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Why can’t we find new employees in the roofing industry?
We need new roofing labourers to join our team. According to Reuters, the UK unemployment hits 48-year low and for the first time on record the number of people out of work was less than the job vacancies available. Is this why we can’t find new employees in the roofing…
The versatility of working with lead
The team at West Country Tiling have been working with lead since 1969 and manufacturing sand cast lead since 2007, resulting in us having sufficient experience to become experts in casting and working with lead. Lead is a versatile material that can be shaped into down pipes, hopper heads, box…
Church Roofs
Over the last 32 years we have worked on 100s of church roofs. Ecclesiastical work is our forte and our craftsmen have vast experience in working on all styles of church roofs using many different types of materials. Church roof styles We are about to start work on our smallest…
Completion of Quarr Abbey reroof
In November 2021, the West Country Tiling team started work on the Isle of White’s Quarr Abbey reroof. This distinctive place of worship was designed by Dom Bellot, a renowned monk-architect, and construction was completed in 1912. At that time the abbey cost £10,600 to build, in today’s money that…