Roof Repairs in Bristol

Bristol's roofs work hard. Rain driven in from the west finds every tired joint on the city's rows of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, from Bedminster and Southville to Bishopston, Redland and Easton. Most of the repairs we carry out across Bristol start with something small: a slipped slate, a cracked ridge, or a flashing that has lifted where the roof meets the chimney.

We have been repairing roofs since 1993. Every repair starts with a free survey and a fixed written price, carries a ten year guarantee, and there is nothing to pay until the work is finished and you are happy with it.

A damp patch on a Bristol bedroom ceiling rarely sits directly under the problem. On terraces, water often tracks along the rafters from a cracked slate, a failed valley or a shared chimney before it shows, so we look at the roof inside and out rather than guessing from the stain. Once we have found the real entry point, we repair that, not just the roof above the mark.

Ridge tiles on older Bristol roofs are bedded in mortar that cracks and washes out over the years, and once it goes the ridge can lift in a strong wind. We rebed and repoint loose ridges, and where it suits the roof we can fit a dry-fix ridge system that is mechanically fixed and does not rely on mortar at all.

Caught early, most roof problems in Bristol are a repair, and we will tell you honestly if yours is. If the felt has perished and the battens have gone soft across the whole roof, patching one leak just moves the problem along. At that point we will show you what we found and set out the options in writing, so you can decide with the full picture.