Roofer in Sutton

The houses and roofs here

Close to the Sutton and Wallington town centres there are Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis, with slate or clay tile roofs and brick chimney stacks. Away from the centres, Cheam, North Cheam and Belmont have many 1930s semis and detached houses with hipped plain tile roofs and bay fronts, and there are post-war houses and flats roofed in concrete interlocking tiles. Flat-roofed garages, rear extensions and dormer loft conversions turn up on every kind of house.

Which faults go with which roofs

On older slate roofs, slates slip as their nails rust, and the lead round stacks and in valleys wears out. On 1930s plain tile roofs, the mortar on the hips and ridge cracks, and tiles slip or split. Concrete tiles gather moss, which blocks the gutters. And on flat roofs the felt splits and blisters, letting water in at the edges, at the upstands and around roof lights.

Roof repairs and leaks

Whatever the roof, the job starts with finding where the water gets in, because a leak rarely shows directly under its cause. Then we quote for the repair: new slates or tiles, re-bedded ridges and hips, new lead flashing, or chimney re-pointing.

Roof repairsChimneys and leadwork

Guttering, fascias and soffits

Leaking, blocked and overflowing gutters, downpipes, full gutter replacements and gutter cleaning, with the fascias and soffits behind them. On older houses the timber fascias are often the first thing to rot, while on newer ones the plastic boards can crack or work loose. We repair or replace whichever you have.

Gutter repairsGutter cleaningFascias and soffits

Flat roofs, dormers and new roofs

Dormers are one of the most common additions to the 1930s houses in Cheam and North Cheam, and their flat tops and lead sides are often where a loft conversion starts to leak. We repair flat roofs and lay new ones on garages, extensions and dormers, and replace pitched roofs in tile and slate when they are past repairing.

Flat roofsNew roofs