Roof repairs across south east London and Kent
Leaks, slipped tiles, chimney stacks, flat roofs and storm damage, repaired properly rather than smeared over. Chislehurst, Bromley, Beckenham, Blackheath, Catford, Lewisham, Sidcup, Bexley, Eltham and the streets around them. Ring us, or send a photo and we ring you.
Call 0800 292 2344Free written quote. Fully insured. Or send us the details and we ring you.
The details we need
Name, number and the area you are in. A photo of the leak or the damage helps us come with the right materials the first time.
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What we repair
- Leaks
Found at the source, not where the stain is. Water tracks along battens and rafters before it comes through.
- Slipped and cracked tiles
Refixed or replaced with a matching tile or slate, and the course around it checked while we are there.
- Chimney stacks
Repointing, new flaunching, lead soakers and aprons. Where a stack is past saving, taken down and rebuilt or capped off.
- Flat roofs
Extension, garage, porch and bay roofs that pond, blister or have split at the upstand.
- Valleys, flashings and lead
The junctions where most roofs leak first. Replaced in correct code lead with correct laps.
- Storm damage
Ridge tiles off, verges lifted, felt torn. Made watertight, then repaired properly.
- Gutters, fascias and soffits
Rotten timber and gutters that have parted at the joint, replaced as a set so the new gutter is not screwed to rot.
Most roof repair calls start the same way: a stain on a bedroom ceiling that was not there last week, a tile on the lawn after a windy night, or a drip in the loft that only shows up when the rain is coming from one direction. The temptation is to get someone up a ladder with a tube of mastic, and for a month or two that looks like it worked. It rarely does, because the water was not coming in where the stain is. It tracks along battens and rafters, sometimes a couple of metres, before it finds a way through, so the repair has to start from where the water gets in, not where it lands. That is why we look before we price. Someone goes up, finds the slipped course, the cracked flashing, the valley that has lost its lead or the flaunching that has let go, and comes down with a photograph and a price. If the honest answer is that the roof has had its life, we say so, and we say what a new one would cost, but most of what we are called to is a repair and we treat it as one.
Every repair is priced in writing before anyone starts. Materials are matched to what is on the roof, tiles, slates, ridge and lead alike, so the repair does not read as a patch from the pavement.
How a repair call goes
The call
You ring, or you send the form with a photo. We ask where the water is showing and when it started, and we tell you when we can get there.
The look
We go up and find where the water is getting in, not just where it lands. You get told what we found, with a photograph of it.
The price in writing
One price for the repair, written down before anything starts. If it is a bigger job than a repair, you get that price too and the choice is yours.
The repair
Done with materials matched to the roof. Old tiles, offcuts and rubbish go with us, and you get the photographs of the finished work.
A chimney stack, before and after
One job, photographed at the start and again at the end. The same stack, not two different houses put side by side.
Before
After
Four more of our own jobs
Our own photographs, off our own jobs. The captions say what the work was, which is all a photograph can honestly tell you.
The towns we cover
Repairs are local work, because a leak wants someone who can be there this week, not a van coming from the other side of London. Beckenham and the BR3 streets are big Victorian and Edwardian villas and interwar detached houses with tile hanging, where a slipped course or a failed valley shows up as a stain on a bedroom ceiling. Chislehurst has the steep, complicated period roofs: valleys, tall stacks and lead flashings, a good deal of it inside conservation areas where the repair has to look right as well as keep the water out. Catford, the Corbett Estate included, is long shared Edwardian roof slopes, tall stacks and original guttering that has had enough. Petts Wood is 1930s semis and detached houses with hipped roofs and bay windows that carry their own small flat roofs, which is usually where the trouble is. Lewisham is Victorian terraces with parapet gutters and back additions, and the flat roof over the kitchen is the usual culprit. Bromley is all of the above and a fair amount of newer housing besides.
Blackheath is Georgian and early Victorian, and a lot of what faces the heath is still under natural slate. Slate outlives the nails that hold it, so the slate that turns up on the path is usually the fixing letting go rather than the slate itself failing, and once one course has started the ones around it are rarely far behind. Eltham runs from the Arts and Crafts cottages of the Progress Estate at Well Hall, steep tiled roofs and rendered walls, out through street after street of interwar semis, where the ridge and the hip lines go first. Sidcup is 1930s semis and detached houses with post-war infill dropped in between them, and the tile hung or rendered gable over the bay is the usual weak point, because what fails is the flashing where it meets the main roof rather than anything on the roof itself. Bexley is the older stock around the village High Street, steep pitches and clay tile, with the interwar and post-war streets spreading out from it.
Also Bellingham, Hither Green, Lee, Sydenham, Penge and Mottingham. If you are just outside that, ring and ask.
Questions about roof repairs
Is it a repair, or does the roof need replacing?
Most of the roofs we are called to need a repair, not a replacement, and we say so even though it is the smaller job. If the tiles are sound and the trouble is a flashing, a valley or a few slipped tiles, we repair it. If half the battens are rotten and it is leaking in three places, we tell you that too and price both.
Do you charge to come and look?
No. We come and look, find where the water is getting in, and the price comes in writing. The visit and the quote are free.
How quickly can you get to a leak?
Ring us and we will tell you honestly when we can be there. If water is coming in now, say so when you ring so we know it is live.
Can you match the tiles that are already on the roof?
In most cases yes. Where the exact tile or slate is no longer made we find the closest match and show you before we start, so a repair does not read as a patch from the street.
Are you insured?
Yes, Southridge is fully insured. Ask and we will send you the certificate before anyone sets foot on your property.
Which areas do you cover for repairs?
Chislehurst, Bromley, Beckenham, Blackheath, Catford, Lewisham, Sidcup, Bexley and Eltham, plus Petts Wood, Bellingham, Hither Green, Lee, Sydenham, Penge, Mottingham and the streets around them. If you are just outside that, ring and ask.
Get the roof looked at
Ring now, or send a photo of the problem and we ring you. You get told honestly whether it is a repair or a replacement, then the price in writing.