Roofer in Watford for leaks, slipped slates, full re-roofs, flat roofs and chimneys, across WD17 to WD25 plus Bushey, Oxhey, Croxley Green and Abbots Langley. Free, no-obligation written price before any work starts, and leaks and storm damage seen within 24 hours.
Watford's oldest roofs are on the streets that grew up around the railway, the breweries and the print works in the late 1800s. West Watford, Callow Land and the terraces off Vicarage Road, Harwoods Road and St Albans Road carry Welsh slate or clay plain tiles on steep pitches, with shared chimney stacks on the party walls and back additions under their own small roofs. Most of that slate is past its first century and nail-sick: the nails rust through, slates slide out one at a time, and a roof covered in tingles is a roof telling you a re-slate is due. Nascot is a step up, with large Edwardian houses in clay plain tiles, tile-hung gables and decorative ridges, and parts of it sit in a conservation area, so repairs there are matched like for like in tile, ridge and lead.
Cassiobury and the roads off the park were built between the wars on land from the old Cassiobury estate: detached and semi-detached houses with hipped clay tile roofs, front gables, bay windows under their own little roofs and tall chimneys. Those roofs are now 90 to 100 years old. The clay tiles often have years left in them, but the original battens, the felt (where there is any) and the lead in the valleys and round the chimneys do not. Stripping the roof, fitting breathable membrane and new battens, and relaying the sound tiles with matching new ones keeps the look of the house and costs less than new tiles throughout.
North Watford is post-war. Garston, Leavesden, Meriden, Kingswood and Holywell went up as estates from the late 1940s into the 1960s, and South Oxhey across the Three Rivers boundary was built for London families over the same years. Almost every one of those houses is roofed in concrete interlocking tiles over bitumen felt, and at 60 to 80 years old the tile surface has worn away, the felt has crumbled at the eaves and the ridges and verges are held on by cracked mortar. Re-roofing a semi on these estates is a four to six day job, finished in a tile that matches the neighbour's half. The garage blocks and 1970s rear extensions have flat roofs, most still on their original felt, and we replace them in torch-on felt, GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubber.
Round the edge of the town the roofs change again. Bushey and Bushey Heath have Victorian and Edwardian villas in slate and clay tile, and the Heath sits on high ground that takes the full force of a south-westerly. Croxley Green and Rickmansworth are Metroland, 1920s and 1930s semis built along the Metropolitan line with clay tiled hips and bay roofs, and Moor Park has big detached houses with complicated roofs full of valleys and dormers. Abbots Langley is an old village with cottage roofs, while the newer estates around Leavesden bring new-build faults: dry verges that blow off, ridge tiles never mechanically fixed and flashings finished in mastic instead of lead.
We reach Watford from our office in Luton town centre down the M1: 19 miles and about 25 minutes, with Garston and Leavesden first off the motorway and the town centre, Oxhey and Bushey ten minutes beyond. Ring the Watford line, 01923 311036, describe the roof or WhatsApp a photo, and you get a visit and an itemised written price from the people who will do the work. New roof installations carry our guarantee of up to 10 years, in writing.
Photos of our own jobs. Tap to enlarge.
Green membrane and battens on a roof above a residential street
Finished grey GRP fibreglass flat roof with a flat rooflight on a rear extension
Red-brown tiled roof with new ridge and chimney
Ring 01923 311036 or WhatsApp 07778 595849. Send a photo if you have one.
We come to Watford, 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: the town centre, West Watford, Callow Land, Nascot, Cassiobury, North Watford, Garston, Leavesden, Meriden, Kingswood, Holywell, Oxhey and South Oxhey, plus Bushey, Carpenders Park, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth and Abbots Langley.
Within 24 hours for leaks and storm damage. We make the roof safe first, then give you a written price for the permanent repair. Watford is about 25 minutes from our Luton office down the M1.
Yes. We replace slipped and broken slates, re-fix what is loose and re-dress the lead, and when the nails have failed across the whole roof we price a full re-slate in natural slate so you can compare the two.
Yes. In a conservation area we match like for like: the same clay tile or slate, the same ridge and the same lead details, so the roof looks as it did. If a change of material would need consent from Watford Borough Council, we tell you before we quote.
It depends on the size, the pitch and the tile. Our roof replacement price builder on the Costs page gives you a range in a minute, and after we have looked at the roof you get a fixed, itemised price in writing that does not change on the day.
Yes. Garage blocks and rear extensions across Garston, Meriden and South Oxhey are a lot of our flat roof enquiries, and we lay torch-on felt, GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubber depending on the roof and your budget.
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.
