Fincas · Stone Houses · Beam Checks · Reused Tiles
A finca roof is a different animal from a modern villa roof. We repair Benissa's older stone houses and fincas with attention to their beams, their weight and their tiles, and treat newer roofs just as carefully.
Benissa's country houses were built when roofs were put together from local timber, hand-fitted tiles and thick stone walls. These roofs are heavy, slightly irregular and often beautiful, which is exactly why they need care.
The most common problems are a slow leak that has been quietly rotting a beam, tiles that have slipped on a pitch that is no longer true, and later additions that sit awkwardly against the original.
Along the coast, villas of more recent construction have the usual tiled roofs, and we handle those too. The difference is in how much of the work is detective work. A good survey of an old house reads more like a diagnosis than a price list.
Fincas
A finca roof loads its walls differently from a modern one. The beams may be large, the tiles heavy and the geometry uneven, so changes that look simple can have consequences for the whole structure.
We do not take a finca roof apart on a guess. We survey from outside and inside, note where the lines have moved, and plan the repair around the structure that exists. Marks on interior ceilings, cracks at the wall head and sagging lines along the ridge all help us read what the roof has been doing.
Where a roof has sagged or a wall is cracking beneath it, we say that the structure needs a specialist opinion, such as a technical architect, before anyone touches the tiles. That advice protects you from spending on tiles when the real issue lies beneath them.
Timbers
Old beams can look dramatic and still be sound, or look fine and be soft inside. We probe the visible faces, check the ends where they enter the wall and look for the fine dust that signals insect activity.
Sound timber is kept and, where suitable, treated. Where a beam end has rotted, a repair to that end is sometimes possible without replacing the entire beam, though that depends on its condition and load.
We always photograph what we find, so you can see the problem rather than rely on a description from the roof. A note of each timber's position lets you see what was found and where.
Tiles
Many fincas wear tiles that have weathered for generations, and owners rightly want to keep the look. We sort tiles as we strip, set aside the good ones and put them back in order.
If more are broken than expected, we discuss matching replacements in colour and shape. A perfect match is not always possible, and we will say so before you commit. Mixed tile colour can be part of an old roof's charm, and we can leave it that way if you prefer.
Land around a finca often slopes towards the house, so we check that gutters, and the ground beneath their discharge, send rainwater away from the stone. Where outbuildings and walls share the plot, we can look at their roofs and tops at the same visit.
How it works
Our first visit is a thorough survey, outside and in, with time spent on the beams and the condition of the walls. Afterwards we set out what is needed in a written quotation.
Should you be overseas, photographs arrive through the work and ask for decisions only when needed. Finished areas are documented before we leave. If a hidden problem appears when tiles come off, we stop, show you and agree the next step before going further.
Questions
Yes. We survey the beams, tiles and walls together, and plan repairs to suit the original structure. If a specialist opinion is needed, we say so before work starts. Access along tracks and the weight of old tiles are considered at survey, and set out in the written quotation before work begins.
Often, if enough are sound. We sort and refit the good ones and discuss matched replacements for any that are broken. Mixed colours are often part of the charm of an old roof, and we will not force a uniform finish unless you ask for one.
We examine it, photograph the damage and explain whether treatment, a partial repair or replacement is appropriate. Sound beams are kept. We probe the timber, check the ends where they sit in the wall, and show you photographs of what we find in plain terms.
Yes. Newer villas have standard tiled roofs, and we repair ridges, tiles, underlay and gutters as on any other. The inspection, quotation and photographs work the same way, and the work is guaranteed with the scope set out in the quotation.
Across the area
The towns on either side have different housing and weather, and each page below describes roofing as it applies there.
Roofing Services Benidorm: top-floor leaks, penthouse roof terraces, tiled roofs and drainage on apartment blocks, quoted in writing. Free quotation.
View Benidorm →Roofing Services Altea: clay tile roofs, old timbers, gutters and repairs on steep sites and in narrow old town streets, quoted in writing. Free quotation.
View Altea →Roofing Services La Nucía: ageing villa roofs, tile relaying, underlay renewal and gutters on hillside urbanisations, quoted in writing. Free quotation.
View La Nucía →Roofing Services Finestrat: wind-lifted tiles, ridge repointing, terraces and roof edges on hillside villas below Puig Campana. Free quotation.
View Finestrat →Roofing Services Calpe: salt-exposed tile roofs, ridge repointing, gutters and rooftop terraces on apartments and villas near the Peñón. Free quotation.
View Calpe →Roofing Services Alfaz del Pi & Albir: assessing decades-old tiled roofs, repair or staged renewal, gutters and terrace edges. Free quotation.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Roofing Services Polop: old tiled roofs, beams and boards on village houses, heavy-rain damp, gutters and hillside villa repairs. Free quotation.
View Polop →Roofing Services Villajoyosa: tiled roofs on old town houses, shared party walls, seafront salt, gutters and inland urbanisation villas, quoted in writing. Free quotation.
View Villajoyosa →Roofing Services Callosa d'en Sarrià: valley house and finca roofs, hillside run-off, gutters and tiles, from our home-town office. Free quotation.
View Callosa d'en Sarrià →Roofing Services Albir: roof checks for holiday and second homes, hillside villa tiles, promenade-side flats and storm damage. Free quotation.
View Albir →Get in touch
A free quotation from us begins with a visit, look carefully at your roof and give you a written account of what it needs.
Whether old stone or recent block, the same honest approach applies. Should a small repair be enough, we will say so rather than suggest anything grander.
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