Thomas Fish & Son

Jarvis & Womack were employed by Nottingham-based builder Thomas Fish & Sons to carry out roof slating works to this very unusual building.

Information about the project

There is no British Standard code of practice for curved roofs and so it is imperative that the roofing contractor fully understands the principles of capillary creep and side laps as well as headlaps. Not only does the roof have a convex curve at one end, but also has a concave curve on either side in order to carry the slating through to the straight section at the other end. In order to produce an aesthetically pleasing finish and also maintain correct side laps, it was necessary for our roofers to individually cut every slate on both the convex and concave curves - having marked out the roof from the road, using a combination of Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry.

The two slaters employed on this roof displayed a particularly high level of skill and were justifiably presented with a craftsmanship award by the East Midlands Joint Consultative Committee for Construction.

We are very proud to have such talented and dedicated craftsmen working for us and we can confidently assure clients that their roofs will be installed by skilled operatives no matter how complex or challenging the design.

Certificate of Craftsmanship

When we had finished the project we were awarded a Certificate of Craftsmanship by the the East Midlands Joint Consultative Commitee. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding examples of craftsmanship in the building or allied trades in the areas of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, or Lincolnshire. The award was specifically for the roofing to the new dining hall, Nottingham High School for Girls, Arbouretum Street Nottingham.