Leuven · 3000
Roof structure & framing à Leuven
Repairs to rafters, purlins and verges, timber treatment included. Leuven brings us two kinds of client: private owners on the edge of the city, and managers of subdivided buildings in the centre.
18 km from our office in Tienen
What that changes here
In town houses the lofts are often converted and then poorly ventilated: condensation does more damage there than insects. We always check the vapour barrier and the air gap before drawing any conclusion about the state of the timber.
Leuven is a student city with a historic centre and a great many subdivided buildings. That gives very varied roofs within a few streets: protected facades in the centre, terraced houses with small dormers, and at the back a forest of flat roofs over extensions that are rarely maintained.
What we get called out for in Leuven
Leuven brings us two kinds of client: private owners on the edge of the city, and managers of subdivided buildings in the centre. With the latter, the flat roofs over the extensions and the valleys between two buildings come back again and again — precisely the places that get forgotten when a house is divided up.
Leuven porte le code postal 3000 et se situe in the Dyle valley. Notre équipe part de Tienen, à 18 km : nous y planifions la charpente en même temps que les chantiers de Wezembeek-Oppem, Zaventem et Overijse, pour qu’un déplacement serve plusieurs toitures.
- 01Probing
- 02Diagnosis
- 03Treatment
- 04Prevention
The full technical detail of this service is on the page Roof structure & framing.
Common questions
Pour un devis, la visite à Leuven se fixe en général sous quelques jours ouvrés. Nous partons de Tienen, à 18 km, et nous groupons nos visites par secteur : si un chantier tourne déjà cette semaine à Wezembeek-Oppem ou Zaventem, cela peut aller plus vite. En cas de fuite active, nous venons d’abord bâcher et sécuriser ; la charpente n’est chiffrée qu’ensuite.
Four signs should raise the alarm: fine sawdust at the foot of the timbers, exit holes a few millimetres across, timber that sounds hollow under a hammer, and a smell of fungus in the loft. None of them is visible from the ground — which is why we always go up.
The products we use are approved and applied according to their instructions. The dwelling must be ventilated and unoccupied during application and for a few hours afterwards, particularly where there are young children or pets. We tell you how long before we start.
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Roof structure & framing à Leuven
We come out, we go up onto the roof, we photograph. The quotation follows within 24 working hours, item by item.
Not sure about your roof?
The visit costs nothing and the quotation follows within 24 hours. One call is enough to know where you stand.