020 averages: 886.4 mm of rain a year, 147.4 days with 1 mm or more, mean wind 10.73 knots. Read 2026-11-05.
- Blackpool Council: conservation areas: Seven conservation areas: Town Centre, Stanley Park, Foxhall, Raikes Hall, Marton Moss, North Promenade, Layton; they place restrictions on changes and additions to buildings Read 2026-11-05.
- Blackpool Council: Raikes Hall conservation area: Designated in 2015; 23 streets incl. Hornby Road, Forest Gate, Whitley Avenue, Elm Avenue; plan PDF linked Read 2026-11-05.
- Blackpool Council: Raikes Hall conservation area appraisal: Roof materials mixed, blue slate and red tiles both in widespread use (7.1); one of the best surviving areas of inter-war housing (s.10) Read 2026-11-05.