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Case Studies Archive | Metrotile

Metrotile Technical Team Provide Re-Roofing Support After Installation Issue.

A re-roofing project on a primary school in the North West was initially completed in stages by two separate roofing…

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Why Metrotile Is The Perfect Choice For Park Home Roof Refurbishments

When it comes to park home roofing, the demands are unique—lightweight materials, secure detailing, and long-lasting performance are all critical….

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Solar & Security Vital Components Of School Re-Roof

St Lawrence School in Higham underwent a phased re-roofing project to modernise and improve the long-term performance of its roof…

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Ageing School Roof Given New Life With Metrotile Roof Replacement

Project Overview:Thornhill Primary School required a full roof replacement after years of deterioration. The existing roof suffered from persistent leaks…

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Katherine Street Flats Roof Restored After Devastating Fire

The existing roof on the block of flats at Katherine Street in Livingston had been significantly deteriorated over time. However,…

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Historic Grammar School Rejuvenated After Metrotile Roof Replacement

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith required a roof replacement due to structural defects and weather-related damage. The original roof…

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Low-Pitch Roof Replacement, Maghera Fire Station

Maghera Fire Station required a full roof replacement due to issues with the existing concrete tile installation. The previous tiles…

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Problematic Church Detailing Resolved With Metrotile Roof System!

A historic church in Lisburn, Northern Ireland required a complete roof replacement due to persistent leaks that were compromising the…

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Leaky Log Cabin Fixed With Metrotile Shingle

When a client reached out to Rob Hickman of Rob Lee Windows regarding a leaking log cabin roof in his…

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Lightweight Steel Roof Protects Church From Vandals – Immanuel Church, Cardiff

Immanuel Church in Cardiff faced a critical challenge: its aging concrete roof was deteriorating, with cracks and leaks compromising the…

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Village Hall Revitalised with Metrotile Shingle Roof

Grimsargh Village Hall, a beloved community centre in Preston, Lancashire, had long served as a gathering place for local events,…

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Llys Glyncoed Care Home, South Wales

In the tranquil hills of South Wales, you’ll find the modern Llys Glyncoed Care Home. 🏡 In a place where…

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Beacon Primary School – Charcoal Shingle

Beacon Primary School in the North West of England desperately required sections of their school re-roofing to ensure safety and…

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eQube Solar Tile Helps Strive Towards Net-Zero Housing: Vistry Innovation Centre

As the global climate crisis intensifies, the imperative for sustainable and low-carbon housing solutions becomes increasingly apparent. In response to…

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Refurbishment Of Roofs Keeps Tenants Warm In Winter Months – Hereford Cornish Units

When seven block of Cornish Units in Hereford were in need of re-roofing; roofing contractors Central Roofing were called upon…

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Hospital Benefits From Lightweight Metal Roofing System: Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend

When Metrotile was asked to provide options for re-roofing part of Glanrhyd Hospital in South Wales, the company’s Barry Jordan…

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Sutton Place, Bexhill-on-Sea

Sutton Place in Bexhill-on-Sea features three blocks of flats, privately owned and maintained via a residents committee. All three blocks…

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Totally Modular Offsite Homes

This benefit has seen Metrotile Lightweight Roofing adorn timber frame buildings, rooftops converted from flat to pitched, conservatories and homes…

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Staffordshire Bull Terrier Heritage Centre, Wednesbury

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier Heritage Centre is a one of a kind, free to enter museum located in the Black…

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Featherstone and Hilton Community Centre

When the time for a modernisation of the Community Centre’s roofing material, Metrotile Lightweight Roofing was chosen with an emphasis…

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Housing Association Flat Refurbishments, Peterborough

Housing Association Cross Keys Homes manages four blocks of flats between Grove Court and Tower Court in Peterborough. Sporting flat…

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Cygnus Homes – PassivHaus

The low weight – just one seventh of so-called traditional roof tiles such as slate or clay – is ideal…

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Housing Association Flat Refurbishments, Bridgwater

Canal View is a purposed-built block of flats, containing six homes and also a pair of shops at street level….

