Heritage cast iron
Half-round, ogee and ornamental moulded rainwater goods for listed buildings, rectories and period homes.
Avon-valley market town with Georgian and Victorian housing. From standard aluminium guttering replacements to bespoke cast iron, copper, zinc and seamless aluminium rainwater systems — for homes of all periods in and around Chippenham, Wiltshire.
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Local Specialism
Seamless aluminium replacements and cast iron restoration for period homes.
Every commission begins with a site visit. We liaise directly with conservation officers, architects and estate managers where required, and work discreetly on occupied homes.
Half-round, ogee and ornamental moulded rainwater goods for listed buildings, rectories and period homes.
Patinated copper and standing-seam zinc for principal elevations and architect-led contemporary homes.
Powder-coated, on-site-rolled aluminium — a cost-effective, low-maintenance system for modern homes and everyday properties, as well as larger country homes.
Correctly sized deep-flow systems for long barn roof planes, and sympathetic profiles for listed buildings, farmhouses and period homes under conservation conditions.
Access and drone surveys, leak diagnostics, hand-stripped and repainted cast iron, ongoing estate care.
FAQs
Yes. We regularly fit cast iron half-round, ogee and ornamental moulded rainwater goods on Grade I and II listed properties in Chippenham and across Wiltshire, and liaise directly with conservation officers where required.
Our studio is in Highworth, Wiltshire, so Chippenham is within easy reach. We typically arrange an initial site visit within one to two weeks of enquiry, with a written specification to follow.
It depends on the property. Seamless aluminium replacements and cast iron restoration for period homes. For period homes we usually specify cast iron, copper or lead; for architect-led contemporary builds we use zinc or seamless powder-coated aluminium.
We cover the SN14 and SN15 postcode districts in and around Chippenham, including Lacock, Biddestone, Kington St Michael, Langley Burrell, Sutton Benger, plus the wider Wiltshire area.
Yes. Barn conversions in and around Chippenham usually have long, steeply pitched roof planes that overwhelm standard 112mm guttering, so we size deep-flow or 125mm/150mm systems with additional downpipes on secondary elevations. Where planning conditions specify black cast iron or dark powder-coated aluminium, we specify to match and fix into sound rafter feet rather than eroded stone.
Like-for-like repair of existing rainwater goods is normally maintenance. Changing material, profile or downpipe positions on a listed building in Chippenham usually needs listed building consent, and conservation area conditions can dictate colour and finish. We photograph and document the existing system, supply profile drawings and speak to the Wiltshire conservation officer where that helps.
Often, yes. If most sections are sound and the failures are joints, brackets or paint, we take the run down, strip back to bare metal, re-prime and repaint, replace only the failed sections in matching profile and re-hang to a corrected fall. Where rust has perforated the metal across the run, honest replacement in cast iron or cast iron effect aluminium is the better value.
Yes. As well as Chippenham itself we work in Lacock, Biddestone, Kington St Michael, Langley Burrell and throughout Wiltshire and the wider Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire.
Coverage
We work throughout the SN14 and SN15 postcode districts and the surrounding villages, with our workshop in Highworth (SN6) around the corner.
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