Roofers and roof repairs in Esher, KT10Esher, Claygateand Hinchley Wood.
Esher runs from the large houses around the green and Esher Park to the 1930s suburbs of Hinchley Wood and the village of Claygate. Different roofs, different problems, one team from Leatherhead.
Over 25 years on local roofs
Free survey and written quote
24 hour emergency call out
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Esher’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
Around the Green and Esher Park
Substantial houses, Edwardian and inter war, under clay plain tiles and slate with a lot of decorative gables. Big roofs with a lot of lead. Many have been extended, and the join between old roof and new is a classic leak.
Hinchley Wood and the 1930S
Almost entirely inter war semis and detached houses, clay plain tiles and early concrete, now ninety years old. The tiles usually have life in them; the ridges, valleys and chimneys do not. A lot of these have loft conversions with dormers that are now twenty years into their flat roofs.
Claygate
A village that grew mostly between the wars and after, with a Victorian core near the station. Slate on the older houses, clay and concrete on the rest, and a fair number of bungalows whose low pitches punish any tile that has moved.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Esher itself is a mix of Victorian villas around the High Street and the green, Edwardian houses off the Portsmouth Road and inter war houses in Claygate and Hinchley Wood, most of the latter in clay plain tile with bonnet hips. The larger houses towards the Esher estates carry handmade clay and slate with lead dormers, and Hinchley Wood is a good example of a whole suburb built in a few years in the 1930s and all reaching the same age together.
Working in Esher
Esher is five miles from the office and covered from the Leatherhead line. It sits in Elmbridge, which has conservation areas in the older parts of Esher and its villages, so a slate or clay roof there is repaired in the same material. Scaffold on the main roads through Esher and Claygate is planned around parking and the school runs.
What we are called to in Esher
- Joins between original roofs and later extensions
- Ridge and valley failures on 1930s clay in Hinchley Wood
- Dormer flat roofs and lead on converted lofts
- Chimney flashings on tall decorative stacks
- Slipped slates on Claygate's Victorian houses
What we do in Esher
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Esher.
Roof Repairs in Esher
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 Esher
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 Esher
Lead is what keeps water out where a roof changes direction. Good leadwork outlives the roof around it.
Read moreAlso in EsherRoofing Slate Roofing Flat Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Esher
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Esher 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 Esher
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 Esher
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 Esher
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 Esher
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 Esher
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 Esher
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.
Roofline replacement
Fascias and guttering
GRP flat roof
Extension roof
Clay tiles and ridge
Pitched roof
Strip and re felt
New roof
Esher questions
QuestionsFrom Esher.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you cover Claygate and Hinchley Wood?
Yes, both, plus Thames Ditton, Weston Green and Oxshott.
My extension roof leaks where it meets the house. Is that common?
Very. The abutment where a new roof meets an old wall or roof needs lead and a proper detail, and it is often the last thing done on an extension. We re form it.
How far is Esher from you?
About fifteen minutes from Leatherhead. Leaks are usually seen the same day.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Esher?
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 Esher?
Yes. Most houses in Esher 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 5 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 Esher,We Also Cover.
Esher 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
Esher
- Postcodes
- KT10
- Borough
- Elmbridge
- From our base
- 5 miles
Most asked for in Esher
NearestRoofers in Cobham Roofers in Kingston Claygate · Hinchley Wood · Oxshott · Thames Ditton
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Esher?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.
- London
- 0203 507 1501
- Leatherhead
- 01372 540 258
- Reigate
- 01737 749202
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- 07513 397 799