Roofers and roof repairs in Balham, SW12Balham's Victorianand Edwardian Streets.
Balham is Victorian and Edwardian terraces almost without exception, from the Nightingale Triangle to Hyde Farm. Slate roofs with shared chimneys, back additions and, on nearly every street, loft conversions with dormers now twenty years old.
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Balham’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
Victorian Balham
The earlier streets nearer the common: terraces under Welsh slate, chimneys shared along the party walls, a back addition on nearly every house. Nail sickness and failed lead are the normal state a century on.
Edwardian Balham and Hyde Farm
The later streets, including the Hyde Farm estate, are the bigger Edwardian house with a front gable, a bay and a decorative ridge. The valley behind the gable and the bay roof are where they leak, and both are lead jobs.
Loft Conversions
Balham has had loft conversions on an industrial scale. The dormers are now old enough for their flat roofs to be failing and the lead down the cheeks to have pulled away. It is a large share of what we do here.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Balham is Victorian and Edwardian, the Nightingale Triangle and Hyde Farm in particular: terraces and semis in slate with shared chimneys, valleys and rear additions, and a great many loft conversions with dormers. The houses towards Clapham South are larger, with clay tile and lead detailing, and there are mansion blocks along the High Road with flat and mansard roofs.
Working in Balham
Balham is fourteen miles from Leatherhead and covered from the London line, 0203 507 1501, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The Nightingale Triangle and Hyde Farm are conservation areas where roof changes visible from the street are controlled. Scaffold sits on the pavement under a council licence, and access to the rear is agreed with the house before the day.
What we are called to in Balham
- Nail sickness on slate terraces
- Lead valleys behind Edwardian front gables
- Bay window roofs
- Dormer flat roofs and lead on converted lofts
- Shared chimneys on party walls
What we do in Balham
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Balham.
Roof Repairs in Balham
Most roofs do not need replacing. They need one thing fixing properly, and a straight answer about the rest.
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Flat Roofing in Balham
Extensions, garages, dormers and commercial roofs. Laid to fall, detailed properly at the edges.
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Slate Roofing in Balham
Slate lasts decades and looks right on almost every period property. It only works if it is laid properly.
Read moreAlso in BalhamRoofing Leadwork Tiled Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Balham
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Balham customers call us about most. Choose the one you can see and we will tell you what it usually is.
Likely cause
Usually a slipped or cracked tile, or failed lead around a chimney or valley. The stain is rarely under the hole: water runs along a rafter before it drops. We trace it back rather than guess.
Usually the job is
Roof Repairs in Balham
Likely cause
The nails or the tile clips have gone, and if one has moved the ones around it are usually loose too. Worth doing quickly, because the gap lets wind under the rest of the row.
Usually the job is
Roof Repairs in Balham
Likely cause
Nearly always the lead flashing where the stack meets the roof, or open mortar joints in the stack itself. It gets blamed on the roof and it is almost never the roof.
Usually the job is
Chimney Repairs in Balham
Likely cause
Either blocked, or sagging so the fall runs the wrong way, or the joints have opened. Left alone it soaks the wall below and you get damp inside.
Usually the job is
Fascias, Soffits & Guttering in Balham
Likely cause
Standing water means the falls are wrong or the outlet is blocked. Bubbles mean water is already under the covering. Both are fixable, but not by patching over the top.
Usually the job is
Flat Roofing in Balham
Likely cause
If you can see light you can get water. Sometimes it is one missing slate, sometimes the felt underneath has perished and the whole slope is nearing the end of its life. We will tell you which.
Usually the job is
Roof Repairs in Balham
How it works
From a Photo on Your Phoneto a Finished Roof.
Call or Send a Photo
Call the office or send a picture from your phone. Even a shot taken from the garden usually tells us what we are dealing with.
A Proper Inspection
We inspect the roof properly, inside and out where we need to, and take pictures of anything you cannot see.
A Written Quote
One price, itemised, no obligation. If a repair will do the job we will say so rather than sell you a new roof.
The Work Itself
Scaffold where it is needed, site kept tidy, photo updates as we go, and everything cleared when we finish.
“The team from Marley roofing specialist repaired guttering around property were excellent professional and extremely helpful would highly recommend”
Recent work
Roofs We HaveFinished Nearby.
New tiled roof
Detached garage
Lead valley
Tiled roof
Roofline replacement
Fascias and guttering
GRP flat roof
Extension roof
Balham questions
QuestionsFrom Balham.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you cover Hyde Farm and the Nightingale Triangle?
Yes, and Clapham South, Tooting Bec and up to Wandsworth Common.
My loft dormer leaks. Is that a roof job?
Yes. Usually the flat roof on top has reached the end of its felt, or the lead down the sides has pulled away. Both are straightforward once we are up there.
How quickly can you get to Balham?
We are in South West London most days. Same or next day for a leak, and the mobile is answered 24 hours.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Balham?
For a repair or a re roof in the same material, normally not. A listed building needs consent for most roof work, and in a conservation area a change of material on a roof seen from the street may need permission from the borough. We check the status of your house before we quote and tell you what applies.
Do you arrange the scaffold and access in Balham?
Yes. On the terraced streets in Balham the scaffold usually has to sit on the pavement, which needs a licence from the council and sometimes a parking suspension; the scaffold company applies and the lead time is built into the programme. We are 14 miles away in Leatherhead, under an hour outside the rush, and the London line, 0203 507 1501, comes straight through to the same team.
Nearby
Around Balham,We Also Cover.
Balham on the diagram of where we work. Point at any town for its postcodes, or open its page.
A diagram of where we work, not a map. Positions are approximate.
Roofers in
Balham
- Postcodes
- SW12
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- From our base
- 14 miles
Most asked for in Balham
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And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Balham?Call Us.
A picture from the ground is usually enough for us to tell you what we are looking at. The survey and the written quote are free, and there is no obligation on either.
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