Roofers and roof repairs in Wimbledon, SW19 and SW20Wimbledon, the Villageand the Town.
Wimbledon is Victorian and Edwardian almost throughout, from the big houses of the Village to the terraces of South Wimbledon, with 1930s Raynes Park on the edge. Slate, lead and chimneys, which is where we spend most of our time here.
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Wimbledon’s roofs
What the Houses Are,and What Goes Wrong.
The Village and the Hill
Large Victorian and Edwardian houses on big plots, under Welsh slate with lead valleys, parapets and several chimneys each. Big, complicated roofs that need a proper survey and a roofer who is comfortable with lead.
The Town and South Wimbledon
Terraces and semis in their thousands, Victorian and Edwardian, under slate with the shared chimneys and back additions of the period. Nail sickness is the constant, and the back addition roofs, which are usually flat or low pitched, are the constant leak.
Raynes Park and the 1930S
Inter war semis under clay plain tiles and concrete, ridges and valleys at the end of their mortar, and loft conversions with dormers.
The Streets and Their Roofs
Wimbledon Village and the hill are large Victorian and Edwardian houses in slate and clay with lead dormers and long valleys, some listed. Wimbledon Park and South Wimbledon are Victorian terraces and Edwardian semis, Raynes Park and Merton Park are inter war clay tile roofs, and the estates towards Copse Hill add post war concrete tile. Loft conversions with dormers are common everywhere here.
Working in Wimbledon
Wimbledon is eleven miles from the office and covered from the London line, 0203 507 1501. The London Borough of Merton has conservation areas in the village and Merton Park among others, and plenty of listed buildings in the village. Terraced streets need a pavement licence for the scaffold, which the scaffold company applies for and we build into the programme.
What we are called to in Wimbledon
- Nail sickness across Victorian slate roofs
- Back addition roofs, flat and low pitched, leaking
- Lead valleys and parapets on the Village houses
- Shared chimneys on terraces
- Ridge mortar on 1930s clay in Raynes Park
What we do in Wimbledon
Roofing and Roof Repairs,Across Wimbledon.
Roof Repairs in Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
Extensions, garages, dormers and commercial roofs. Laid to fall, detailed properly at the edges.
Read moreAlso in WimbledonRoofing Leadwork Tiled Roofing New Roofs Chimney Repairs Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Roof repairs in Wimbledon
What Is WrongWith My Roof?
The six things Wimbledon 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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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 Wimbledon
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.
Four pot stack
Chimney work
Re roof in progress
Semi detached
Hipped slate roof
Pitched roof
Slate roof stripped
Re slate
Wimbledon questions
QuestionsFrom Wimbledon.
Anything not covered here, call 01372 540 258 and ask. You will get a roofer, not a call centre.
Do you cover Wimbledon Village and Raynes Park?
Yes, and South Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, Colliers Wood and Merton Park.
My back addition roof keeps leaking. Why?
They are usually low pitched or flat, built as an afterthought, and detailed badly where they meet the main house. We re roof them properly and re form the abutment lead.
Can you repair a slate roof rather than replace it?
If it is a handful of slips, yes. If it is nail sickness across the roof we will show you and say so.
Do I need planning permission for roof work in Wimbledon?
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 Wimbledon?
Yes. On the terraced streets in Wimbledon 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 11 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 Wimbledon,We Also Cover.
Wimbledon 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
Wimbledon
- Postcodes
- SW19, SW20
- Borough
- Merton
- From our base
- 11 miles
Most asked for in Wimbledon
NearestRoofers in Earlsfield Roofers in New Malden Roofers in Tooting Wimbledon Village · Raynes Park · South Wimbledon
And every town in between. If yours is not listed, call 01372 540 258 and ask.
Free survey and quote
A Roof in Wimbledon?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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