Roofer in Newcastle upon Tyne

The cost depends entirely on what the survey finds — a few slipped slates re-fixed on an accessible pitch is a very different job from re-leading a chimney stack or repairing a valley on a three-storey Jesmond terrace. That is exactly why every job begins with a free no-obligation roof survey and a fixed written quote, worked out from the actual roof rather than a figure guessed over the phone, with labour, materials and access set out in one figure. There is no separate night or weekend surcharge bolted on for a genuine storm call-out — the quote is calculated the same way whatever the hour. Paul and Steve have coordinated roofers across Newcastle since 2008, so ring 07460 067785 for a real figure before anyone is booked out.

Yes — the line is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and a genuine storm-damage call is treated as the priority job on the board. When North Sea wind lifts a ridge, strips a verge or takes slates off and rain is getting into the loft, the roofers we coordinate can make the roof safe and watertight quickly, then set out the permanent repair on a written quote. Storm Arwen in November 2021 showed how hard the exposed North East coast can be hit, and Tyne-mouth roofs like Wallsend's take the worst of that wind. Turn off any electrics near an active leak, move what you can out of the way, and call 07460 067785.

Newcastle's Victorian and Edwardian terraces and its signature two-door Tyneside flats were roofed overwhelmingly in natural Welsh slate, and after a century or more the recurring failures are predictable: slates that slip or go nail-sick as the fixings corrode, cracked mortar fillets and perished lead around the shared chimney stacks, and lead-lined valleys between paired pitches that split or block. Because a Tyneside flat is a single roof over two households, one repair sits above two homes and needs coordinating between them. The roofers we coordinate survey the actual roof rather than assuming a full strip is the only answer, since targeted re-fixing and re-leading is often enough. See [roof repairs](/roof-repairs) or [chimney & leadwork](/chimney-leadwork) for the detail.

A roof has reached the point of re-roofing when the failures stop being isolated and start being general — widespread nail sickness where slates are letting go across the whole pitch, battens that have rotted, underlay that has perished, or a roof that has been patched so many times that each new leak just moves along. At that stage repeated repairs cost more over a few years than a proper strip and re-cover, and they never restore the roof's real weather performance. The roofers we coordinate re-roof to BS 5534, with single-lap tiles mechanically fixed against wind uplift and a breathable underlay and ventilation detailed to Building Regulations Part C and Part L. See [roof replacement & re-roofing](/roof-replacement-re-roofing) for what is involved.

It can, wherever the work is visible from the street. Jesmond has three designated conservation areas — Brandling Village, South Jesmond and Jesmond Dene — and the Gosforth Conservation Area was designated in 2002 to protect a housing stock the council rates as not represented in such quality anywhere else in the city. Within these areas, external roof alterations, new rooflights and any change away from the original natural slate typically need conservation consent from Newcastle City Council, and slate and detailing must be matched rather than swapped for modern concrete tile. The roofers we coordinate flag where that applies before a job starts so it is not begun and then stopped halfway. See [Jesmond](/jesmond) or [Gosforth](/gosforth) for more.

Traditional reinforced bitumen felt is still a valid system and the roofers we coordinate lay it to BS 8217 and BS 8747 where it suits the roof and the budget, but on a dormer, extension or outrigger that keeps blistering, splitting or ponding, a modern single-layer system usually lasts far longer. EPDM rubber membrane and GRP fibreglass are both laid as a continuous covering with no daily seams to fail, and all flat-roof work is detailed to BS 6229 with the falls, upstands and deck ventilation the standard requires. The right choice depends on the deck, the access and how long you want it to last, which is what the free survey settles. See [flat roof repair & replacement](/flat-roof-repair-replacement).

Lead is the traditional and correct material at a chimney stack, but the wrong lead code, over-long pieces that fatigue and crack in the freeze-thaw cycling, or old mortar fillets used instead of proper stepped flashing are the usual reasons a stack leaks again and again. Newcastle's hard-frost climate is especially unforgiving on undersized or poorly dressed lead. The roofers we coordinate re-lead to BS EN 12588 using the correct code of rolled lead sheet for the location, with soakers and stepped flashings dressed properly and the pointing renewed, so the repair lasts rather than reappearing after the next hard winter. See [chimney & leadwork](/chimney-leadwork) for the full picture.

Yes — guttering is the part of the roofline people notice last and it causes more slow damage than most expect. When gutters block, sag or split, rainwater overflows behind them and runs down the wall, and over time it saturates and rots the timber fascia and soffit behind the roofline and can track back into the roof edge itself. Clearing, realigning or replacing the guttering, and renewing rotten fascias and soffits in uPVC, stops that before it becomes a structural repair. The team we coordinate handles the whole roofline together so the fix is complete. See [guttering, fascias & soffits](/guttering-fascias-soffits).

The roofers we coordinate build slating and tiling to BS 5534, which since its 2015 revision requires single-lap tiles to be mechanically fixed against wind uplift rather than held by mortar alone, and leadwork to BS EN 12588 using the correct lead codes. Flat roofs are laid to BS 6229, with felt and reinforced bitumen membranes to BS 8217 and BS 8747, and moisture and ventilation on any re-cover are detailed to Building Regulations Part C and Part L. Selling standards the work is actually built to matters more than any badge. Every job also carries a fixed written quote and a written scope agreed before work begins.

Yes, Wallsend is one of the three suburbs we cover in depth, but there is one important difference: Wallsend lies in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, not the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, so its building control, any works notification and its conservation-area designations run through North Tyneside Council rather than Newcastle City Council. Its position by the Tyne mouth at the east end of Hadrian's Wall also leaves it more openly exposed to North Sea wind and driving rain than the inland suburbs, so wind uplift on ridges and verges and rain ingress at flashings are pronounced there. The roofers we coordinate know which authority applies before a van sets off. See [Wallsend](/wallsend) for more.

Yes to both — every roof survey is free and carries no obligation, and every job gets a fixed written quote before any work begins, covering labour, materials, access and clean-up in one figure with a written scope and nothing added afterwards. That has been the process since Paul and Steve started the firm in 2008, and it applies the same to a single slipped slate as it does to a full re-roof. It means you can have a roof looked at properly and know exactly what a repair would cost with no pressure to book anything. Call 07460 067785 to arrange a survey.