Do you have responsibility for arranging heritage roof work to be carried out?  Then you need to refer to NFRC’s National Heritage Roofing Contractors Register at www.nfrc.co.uk/. 

Here you will find the best opportunity to obtain quality workmanship. All listed properties and pre-1919 buildings deserve any conservation work to be undertaken by firms who have shown that they have the necessary skills and responsibility.

If you are unsure in identifying particular roofing slate and tile types or need to find common descriptions, you need go no further than the NFRC website where an illustrated list of heritage roofing types is displayed.  This list also has a geographic guide to materials.

This is a 'one stop shop’ that will enable you to select qualified competent heritage roofers with the roofing type categories you require.  Heritage registered roofing firms are divided between two levels of skill. Firms in the NFRC Heritage Roofmaster category can take both design (technical) and workmanship responsibility, whereas firms who do not take design responsibility are NFRC Heritage Craft Roofer; both are described on the website and both will offer quality workmanship.

Having selected your type of roofer and type of roofing you are then presented with a list of firms capable of the work who have provided proof of their skills and have been vetted by NFRC, along with TrustMark registration.

Only roofers that have undergone stringent scrutiny with a successful application are recorded on the register.  The company’s work is reviewed by a sub-panel made up of highly qualified competent experts in traditional roofing, and are supported by English Heritage, Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, Environment and Heritage Service for Northern Ireland, Historic Scotland, The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG), and ConstructionSkills (formerly CITB).

You needed it, NFRC provide it!  Please don’t take chances with Heritage Roofing!