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Industrial roofing contractors for plants, warehousing and distribution

Factories, food plants, warehouses and distribution sheds cannot stop for the roof. We overclad, re-sheet, line gutters, replace rooflights and refurbish flat roofs over running production, with safety netting from our own division and a programme planned around shifts and shutdowns.

Profiled sheet roof on an industrial unit
Profiled sheet roof on an industrial unit
How we work in this sector

Industrial and manufacturing, done the way the building needs

Working over production

Walkers Crisps in Leicester is a £500k and ongoing programme of roof replacements over a working manufacturing plant, delivered alongside Summers Inman. Food hygiene, contamination control and continuous production shape every method statement.

Overcladding and gutters

Roof and wall overcladding, gutter lining and rooflight replacement are the bread and butter of industrial roofing: the existing roof stays in place, the building stays dry, and the thermal performance jumps. Asbestos cement is encapsulated or removed by licensed contractors.

Safety netting from Absolute Netting

Fragile industrial roofs are netted from below by our own FASET trained riggers, so gutter, rooflight and overcladding work is carried out with collective fall protection in place from day one.

Shutdown working

Where a shutdown is available we plan the roof around it, with the labour and the materials on site to make the most of the window and a contingency for the weather.

Roofing systems

The systems we bring to it

Questions

Asked and answered

Can you roof a factory while it is running?

Yes. Overcladding, gutter lining and rooflight replacement are all done from the outside with the existing roof in place, and flat roof refurbishment is phased so no area is exposed. Netting from our own division protects the roof edge and any fragile areas.

How do you manage contamination risk on a food site?

Method statements are written to the site hygiene requirements: sealed working areas, controlled cutting, no debris through the roof, and daily clearance. Walkers Crisps is a live example of this working over several roofs.

Do you replace asbestos cement roofs?

Yes. Overcladding encapsulates a sound asbestos cement roof; where removal is needed, licensed contractors carry it out under a plan of work within the same contract.

Can you improve the thermal performance of a shed?

Overcladding with insulation between the spacer system takes a single skin roof to a compliant U-value. Combined with new triple skin rooflights it changes the heating bill and the working environment.

Do you provide netting for other contractors?

Yes. Absolute Netting installs safety netting nationwide for our own projects and for other roofing, cladding and steelwork contractors.

Next step

Got a industrial and manufacturing roof to look at?

A free survey, a written report and budget costs, from whichever office is closer to the building.

Tender and project enquiries

Have a project for us?

Send Absolute Waterproofing your roofing enquiry or tender. Give us the outline below and one of our surveyors will come back to you, usually the same working day.

Your division South and Midlands office Jubilee Estate, Gorsey Lane, Coleshill, West Midlands B46 1JU Call the Midlands office Email us
Your division North and Scotland office Riverside, Mountbatten Way, Congleton CW12 1DY Call the Northern office Email us
Free diagnostic survey We attend site quickly from the initial enquiry and provide an inspection report at no cost, with digital photographs, options and costs for the proposed work.

Prefer to talk it through? Call the office nearest the site and ask for a surveyor.