Roofers and roof repairs in Kingston, KT1 and KT2Kingston, From theRiverside to the Hill.
Kingston is an old town with a Victorian heart, big Edwardian houses up Kingston Hill, and the 1930s suburbs of Norbiton and beyond. Twenty minutes from Leatherhead up the A3.
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Kingston’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The Victorian Town
Terraces and villas across the centre and towards the river, under Welsh slate, with the shared chimneys and lead valleys of the period. These roofs are into nail sickness and their lead is close to the end of its life.
Kingston Hill and Coombe
Large Edwardian and inter war houses on big plots, with big complicated roofs: multiple hips and valleys, several chimneys, often clay tiles that need matching from reclaimed stock. Survey first, always, because the roof you see from the drive is a fraction of it.
Norbiton and the 1930S
The inter war semis that fill in between, clay plain tiles and concrete, ridges and valleys at the end of their mortar, and a lot of loft conversions with dormers now twenty years into their flat roofs.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Kingston has Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Norbiton and the town centre in slate, with big Edwardian and inter war houses on Kingston Hill and in Coombe carrying clay and handmade tile, deep valleys and tall stacks. Hampton Wick and the streets towards Surbiton are mostly late Victorian and 1930s, and the estates on the Kingston Vale side are post war concrete tile.
Working in Kingston
Kingston is nine miles from the office and covered from the London line, 0203 507 1501. The Royal Borough of Kingston has conservation areas around the old town and on the Coombe side, and the roads on the hill are steep and narrow, so scaffold and deliveries are planned with that in mind. Pavement scaffold on the terraced streets needs a licence from the council.
What we are called to in Kingston
- Nail sickness on Victorian slate in the centre
- Complex valleys and hips on Kingston Hill houses
- Ridge mortar failing on 1930s clay in Norbiton
- Dormer flat roofs on converted lofts
- Shared chimney stacks on terraces
What we do in Kingston
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Kingston.
Roof Repairs in Kingston
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 Kingston
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 Kingston
Lead is what keeps water out where a roof changes direction. Good leadwork outlives the roof around it.
Read moreAlso in KingstonRoofing Flat Roofing Tiled Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Kingston
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Kingston 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 Kingston
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 Kingston
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 Kingston
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 Kingston
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 Kingston
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 Kingston
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.
Strip and re felt
New roof
Dormer and cladding
Loft conversion
Four pot stack
Chimney work
Re roof in progress
Semi detached
Kingston questions
QuestionsFrom Kingston.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you cover Surbiton and Norbiton?
Yes, plus Kingston Hill, Coombe, Ham and Kingston Vale.
Can you survey a large house on Kingston Hill?
That is exactly the sort of roof that needs a proper survey. We photograph every slope and go through them with you before we price.
How quickly can you get to Kingston?
About twenty minutes from Leatherhead. Leaks are usually seen the same day.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Kingston?
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 Kingston?
Yes. On the terraced streets in Kingston 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 9 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 Kingston,We Also Cover.
Kingston 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
Kingston
- Postcodes
- KT1, KT2
- Borough
- Kingston upon Thames
- From our base
- 9 miles
Most asked for in Kingston
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And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Kingston?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
- Mobile, 24 hours
- 07513 397 799