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Roof Repairs

Roof repairs in West London

The leak traced to its cause, then priced as a repair, not a re-roof.

Ask about roof repairs

Tell us what is happening and we will come and look.

The work

Find the fault first

Water rarely enters a roof directly above the damp patch. It runs down a rafter, along a batten or behind a flashing and shows up somewhere else entirely. That is why we look at the roof itself, and inside the loft where we can, before pricing anything.

Most of the repairs we carry out come down to a short list: slipped or cracked tiles, corroded nails, a failed chimney flashing, a split valley, cracked mortar on the ridge, or a gutter that has been overflowing back into the brickwork for a year.

  • You get photographs of the fault, not just a verbal description.
  • A repair is quoted as a repair. We will tell you plainly if replacement is the better spend.
  • Leaks are traced rather than sealed over and hoped about.
  • Roofline and gutter faults are checked too, since they cause a lot of "roof" leaks.
A hole in a slate roof with the broken slates below it

Why TJM

Why customers choose us

  • A family-run business that has built up an enviable reputation across West London.
  • Over 25 years of experience on roofs, roofline, brickwork and the ground around the house.
  • High standards on every job, whatever its size, from a slipped tile to a full re-roof.
  • Affordable pricing, with the figure in writing before any work starts.
  • Our goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of every customer.
A patch of missing tiles showing the battens behind

What's included

What roof repairs covers

  • Leak tracing

    A look at the roof and, where we can get to it, the loft, so the source is identified rather than guessed.

  • Tile and slate repairs

    Slipped, cracked and missing units replaced and properly fixed.

  • Flashing repairs

    Chimney, abutment and valley details re-dressed in lead where they have failed.

  • Ridge and verge

    Loose mortar removed and the line refitted, dry fixed where suitable.

  • Storm damage

    Wind-lifted tiles, displaced ridge and damaged flashings made safe and repaired.

  • Gutter faults

    Blockages, falls and joints put right where the leak is coming from the roofline rather than the roof.

The price

Roof Repairs costs

What roof repairs costs comes down to what you actually have, not a price list. Two jobs that sound identical can be an hour of work or a week of it, which is why we do not price roofing over the phone. We come and look, then put a figure in writing.

  • What has actually failed, and how much of it.
  • Access, and whether the work can be done from a tower or needs scaffold.
  • Whether the materials are still a current product.
  • How much water damage has already gone into the timbers.

Next step

Get a price for roof repairs

Send the form or ring us. We will come and look at what you actually have, then put a figure in writing.

Our work

Read the reviews, then look at the jobs

What customers have said about the work, collected from the places they left it.

Read customer feedback straight from our MyBuilder profile, where every review is tied to a job we were hired for, and see finished work on Instagram as it comes off the scaffold.

How it works

How a roof repairs job runs

  1. Step 01

    Call and describe it

    Where the damp is, when it appears, and how long it has been happening tells us a lot before we arrive.

  2. Step 02

    Inspect

    We get up to the roof and look at the detail, then photograph what we find.

  3. Step 03

    Quote the repair

    A price for the fault, with a clear note if the roof is genuinely near the end of its life.

  4. Step 04

    Fix and confirm

    The repair is carried out and photographed, so you can see the finished detail.

Questions

Roof Repairs: common questions

The questions we get asked most often about this work. Anything else, ring and ask.

Still not sure? Ring and ask. It is usually quicker than typing it out, and you will speak to the person who would do the work.

Can you tell me the cost over the phone?

Not honestly, no. Two leaks that look identical from the ceiling can be a twenty-minute tile swap or a full chimney flashing. We would rather look at it and give you a real figure.

My ceiling is stained but the roof looks fine from the ground.

That is normal. Flashings, valleys and mortar joints are the usual culprits and none of them are visible from the pavement. It takes getting up there to see.

Will a repair be enough, or am I going to need a new roof?

It depends on whether the roof is failing in one place or everywhere. Isolated faults are worth repairing. Widespread nail failure or battens that have gone soft across the whole roof is when a re-roof becomes the sensible spend, and we will show you why.

How quickly can you come out?

Ring and we will tell you honestly where you are in the diary. An active leak comes before a routine job, and if we cannot get to you quickly we would rather say so than leave you waiting on a maybe.

Will you find the leak in one visit?

Usually. Water travels, so occasionally a leak only shows in particular wind and rain and needs a second look or a hose test to pin down. We will tell you if that is the case rather than guess at it.

Where we work

Roofers across West London

We work across the west London boroughs and the towns along the river. If you are just outside the list, ring and ask. We will tell you straight whether it is a journey we can make work.

  • Ealing
  • Northfields
  • Acton
  • Chiswick
  • Shepherds Bush
  • Fulham
  • Hounslow
  • Kew
  • Richmond
  • Twickenham
  • Hampton
  • Kingston
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