Roofing Services in Spon End

Yes, and so is everything immediately around it: Earlsdon (about 0.3 miles away), Bishopsgate Green (about 1 mile away), Hillfields (about 1.1 miles away) and Coundon (about 1.2 miles away). We cover the whole of Coventry, so there is no travel charge for any of them and no minimum job value.

All of it — the streets around Spon Gate Primary School included. Where a property sits matters less to us than what the access is like, which is something we look at on the survey rather than guessing from an address.

Because working at height safely requires it, and because the quality of the work depends on being able to stand properly and move materials. Ladder work is for inspection and the smallest repairs. Scaffold is a real part of the cost on any roofing job, which is the practical argument for doing the roof, the chimney and the roofline in one visit rather than three.

It depends on why it is failing. Isolated damage on a roof whose battens, underlay and fixings are sound is a repair. Widespread slipping, battens that crumble, underlay that tears at the eaves when touched, and repeated leaks in different places all point at a covering that has reached the end of its life. We will tell you which of those we are looking at, and we would rather lose a repair than sell you one that fails next winter.

Scaffold goes up, the old covering and battens come off, and the roof structure is inspected properly for the first time in decades. New underlay and treated battens go on, then the covering, new or salvaged. Flashings, valleys and ridges are renewed, the ridge is mechanically fixed, and ventilation is brought up to standard. On a typical house it is a matter of days rather than weeks, weather permitting.

Because it has lost its fall, or never had enough. A flat roof is not flat: it should be laid to a fall so water runs to an outlet. Decks deflect over time and joists sag, so water sits. Standing water is not automatically a leak, but it accelerates ageing, grows algae and finds any weakness. Re-covering without correcting the fall repeats the problem.

Yes. The first job is making the roof safe and stopping water getting in — securing or removing anything loose, and sheeting where needed. The permanent repair follows once it can be done properly and safely. We photograph damage as we find it, which is what insurers ask for, and we will not work on a roof in conditions that make it dangerous.