What changes the cost of a new roof?
Size is only the start of it. Shape, access and the covering you choose move the number more than floor area does. A plain gable roof recovered in concrete tile and a cut up roof in natural slate are two different jobs on the same house.
Where the published figures live
We do not publish a price for a new roof, and there is no single UK number worth quoting at you here.
The published UK figures, the cost by house type and roof shape, and the per square metre rate for each covering all sit on our new roof cost guide, dated and attributed there. This page holds the reasons behind those numbers rather than the numbers themselves.
Ring 07477 536 273 for a free estimate, or use the contact page. We only charge if we do the work.
The things that move the number
Shape. Hips, valleys, dormers and chimneys all mean cutting and detailing. A plain gable roof is the cheapest shape there is.
Access. A back roof with no side gate, a house on a slope, a road with nowhere to park. All of it adds time before a tile is touched.
Scaffolding. It goes up, stays up and comes down, and on a road it needs permission first.
Stripping. The old covering has to come off and be taken away, and old concrete tiles are heavy.
What is underneath. Rotten battens, torn underlay and split rafters only show themselves once the roof is off.
The covering. Concrete tile, clay tile and natural slate are three different prices for the same roof.
The details. Dry ridge, dry verge, the valleys, and the guttering going back on.
How much does it cost to repair a roof?
We do not publish a figure for repairs, because how the work is reached decides it more than the repair does.
A slipped tile on a bungalow, reached off a ladder, is a small job.
The same tile on the back of a three storey house needs a tower or a scaffold, and that is most of the cost.
Free estimates and free advice, so ring 07477 536 273 and ask.
What to ask before you accept any number
Ask which covering is going on, and whether it is new or salvaged.
Ask what underlay is being used, and whether new battens are in the number.
Ask whether the ridge and the verge are going back dry or in mortar.
Ask whether scaffolding is included, and who takes the old covering away.
Ask whether the guttering is coming off and going back on.
Ask whether building control is being notified. Planning Portal sets two limits and breaking either one makes the work notifiable: more than 25 per cent of the whole building envelope, or more than half the roof.
A number given without anyone looking at the roof is not a price. It is a guess.
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