New Roof Installation Fleet

Every roof covering has a working life, and once slates or tiles begin to fail faster than they can sensibly be replaced individually, renewal becomes the more economic course. A professional roof inspection measures how much service the slates, battens and fixings have left.

The mid-nineteenth-century properties that predate Fleet’s Edwardian streets were built with pitched tiled or slated roofs. A strip on that generation usually reveals the original battens, which are renewed as part of the work.

Where slates slip in numbers with no sign of breakage, the original nails have usually corroded through. The fixings have then reached the end of their life across the whole roof, and refixing slates individually cannot restore a slope whose nails are identical in age.

Fleet’s slated roofs are among the oldest coverings in the town. A director lifts slates at the eaves and at the ridge during the survey, establishing how far the corrosion has reached before renewal is priced.

Many period roofs were built with no felt or membrane beneath the tiles, so a displaced tile admits rainwater and dust directly into the loft. A re-roof is the opportunity to lay breathable underlay across every slope, giving the loft a continuous secondary barrier for the first time.

An absent underlay is characteristic of Fleet’s inter-war cottage-style stock, confirmed at the strip. Their low eaves leave little depth for a membrane, so we form that detail with a carrier tray.

Eventually each patch repair lasts a shorter period than its predecessor. The surrounding tiles and fixings deteriorate at the same rate as the fault being repaired. Where a slope has already received three or four repairs, we price renewal alongside the next one, so the two figures can be compared directly.

The same pattern appears on Fleet’s older bungalows. The short single-storey slope keeps each repair inexpensive while the covering as a whole is at the end of its service.

A roof near the end of its service should be renewed before solar panels or a loft conversion are added. Removing either to re-roof later means paying twice for the same access. Renewing first gives the new installation a serviceable base of underlay, battens and fixings.

Fleet’s late-20th-century estates and the developments completed since the 2000s were roofed most recently, and their coverings frequently retain service. Where an array or a loft conversion is planned there, the survey establishes whether renewal is required.

A director inspects the roof, the loft and the rainwater goods, then sets out the available options. Your written, itemised quote follows within 48 hours of the survey, with no hidden extras. Where the roof retains serviceable life, we quote for a repair instead.

A director brings samples to the property and holds them against the brickwork and the neighbouring roofs. Tile roofing in clay or concrete and natural slate are each specified for the building they are going on. The verge, ridge and eaves details follow the material.

A director confirms the start date and the specification in writing before any material is ordered. Scaffold and skip positions, parking and eaves protection are agreed around the household. The neighbours either side are notified when the noisiest stages occur.

One director remains your point of contact throughout, and the same team carries out the work from strip to completion. The team cleans the site each evening, reports progress at the end of each stage, and explains any weather decision immediately.

A director reviews the finished roof with you from ground level, verifying the ridge line, verges, flashings and gutter falls against the accepted quote. The documentation pack follows, setting out the completion record, the material specification and the aftercare a new roof requires.

We price a new roof from the measurements taken at the survey. The figure follows from the roof area, the pitch and the material specified. We also count the stacks and abutments requiring leadwork and record the condition of the battens and rafters beneath. Your written, itemised quote follows within 48 hours, set out line by line. The price for that scope is fixed before work begins, with no hidden extras.

Where the original slate survives on Fleet’s earliest houses, we install slate roofing to the same size, colour and headlap, and retain any clay ridge tiles sound enough to re-bed. Inter-war roofs take clay tile again, in a profile chosen against the neighbouring frontages. Modern estate houses are re-covered in an interlocking tile with a dry-fix ridge and verge, matched in colour to the adjoining roofs.

The quoted price covers the whole project in Fleet. It includes stripping the existing covering and laying a breathable roof underlay. New battens and stainless fixings, the tiles or slates, a dry ridge and verge and new lead flashings are inside that figure. We additionally remove all waste, clean the site daily and protect the driveway and garden. Rafter and purlin renewal is priced separately once the strip exposes the timber, and none proceeds without your agreement.

A new roof addresses several of the questions a buyer’s surveyor asks. The weathering layer is new throughout, the loft loses less heat once the underlay and eaves ventilation are adequate, and the roofline is straight again across the frontage. On Fleet’s older streets we measure the original slate and set the new courses to the same size and gauge. We do not attach a figure to resale value, because no reliable one exists.

Telephone or use the contact form, and we will book a free survey conducted by a director at a time convenient for the household. We respond within 48 hours. The survey covers the roof, the loft and the rainwater goods, and the material options are explained at the property. The itemised quote follows within 48 hours of that visit, and we work across our Fleet service area.