Roofing by material
Realistic service life, honest per-m² cost bands and what each material is actually best at — pitched, flat and detailing.
Natural Slate
Natural slate is the defining cover on most Victorian and Edwardian stock locally. Done properly, it outlasts every other pitched-roof material we install.
Clay Tile
Plain clay tile dominates Edwardian and inter-war housing on our patch — beautifully durable when laid right, ruinous when patched with the wrong profile.
Concrete Interlocking Tile
Concrete interlocking tile covers most 1930s-onwards stock locally — fast to lay, economical, but porous and noticeably tired by 40 years old.
EPDM Rubber Roof
EPDM (rubber) is our default for larger flat roofs — single-sheet installs, no field seams, and a service life that comfortably outlives mineral felt.
GRP Fibreglass Roof
GRP (fibreglass) gives a seamless, glass-hard finish that reads cleanly against period brick — our usual call for visible bay roofs and small flat areas.
Lead Flashings & Valleys
Lead does the unglamorous work that decides whether a pitched roof lasts 30 years or 80 — chimneys, valleys, parapet abutments, bay-window aprons.