Roofing
Stripping and recovering a worn-out pitched roof, or covering a new one.
There comes a point where repairing a roof is just paying for the same leak twice. When the tiles are spalling, the battens are soft and the felt underneath has perished, the answer is to strip it back and recover it properly.
Taking the old covering, battens and underlay off, checking the rafters, then new breathable membrane, battens and tiles or slates, finished with new ridges, hips and verges.
Choosing a covering that suits the house and the street, which matters more in a conservation area. We will talk through the options before anything is ordered.
Covering a new roof on an extension or a new build, working to the architect's or engineer's specification.
Leadwork, valleys, chimney flashings and the fascias and gutters at the eaves are all easier and cheaper to renew while the roof is open.
Everything else we do
Finding where the water is really getting in, and fixing that rather than the stain on the ceiling.
Learn more →Repairing and replacing flat roofs on extensions, garages and dormers.
Learn more →Re-bedding or re-fixing ridges and hips, verges and individual tiles.
Learn more →Chimney repairs, lead flashings, valleys and the junctions where roofs leak most.
Learn more →Clearing, repairing and replacing gutters, downpipes, fascias and soffits.
Learn more →Common questions
Often, yes. The government lists replacing roof coverings on pitched and flat roofs as work that can need building regulations approval. You do not have to apply yourself if the work is done by someone registered with a competent person scheme; otherwise the application goes to a building control body before work starts.
Read the full answer →Usually, but not until you know what the bats are doing there. All bat species and their roosts are protected by law, and repairing or replacing a roof is one of the activities the government says can harm them. You will need a bat survey, and if the work cannot avoid harming the roost, a licence from Natural England.
Read the full answer →Before you ring
Repeated leaks in different places, tiles that are crumbling or delaminating, and battens or felt that have rotted are the signs. One slipped tile is not. We will tell you which you have.
Replacing roof coverings is listed by the government as work that can need building regulations approval. Planning permission is not normally needed to replace like for like, but a listed building or a change in materials in a conservation area can be different, so check with the council.
Yes, in almost every case. We work a section at a time and make the roof watertight at the end of each day.
Horsham · Crawley · Southwater · Billingshurst
Call us on 0330 043 7705, or send a few lines about the roof through the quote form and we will get back to you.