Roofers and roof repairs in Coulsdon, CR5Coulsdon, on theEdge of the Downs.
Coulsdon is almost all inter war and post war: the 1930s suburbs that spread out from the railway, and the estates after. High, exposed, and windy, which is hard on ridges and chimneys.
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Coulsdon’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The 1930S Suburbs
Semis and detached houses in their thousands, clay plain tiles and the early concrete tiles, on hips and gables with mortar bedded ridges that the wind off the Downs has been working at for ninety years. Many now have loft conversions and the dormers that come with them.
Old Coulsdon and Chipstead
An older village core under clay and slate, with a few genuinely old cottages, then a lot of larger inter war and post war houses on bigger plots with correspondingly bigger and more complicated roofs.
Post War Estates
Concrete interlocking tiles from the 1950s onward, at the age where a re roof is often the right answer once the felt has failed. Easy to match, quick to survey.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Coulsdon is almost all inter war and post war, the 1930s semis on the slopes above the Brighton Road in clay plain tile, later estates in concrete interlocking tile, and the houses in Old Coulsdon and Coulsdon Woods with big hipped roofs and long gutter runs. Chipstead and Netherne add larger houses, some in handmade clay, and everything up here is high and exposed to the wind.
Working in Coulsdon
Coulsdon is ten miles from the office across the North Downs and is the edge of our Surrey work, in the London Borough of Croydon. The hilly roads mean the scaffold is often stepped, which we allow for in the quote. The older village parts of Old Coulsdon and Chipstead include conservation areas, which we check before any change of material.
What we are called to in Coulsdon
- Ridge and hip mortar blown out on exposed 1930s roofs
- Chimneys weathered on the windward side
- Dormer flat roofs and lead on loft conversions
- Valleys between gables on the larger houses
- Felt perished under post war concrete tiles
What we do in Coulsdon
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Coulsdon.
Roof Repairs in Coulsdon
Most roofs do not need replacing. They need one thing fixing properly, and a straight answer about the rest.
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Tiled Roofing in Coulsdon
The most common roof in Surrey, and the one most often patched badly. We lay tiles the way the maker intends.
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Chimney Repairs in Coulsdon
Chimneys take the worst of the weather. Most leaks blamed on a roof start at the stack.
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Roof repairs in Coulsdon
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Coulsdon 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 Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
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 Coulsdon
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, in progress
Rear extension
Flat roof stripped
Flat roof
Dormer roofline
Fascias and soffits
New white fascias
Roofline
Coulsdon questions
QuestionsFrom Coulsdon.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Why do Coulsdon roofs lose their ridge tiles?
Height and wind. The mortar bedding on a 1930s ridge has had ninety years of weather off the Downs. We dry fix replacement ridges so they clip on mechanically and cannot blow out again.
Do you cover Purley and Kenley?
Yes, and Chipstead, Old Coulsdon, Woodmansterne and Banstead.
How far is Coulsdon from your base?
Around twenty five minutes from Leatherhead. Leaks are usually seen the same or next day.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Coulsdon?
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 council. We check the status of your house before we quote and tell you what applies.
Do you arrange the scaffold and access in Coulsdon?
Yes. Most houses in Coulsdon have a drive or a quiet road for the scaffold, and where it has to stand on a pavement the licence from the council is applied for before the start. We are 10 miles away in Leatherhead, so a survey is usually within the week and a leak can often be looked at the same day.
Nearby
Around Coulsdon,We Also Cover.
Coulsdon 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
Coulsdon
- Postcodes
- CR5
- Borough
- Croydon
- From our base
- 9 miles
Most asked for in Coulsdon
NearestRoofers in Sutton Old Coulsdon · Chipstead · Purley · Kenley · Banstead
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
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A Roof in Coulsdon?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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