Water almost never enters directly above the stain on your ceiling. It gets in at a flashing, a slipped tile or a cracked valley, then runs along the battens, down a rafter and across the felt before it finally drops somewhere else entirely.
This is why so many roof repairs fail. Someone goes up, patches the area above the damp patch, takes the money, and the leak reappears with the next heavy rain because the actual entry point was three metres away.
Our roof repair services in Ashford start with tracing the water back to its source. We check the roof space and the covering, and inspect the flashings, valleys, and abutments where most leaks begin, so you get the fault fixed rather than a guess.
We trace the entry point, properly repair the fault, and confirm the fix rather than patching the ceiling stain.
We replace individual tiles and slates, matched to your existing covering, and check the fixings around them.
We re-bed and mechanically fix ridge and hip tiles to BS 5534, or fit a dry ridge system where that suits the roof better.
We repair and replace failed lead at chimneys, abutments and valleys, the junctions where most leaks begin.
We reline and repair valleys where debris, cracking, or failed lead lets water through the roof.
We quickly make the roof safe, then carry out permanent repairs and document the damage for your insurer.
We repair EPDM, GRP and felt flat roofs, and tell you honestly when the covering has reached the end of its life.
We repoint stacks, renew flaunching and replace flashings where water is tracking down the chimney breast.
Some roofs need repair, but others don’t: widespread tile failure, repeated leaks in different places, a covering at the end of its life, or sagging that points to structural movement. When that is the case, we say so, explain why, and show you what we found. If a full replacement is the right call, our roof installation services in Ashford cover that too.
A small roof fault does not stay small. Water reaches the battens, then the rafters, then the ceiling below, and what should be a straightforward repair becomes structural work. We survey your roof free, find what has actually failed, and give you a fixed written price to fix it. Call today or request your survey online.
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A quarter-century of roofing work across Ashford and Kent means we've seen and fixed almost every roofing problem there is, and that experience shows in the quality of every job we complete.
No vague estimates and no hidden add-ons. We survey your roof properly and give you one clear, fixed price upfront, so you always know exactly what you're paying before any work starts.
Based in Ashford and covering the surrounding Kent villages, we're never far away. Whether it's an emergency leak or a planned project, our team aims to get to you quickly and get it sorted.
Every job is carried out by insured, experienced roofers who genuinely take pride in doing things properly, rather than cutting corners just to save a bit of time out on site each day.
Repairs, installation, flat roofing, damp proofing, guttering, repointing and lead work, we cover it all, so you're never stuck coordinating several contractors for one roofing job.
We're proud to be trusted by Checkatrade, giving you genuine, independently verified proof of our quality and reliability, not just our word for it, but a record homeowners can check themselves.
We repair roofs across Ashford and the surrounding towns, from slipped tiles and ridge work in Willesborough and Kennington to chimney flashings and valley repairs on period properties in Canterbury.
Isolated damage is a repair. Widespread tile failure, leaks appearing in several different places, or a covering at the end of its life usually means replacement. We tell you which at survey and show you what we found.
We can make a roof safe and stop water getting in during bad weather. Permanent repairs to mortar, lead and tiling need dry conditions to be done properly, so we schedule those rather than rush them.
Often yes, where damage results from a specific weather event. We photograph and document what we find so you have what your insurer needs, though the claim itself is between you and them.
Almost always because the entry point was never found. Water travels along battens and rafters before it drops, so the leak is rarely above the stain. We trace it back to source before quoting.
Yes. We repair EPDM, GRP and felt, and we will tell you honestly when a covering has reached the point where repair is no longer economic.
It is worth acting on. Loose ridge tiles let water in along the top of the roof, and in high winds they can come off entirely, which becomes a safety issue as well as a roofing one.
No. Surveys are free and come with a written quote, whether or not you go ahead with the work.