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Cornish Unit Refurbishments, Somerset

Metrotile Lightweight Roofing has been utilised for a refurbishment project by Homes in Sedgemoor, an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO)…

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Bryn Bach Park Visitor Centre

Installed to replace the previous leaking so-called ‘traditional’ material roof, that was allowing water ingress in the cafeteria area, the…

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Montagu Court & Crescent, Gibraltar

As an overseas project, this raises a different perspective for Metrotile’s established key benefits; the tiles have a much greater…

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Local Authority Refurbishments, East Ayrshire

Non-traditional homes are in abundance throughout the UK, with many owned and maintained by Local Authorities and Housing Associations. Originally…

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The Log Pod Ltd

Originally conceived in 2011 to “to design and build a camping hut that had several key features”, the original Log…

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Unique Local Authority Homes, Cardiff

Located at Aberdulais Crescent in Cardiff, each of the twelve properties is a traditionally-built bungalow built fifty five years ago….

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Pre-War Homes, Cannock Chase

R S Miller is a West Midlands-based roofing contractor that was tasked with re-roofing pre-war properties on behalf of Cannock…

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New World Business Centre, Bristol

 During August 2013, Bristol-based developer Jeff Cox finalised the purchase of an old, run-down office building that was to become…

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PGL Liddington, Swindon

One of their campuses is PGL Liddington, located near Swindon, Wiltshire. The main building, originally owned by Zurich, was taken…

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Non-Traditional Homes, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Council and Keepmoat Housing oversee housing stock that includes both Cornish Units and Reema properties, in Cannock Chase,…

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Walpole Close, Exeter

Each of these homes shared a common feature that needed replacement – eave to ridge metal sheet roofing. Although comparisons…

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Unison Clubhouse, Croyde

The village comprises of holiday accommodation and facilities for sports and leisure, including a gym and restaurant. Many of these…

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Southport College

Following several design meetings arranged by principal contractor Alpha Roofing, and involving the supply chain, estates manager and CDM coordinator,…

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Priory Academies, Lincoln

The Priory LSST hosts a population of 1700 pupils and also features a Sixth Form College. Rated by Ofsted as…

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New Charter Housing Trust

For New Charter Housing, the specification of an apparently ‘niche’ product on a special requirement project lead to the discovery…

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Flat Refurbishments, Middleton

So when four 6-storey purpose built blocks of flats required rooftop refurbishments, Riverside decided to use Metrotile’s classic Bond profile,…

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BISF Homes, Maesteg

The fact that many of them are still standing is surprising as they constructed as a short-term fix to the…

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Linden Heritage

As period properties can be a stringently traditional arena when it comes to the choice of building materials used (due…

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Irby Library

Wirral Borough Council assigned local roofing contractors Wirral Cladding to specify a roofing system that wouldn’t compromise the Library’s aesthetic….

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Ingliston Equestrian Centre

Metrotile supplied over three thousand square metres of roofing materials to two new stable blocks and numerous new Chalet buildings…

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Home Conservatory

With eight young grandchildren visiting on a regular basis, the idea of utilising the space throughout the entire year became…

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Hawksley Bungalows

Each of the buildings is a prefabricated Hawksley Bungalow and has been modified throughout the years, so each featured different…

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Gorse Hill School

Gorse Hill is unique as it required a partial refurbishment, as some – but not all – of the blocks roofs…

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Evesham FC Clubhouse

A new addition to the vast list of projects is that of the Football Stadium, as Metrotile was recently used…

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Village Hall With Integrated Photovoltaic Panels

The new village hall is the result of months of planning and fundraising by a team of Community Trust volunteers…

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Cornish Units, Normanton

The properties at Willow Crescent were built in 1956, meaning they were expected to last until 1976 at the most…

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Cornish Units, Bideford

One such Housing Association is Tarka Housing. Based in Devon, Tarka looks after approximately 6000 properties (in conjunction with West…

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Residential Bungalow Refurbishment

When it came to replacing the roof, Mr Mulraney decided to search for a durable roofing material that he could…

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Archbishop Cranmer School

The traditional slate tiles that adorned the mansard roofs were in urgent need of repair, and Somerset County Council assigned a refurbishment…

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Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service

This trend continued as Metrotile was specified  for various fire station training buildings by Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue…

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Fairford School

Metrotile’s .900mm Slate profile in Bronze was specified, as it is the only system that could meet all of the…

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