Roofers and roof repairs in Barnes, SW13 and SW14Barnes and Mortlake,by the River.
Barnes is a village that became a suburb without losing the village: a conservation area core around the pond and the green, then Victorian and Edwardian streets, then Mortlake. Nearly all of it under slate and lead.
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Barnes’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The Village
Georgian and early Victorian houses around the pond and the green, many listed, under slate with the parapets, lead flats and hidden gutters of the period. Like for like repair is the job, and it is careful work.
Victorian and Edwardian Barnes
The streets between the common and the river: terraces, semis and villas under Welsh slate with shared chimneys and back additions. Nail sickness is the usual, plus back addition roofs that leak where they meet the house.
Mortlake and East Sheen
A mix of Victorian terraces near the river, inter war semis further back under clay and concrete, and the flat roofs and dormers of a great many loft conversions.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Barnes Village and Castelnau are Victorian and Edwardian, slate roofs with parapet gutters, valleys and shared stacks along the terraces, and larger detached houses towards the common in clay and slate. Mortlake mixes Victorian terraces with inter war streets, and East Sheen is largely 1930s clay plain tile with a good number of loft conversions.
Working in Barnes
Barnes is thirteen miles from the office and covered from the London line, 0203 507 1501. It is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and the village, Castelnau and much of Mortlake are conservation areas, so a slate roof stays slate. Almost every job here needs a pavement licence for the scaffold, which is arranged before the start date.
What we are called to in Barnes
- Parapet gutters and lead flats on the older village houses
- Nail sickness on Victorian slate
- Back addition roofs leaking at the abutment
- Shared chimneys on terraces
- Dormer flat roofs in Mortlake and East Sheen
What we do in Barnes
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Barnes.
Roof Repairs in Barnes
Most roofs do not need replacing. They need one thing fixing properly, and a straight answer about the rest.
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Slate Roofing in Barnes
Slate lasts decades and looks right on almost every period property. It only works if it is laid properly.
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Leadwork in Barnes
Lead is what keeps water out where a roof changes direction. Good leadwork outlives the roof around it.
Read moreAlso in BarnesRoofing Flat Roofing Tiled Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Barnes
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Barnes 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 Barnes
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 Barnes
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 Barnes
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 Barnes
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 Barnes
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 Barnes
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.
GRP flat roof
Extension roof
Clay tiles and ridge
Pitched roof
Strip and re felt
New roof
Dormer and cladding
Loft conversion
Barnes questions
QuestionsFrom Barnes.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you work in the Barnes conservation area?
Yes. Matched reclaimed slate and lead formed on site, which is what the conservation officer wants and what the roof needs.
Do you cover Mortlake and East Sheen?
Yes, and Castelnau, Putney and out to Richmond.
How far is Barnes from your base?
About forty minutes from Leatherhead. We run to South West London most days, so a leak is usually seen the same or next day.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Barnes?
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 Barnes?
Yes. On the terraced streets in Barnes 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 13 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 Barnes,We Also Cover.
Barnes 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
Barnes
- Postcodes
- SW13, SW14
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- From our base
- 13 miles
Most asked for in Barnes
NearestRoofers in Richmond Mortlake · East Sheen · Putney · Castelnau · Kew
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Barnes?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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- 0203 507 1501
- Leatherhead
- 01372 540 258
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