Roof repairs

Finding the real route of the leak

Water rarely appears in the ceiling directly under the hole it came through. It can travel along felt, rafters or a party wall before it shows. A useful repair starts by tracing that path, not by replacing the nearest tile and hoping. Photographs from the ground, a description of when the stain appears, and a look in the loft where it is safe all help to narrow the search before anyone gets onto the covering.

Typical repair work

Common jobs include refixing or replacing slipped and broken tiles or slates, renewing soakers and step flashings, clearing and reforming valleys, reseating ridge tiles, and dealing with holes left by old aerials or discarded vents. Where a matching tile or slate is no longer made, we discuss the nearest honest match rather than scattering an obviously different product across a visible elevation.

When a repair is not enough

If the underlay is in shreds, the battens are soft, or a large area of covering is at the end of its life, a tidy local repair will not hold. We will say so. The costs guide explains typical UK ranges for both repairs and re-roofs so you can see how those conversations usually sit, but your quotation will follow the roof in front of us.

Keeping the house usable

Where a leak is active we look first at making the roof weatherproof — a temporary covering if needed — then at a lasting repair. That matters after storms, but it also matters on an ordinary wet Tuesday in Carmarthenshire when a stain has just appeared over a bedroom.