Watford
Roofing in Watford
Victorian terraces, 1930s semis and a great deal of later extension work, so Watford roofs are rarely all one age.
Mixed-age roofs and extension junctions
Watford has grown in layers, and its roofs show it. A typical property here has an original roof of one age, a rear extension of another, and often a garage or porch added later still. Each junction between those elements is a potential leak, and they are where most of our Watford call-outs originate.
The specific recurring problem is where a flat-roofed extension meets the main pitched roof or an upstand wall. Done properly that junction is leadwork carried up under the tiles or into a chase. Done cheaply it is a bead of sealant, which fails within a few winters and produces a leak that appears inside the extension, not at the roof.
The 1930s semis across the town are also reaching the point where original coverings need attention, and their hipped roofs bring hip tiles and valleys into play: again, junctions rather than open roof area.
Common work in Watford
- Flat roof replacement on rear extensions and garages
- Leaks where an extension meets the main house
- Hip and valley repair on 1930s semi-detached roofs
- Re-roofing Victorian and Edwardian terraces
- Guttering, fascia and soffit replacement
Postcodes covered
WD17 · WD18 · WD19 · WD24 · WD25
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Questions
Watford questions
That junction needs proper leadwork dressed under the tiles or into a chase in the brickwork. It is very often finished with sealant instead, which fails within a few winters. The leak shows inside the extension, some distance from the actual defect.
If the deck is sound and the fall still runs to the outlet, a repair can be reasonable. If water is ponding, the deck has usually deflected, and a new covering laid over it will fail the same way. The survey settles it.
Yes, along with Abbots Langley, Kings Langley, Radlett and Borehamwood.
Request a survey
We look at the job before we price it
Someone comes out, looks at the work properly (getting on the roof where it is safe to do so) and photographs what they find. You get those photographs and a fixed, itemised quotation.
- 01 SurveyWe look at the job properly and photograph what is actually there.
- 02 QuoteA fixed, itemised figure with those photographs attached.
- 03 ScheduleA written start date, and one named contact throughout.
- 04 FinishSwept daily, signed off with you, guaranteed in writing.
Written workmanship guarantee issued on completion, with evidence of insurance on request.