Roofers and roof repairs in Dorking, RH4 and RH5Dorking and theVillages Under the Downs.
Dorking is the oldest town on our patch and it shows on the roofs: Georgian and Victorian in the centre, Edwardian and inter war up the hills, and the villages around it under handmade clay. Fifteen minutes from Leatherhead.
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Dorking’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The Town Centre
Georgian and Victorian buildings, many of them listed, under Welsh slate and handmade clay, with parapet gutters, lead valleys and the sort of details that need someone who has done them before. Much of this work is like for like repair to keep the look and satisfy the conservation officer.
Up the Hills
The Edwardian and inter war houses on the slopes north and south of the centre, clay plain tiles at steep pitches, a lot of them with dormers and gables and the lead that goes with them. These roofs take the weather off the Downs and it shows in the ridges first.
The Villages
Westcott, Brockham, Mickleham, Holmwood and the rest. Cottages under handmade clay tiles that are worth keeping, and worth the effort of matching from reclaimed stock. Some genuinely old roofs whose timbers need looking at before anything else.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Dorking is an old market town, and its centre has some of the oldest roofs on our list: Georgian and earlier buildings under handmade clay and Horsham stone, Victorian streets in slate, and chimneys of every age. Around the edge, North Holmwood, Pixham and the estates off the Reigate Road are inter war and post war. The villages, Westcott, Brockham and Mickleham, are cottages and larger period houses where matching the tile matters more than anywhere.
Working in Dorking
Dorking is six miles down the A24 from Leatherhead and firmly in our patch. It is in Mole Valley, and the town centre and several of the villages are conservation areas with many listed buildings; roof work on those is like for like and sometimes needs consent, which we help with. The narrower streets in the centre need the scaffold planned around the market and the parking.
What we are called to in Dorking
- Slate and lead on listed buildings in the centre
- Parapet gutters and valleys on Georgian roofs
- Ridge mortar and hips on exposed Edwardian roofs
- Handmade clay tiles cracked or slipped on village cottages
- Chimneys weathered on the exposed south side
What we do in Dorking
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Dorking.
Roof Repairs in Dorking
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 Dorking
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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Leadwork in Dorking
Lead is what keeps water out where a roof changes direction. Good leadwork outlives the roof around it.
Read moreAlso in DorkingRoofing Slate Roofing Flat Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Dorking
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Dorking 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 Dorking
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 Dorking
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 Dorking
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 Dorking
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 Dorking
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 Dorking
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.
Dormer roofline
Fascias and soffits
New white fascias
Roofline
Full re roof
Bungalow, Surrey
Natural slate
Pitched roof
Dorking questions
QuestionsFrom Dorking.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you work on listed buildings in Dorking?
Yes. Like for like repairs in matching slate, clay and lead, which is what listed building consent usually asks for.
Do you cover the villages around Dorking?
Westcott, Brockham, Mickleham, Holmwood, Betchworth, Capel and out towards the Abinger side.
Can you match old handmade clay tiles?
Usually, from reclaimed stock. It takes longer than a modern tile but it is the only way the repair does not show.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Dorking?
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 Dorking?
Yes. Most houses in Dorking 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 6 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 Dorking,We Also Cover.
Dorking 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
Dorking
- Postcodes
- RH4, RH5
- Borough
- Mole Valley
- From our base
- 6 miles
Most asked for in Dorking
NearestRoofers in Leatherhead Roofers in Reigate Westcott · Brockham · Mickleham · Betchworth
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Dorking?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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