Roofers in St Albans, eleven miles south of our Luton office. Reliable Roofers Ltd repairs and re-roofs slate and clay tile roofs on the city's Victorian and Edwardian streets, replaces flat roofs on extensions and garages, and renews chimneys, fascias and guttering, with a written price before any work starts.
St Albans has a huge stock of Victorian and Edwardian houses in Fleetville, Bernards Heath, along the Hatfield Road and off Holywell Hill, nearly all of them roofed in Welsh slate with clay ridge tiles and a chimney on every party wall. A century on the slates are sound but the nails are gone, and re-slating, slate repairs and chimney lead are most of what we do in the city. The conservation areas around the cathedral, Fishpool Street and St Michael's are plain tile and slate on much older buildings and are treated like for like.
The 20th-century estates at Marshalswick, Jersey Farm, Sopwell and How Wood are concrete interlocking tiles on hipped roofs and are reaching re-roof age, and there is no shortage of flat-roofed rear extensions and garages across the city needing felt, GRP or EPDM.
London Colney, Sandridge, Park Street, Chiswell Green and Colney Heath are covered with St Albans. We come down the A1081 through Harpenden.
Sound slate and worn fixings call for a careful decision on a Fleetville or Bernards Heath house. Before accepting a complete material replacement, ask which original slates can be retained. Sorting their condition separately from the nails gives you a clearer choice between an isolated repair and renewal of the supporting roof layers.
Your chimney junction deserves the same scrutiny. Slate roofing relies on lead details tucked beneath the covering as well as the flashing you can see. Include photographs of staining around the chimney breast when enquiring. A complete scope explains how that junction will be treated alongside the slate rather than leaving an old weak point behind.
In the conservation-area streets around Fishpool Street and St Michael's, roof character is more than a colour. Plain tile size, slate courses, ridge shape and the finish at the verge all contribute. Share a full street-facing view so the existing arrangement can be discussed alongside close photographs of damage.
Avoid choosing a material from a small sample alone. Ask how its profile will sit beside neighbouring roofs and around your chimney. Our tiled roofs and slate roofs information explains the available coverings. If you already have drawings or a specification for the property, include them with the enquiry so the proposed work has a clear reference.
A rear addition below a steep slate slope changes the access discussion. Show us whether the back of your house is reached through a gate, side passage or shared route. For a terrace off Hatfield Road, photographs of the yard and frontage help explain the space available for scaffold, materials and waste removal.
On a Marshalswick or Jersey Farm house, include the garage and driveway in those views. Tell us which parking space must remain usable. The flat roof itself also needs attention if you have leaks around a rooflight or wall junction. Its deck and outlet belong in a separate specification from repairs to the concrete tiled main roof.
You need roofers St Albans homeowners can ask to explain why each repair is necessary. Reliable Roofers Ltd sets out individual tasks in your written quote. Bring notes about rain direction, repeated leaks and previous patches, particularly when water only appears during windy downpours. Those observations give the inspection useful context without deciding the cause in advance.
Every stage of the roofing is photographed by our own team, who complete the work without subcontracting. The record lets you see details hidden beneath the finished covering. For Sandridge or Chiswell Green enquiries, provide the same views of the roof and approach, plus any guttering overflow you want assessed with it.
Photos of our own jobs. Tap to enlarge.
Dark slate-effect hipped roof completed on a bungalow
Felt flat roof with a skylight on a bungalow extension
Ring 01582 377373 or WhatsApp 07778 595849. Send a photo if you have one.
We come to St Albans, look at the roof properly and check the loft.
Every item listed, guarantee terms stated, before anything is booked.
Work done by the people who quoted it, photographed, and the site cleared.
Yes. Re-slating with the original slates reused where sound is a speciality. See the slate roofing page.
Yes: London Colney, Sandridge, Park Street, How Wood, Chiswell Green and Colney Heath.
Eleven miles, about 25 minutes. We schedule St Albans and Harpenden jobs together.
No. Size, thickness and the way the courses line up also affect the result. Ask to discuss the proposed replacement beside the existing roof, including its relationship with ridge tiles and lead. A close photograph helps show surface condition, while a wider view records the overall appearance you want to retain.
It occupies the space beneath the main slope and affects how that elevation can be reached. Rooflights, gutters and wall junctions also need identifying before access is arranged above them. Send a view from the garden that includes the extension and the upper roof so their relationship is clear from the outset.
Guttering fixed, all exterior walls rendered & new pathing slabs down. Work was done within the agreed time frame. Well mannered and professional.
I had a leaking gutter it was leaking and he came and fixed it! I’m very happy with it will definitely recommend!
Ring, WhatsApp a photo, or send the form. You get a written price before any work starts, and we reply within one working day.
