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Victorian terraces and loft dormers

Walthamstow has street after street of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, many with slate roofs and a loft conversion added at the back. The flat roof on top of a rear dormer, and the lead where it meets the main roof, are common places for water to get in.

We renew dormer roofs in EPDM rubber or GRP fibreglass, replace lead cheeks and flashings, and repair the slates around them. Where neighbouring houses share a chimney stack, we check where it sits before work starts, as party wall rules may apply.

Chingford semis, chimneys and gutters

Chingford has more interwar semis and detached houses with clay or concrete tiled roofs, hips and bay windows. We replace slipped tiles, rebed ridges and hips, repair bay roofs, and repoint or rebuild chimney stacks.

Gutters and downpipes can be cleared, rejointed or replaced. Houses near the trees around Epping Forest often need their gutters cleared every autumn, as leaves block them quickly.

Leaks, access and permissions in Waltham Forest

If water is coming through, put a bucket under it and switch off the circuit for any light it is near at the consumer unit. Send us photographs and your postcode. We will tell you how soon we can get there, make the roof safe, usually with a temporary repair or a tarpaulin, and then quote the permanent work.

Walthamstow Village and several other parts of the borough are conservation areas, where changing slate to another material or adding front rooflights may need consent from Waltham Forest Council. In terraces the only way to the back is often through the house, so tell us whether there is side or rear access. A scaffold on the pavement needs a council licence.

Typical roofing prices in London

These are typical ranges for London, not fixed prices. Your written quotation depends on the roof, the access and what we find once we are up there.

Work	Typical price
Leaks and call-outs	Call-out and inspection typically £150 to £300. A temporary make-safe typically £150 to £500. Evenings and weekends cost more.
Slates, tiles and lead	A few slipped or broken slates or tiles typically £200 to £600 with safe access. Lead flashing repair typically £200 to £500, and chimney repointing typically £450 to £1,200.
Dormer and flat roofs	Patch repair typically £200 to £700. Renewal typically £60 to £100 per m² in felt, £80 to £130 in EPDM rubber and £90 to £160 in GRP fibreglass.
Gutters and scaffolding	Gutter cleaning typically £90 to £250 a house, and full uPVC replacement on a semi typically £1,000 to £1,600. A scaffold, when needed, typically adds £500 to £1,200.

Prices usually exclude VAT. Hidden damage, such as rotten battens or a soft dormer deck found once slates or felt come off, is shown to you and priced before extra work goes ahead.

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Questions before you enquire

Can you fix the flat roof on my loft dormer?

Yes. Send photographs of the dormer from the garden and of any damp patch inside. The leak is often at the lead flashing where the dormer meets the main roof rather than in the flat roof itself, and that is a smaller repair.

Do you cover Leyton and Leytonstone too?

Yes. We work across Waltham Forest and the rest of London. Send your postcode and we will confirm when we can visit.

Do I need a new roof or just a repair?

Most leaks come from a few slipped slates or tiles, failed lead or a blocked gutter, and a repair is enough. Re-roofing makes sense when the covering is failing across the roof or the battens have rotted. We tell you which, with photographs.

What to send for a useful quotation

Send the postcode, photographs of the roof or the damp patch, whether you have a loft conversion or dormer, the number of storeys and when the leak started. Tell us how we can get to the back of the house.

If the work needs a site visit before we price it, our engineer's visit is free, with no obligation.

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