Roofers in Durrington

Local Roofers Who Know Durrington

Durrington covers the inland northern suburbs of Worthing, stretching from the A27 up to the foot of the South Downs escarpment at High Salvington. The area was largely developed between 1945 and 1975, producing a significant stock of post-war semi-detached and detached housing. The Salvington Road corridor and the Durrington-on-Sea area south of the A2032 contain bungalows from the same era, many with flat-roofed extensions added in the 1960s and 1970s.

Concrete interlocking tile dominates the Durrington housing stock. The large post-war and 1960s estates around George V Avenue and the Busticle Lane area were built predominantly with concrete tiles from the same manufacturing batches — meaning nail sickness and surface erosion are appearing at roughly the same time across dozens of adjacent properties. This creates a high-volume repair environment that we know well. Properties on the escarpment above the A27 face different exposure: elevated ground creates higher wind speeds and more pronounced freeze-thaw cycling in winter than the coastal areas to the south.

Common Roofing Problems in Durrington

In Durrington, the dominant roofing issue is failing concrete tile on post-war estate housing — widespread nail sickness on properties built between 1950 and 1970, typically hitting multiple houses on the same street simultaneously. Flat roof failures on rear extensions of 1960s bungalows in the Durrington-on-Sea area are the second most common call. Elevated properties above the A27 on the High Salvington escarpment experience more wind damage and ridge mortar failure than comparable properties at lower elevation.