Summer demand sees family firm expand
Summer normally passes relatively
quietly for those in construction,
allowing time to take stock and
catch a breath before preparing staff,
vehicles, tools and supplies for the demands
of the busier winter months.
This year has seen a significant rise in
demand for home improvements, thanks
to people staring at their own walls during
the pandemic and travel restrictions which
forced hundreds of thousands to cancel
foreign summer holidays.
J&C’s Roofing and Building Services, a
Durham-based family-owned company,
has taken on extra builders to cope with
demand from homeowners looking to make
significant or simpler, long overdue changes
to their properties.
Like so many, directors Jamie and
Cresswell Welch, and their then-eight-man
team, were forced to down tools in March,
but J&C’s experienced crew made their
initial return to Durham’s rooftops in May.
With the new-look website's interactive
booking service, the additional three
builders have helped one of County
Durham's most reliable building firms cope
Demand has gone through
the roof at J&C.
with the demand for their wide-ranging
skills in and out of buildings.
Jamie said: “Normally this time of year is
a slow period with people going away and
the last thing they want is spending money
on home improvements, but a downturn
enables us to take stock and prepare for
winter.
“It has been crazy since we came back.
Perhaps people have a bit of extra money
because they are not going abroad but the
main motivation is they have been spending
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more time at home and spotted little
projects around the house.
“Our client list has really grown but we
are getting the rewards because we have
worked really hard since we started the
business.
“We have never been in a better position
to expand the workforce and the standard
of the candidates has been very impressive,
which is reassuring as we look to continue
expanding.”
The Welch brothers’ five-year-old
company in Glenburn House, Sherburn
Road, is now one of the leading roof repair
outfits across the north, using hi-tech
waterproofing protection to prevent full
roof replacements.
J&C’s Roofing and Building Services
signs will be a familiar sight in Thornley
following the completion of a six-figure,
eight-week mini-supermarket conversion
on a former Methodist church.
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