Roofers and roof repairs in Earlsfield, SW18Earlsfield's Terraces,Slate and Lead.
Earlsfield grew up around its station in the 1880s and 90s, and almost all of it is the Victorian and Edwardian terrace under Welsh slate. We do a lot of work here: slipped slates, lead valleys, shared chimneys and the roofs on back additions and loft conversions.
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Earlsfield’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The Victorian Grid
Terraces in their hundreds, under slate, with the chimneys shared along the party wall and a two storey back addition on nearly every one. A hundred and thirty years on, nail sickness is the normal state and the lead is the usual leak.
Edwardian Earlsfield
The slightly later streets have the bigger Edwardian terrace and semi, often with a front gable and a bay, under slate with a decorative clay ridge. The valleys behind the gable and the bay roofs are where they leak.
Loft Conversions Everywhere
Earlsfield has had loft conversions on a huge scale. The dormers are now old enough for their flat roofs to be failing and their lead to have pulled away, and it is a large part of what we are called to.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Earlsfield is Victorian terraces and Edwardian semis either side of Garratt Lane, slate roofs with shared chimneys, valleys and back additions with small flat roofs, and the larger houses towards Wandsworth Common in clay and slate. Loft conversions with rear dormers are everywhere, and the lead around those dormers is a regular repair.
Working in Earlsfield
Earlsfield is thirteen miles from the office and covered from the London line, 0203 507 1501, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The streets are terraced with kerbside parking, so a pavement licence for the scaffold and a parking suspension are part of the planning, and access to the back roofs is usually through the house.
What we are called to in Earlsfield
- Nail sickness on slate terraces
- Lead valleys behind Edwardian front gables
- Bay window roofs leaking
- Dormer flat roofs and lead on converted lofts
- Shared chimney stacks on party walls
What we do in Earlsfield
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Earlsfield.
Roof Repairs in Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
Slate lasts decades and looks right on almost every period property. It only works if it is laid properly.
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Flat Roofing in Earlsfield
Extensions, garages, dormers and commercial roofs. Laid to fall, detailed properly at the edges.
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Roof repairs in Earlsfield
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Earlsfield 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 Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
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 Earlsfield
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.
Clay tiled roof
Pitched roof
Full re roof
Bungalow, Surrey
Natural slate
Pitched roof
Chimney rebuild
Stack and lead tray
Earlsfield questions
QuestionsFrom Earlsfield.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Can you repair the slates on my Earlsfield terrace without re roofing?
If it is a few slips, yes, with matched reclaimed slate and copper nails. If it is nail sickness across the roof we will show you the photographs and be honest about it.
Do you fix loft conversion dormers?
Constantly. The flat roof on top and the lead down the cheeks are the two usual failures, and both are straightforward once the scaffold is up.
Do you cover Southfields and Wandsworth Common?
Yes, and Tooting, Wimbledon Park and Wandsworth town.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Earlsfield?
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 Earlsfield?
Yes. On the terraced streets in Earlsfield 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 Earlsfield,We Also Cover.
Earlsfield 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
Earlsfield
- Postcodes
- SW18
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- From our base
- 13 miles
Most asked for in Earlsfield
NearestRoofers in Wandsworth Roofers in Tooting Roofers in Balham Southfields · Wimbledon Park · Wandsworth Common
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Earlsfield?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
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