Clay pantile barn re-roof in the North East countryside.

The brief: re-roof a rural barn in clay pantile, sympathetically.

The building was a rural agricultural barn — a brick and timber outbuilding with a weathered clay pantile roof at the end of its serviceable life. Lichen and moss had taken hold, the coverings were tired, and the roof needed replacing rather than patching.

Evenii was engaged to re-roof the barn in new clay pantile — keeping the character of a traditional pantile roof rather than substituting a modern concrete profile. The new tiles were matched to the colour and profile of the original, so the finished roof still reads as it should on a building of this type.

The approach was set at survey: strip the failed roof, expose and check the timber structure, and re-cover the barn in clay pantile to a watertight, true line.

Stripped to the trusses, the structure checked while open.

The roof was stripped back completely. With the coverings off, the barn's timber structure was fully exposed — bare oak trusses and roof timbers open to the building below — giving a clear view of the structure before anything was re-laid.

Stripping the roof opened the timber up to inspection. That is the right moment to check the trusses and roof timbers while access is already in place — picking up any defects a covered roof would hide before the new covering goes on. The failed coverings were cleared and the structure prepared for new underlay and battens.

Re-roofed in new clay pantile, matched to the original.

The barn was re-covered in new clay pantile, matched to the colour and profile of the roof being replaced, so the finished roof carries the character of a traditional pantile covering without the failures of the old one.

New underlay and battens were installed to the stripped structure, and the pantiles were laid to a true line. Verges, ridges and abutments were detailed to current NFRC workmanship standards, with leadwork to the flashings and junctions where the roof meets walls and detail.

Matching new clay pantile to the original profile is the right call on a building of this character — a cleaner, longer-lived outcome than patching the failed roof, and one that keeps the barn in keeping with its setting.

A working rural setting, scaffolded access and standard Evenii controls.

The barn sits in an open rural location, so access, scaffold and material handling were planned for a working farm setting rather than a town-centre street. Scaffold was erected to the working elevations and the new pantiles staged on the boards for laying.

The works were delivered by a branded Evenii team to standard site controls — CHAS Advanced safety management, NFRC workmanship standards and Reset Compliance for site conduct. The roof was kept watertight through the programme, with temporary protection in place out of hours.