Roofing in Luton
Re-roofs, flat roofs, dormer cheeks, lead work and chimney repairs across Luton and Dunstable. Scaffold, skip and waste handled, and a written quote that tells you whether you need a repair or a replacement.
Most roofs get replaced a few years before they need to be.
Roofing is the trade where the gap between an honest quote and an opportunistic one is widest, because almost nobody goes up to check. A slipped tile, a failed lead flashing at a chimney or a cracked mortar fillet will let water in and stain a ceiling, and the ceiling stain is what people react to. That is a repair. It is sold as a re-roof more often than it should be.
We survey the roof before quoting and tell you which it is. If the battens are sound, the felt is intact and the covering has years left in it, we will quote you the repair. If the timbers have gone or the felt has perished across the whole slope, we will tell you that too, and show you why, because patching a roof that needs stripping is money you spend twice.
September is the month to deal with it. Search demand for roofing in Bedfordshire peaks now, which is not a coincidence, it is the first heavy rain after a dry summer finding every fault at once. Getting on a roofer's list before the autumn rush is the difference between a scheduled job and an emergency one.
Roofing work we take on
Full re-roofs
Stripped back to the rafters, timbers checked and replaced where they have gone, new breathable membrane, new battens, then re-covered in slate, clay or concrete tile to match the street.
Roof repairs
Slipped and cracked tiles, failed flashings, ridge and hip re-bedding, valley repairs and the mortar fillets that crack first. Quoted as a repair when a repair is what it needs.
Flat roofs
Extensions, dormers, garages and porches, laid to a proper fall so water actually leaves the roof. Falls are the reason most flat roofs fail early, not the covering.
Lead work and chimneys
Chimney flashings, back gutters, soakers and saddles, plus re-pointing and re-flaunching a stack that has weathered. The commonest single source of a leak on an older Luton house.
Fascias, soffits and guttering
Replaced while the scaffold is already up, which is significantly cheaper than bringing scaffold back for them later.
Roofing inside a bigger job
Where you are having an extension or a loft conversion anyway, the roof work goes in the same programme and the same scaffold, which is usually the cheapest way to buy it.
Roofing questions we get asked in Luton
How much should a new roof cost in the UK?
How can you tell a dodgy roofer?
What time of year is the cheapest to replace a roof?
How much should a roofer charge per hour?
Do I need scaffolding for roof work?
Can you repair my roof instead of replacing it?
Roofing in Luton, and across Dunstable, Hertfordshire, London and Manchester.
Based in Luton, working across all of these towns and villages. Your area not listed? Just ask, we travel for the right project.
- Luton
- Dunstable
- Houghton Regis
- Caddington
- Slip End
- Streatley
- Barton-le-Clay
- Toddington
- Leighton Buzzard
- Hertfordshire
- Harpenden
- St Albans
- Hitchin
- Stevenage
- Hemel Hempstead
- Welwyn Garden City
- Watford
- London
- Barnet
- Harrow
- Enfield
- Brent
- Manchester
- Stockport
- Cheadle
- Salford
- Trafford
- Altrincham
Roof leaking, or due a proper look?
Free roof survey in Luton and Dunstable, and a written quote that says repair or replace, with the reason.
