Roof Repairs in Fairford

Find Where the Water Gets in

A leak in Fairford rarely starts where the stain shows. We trace the water back to the tile, valley, flashing or ridge it comes past, repair that, and tell you plainly if the rest of the roof is close to needing more than a repair.

Most roof leaks start a long way from the stain on the bedroom ceiling. Water runs along the sarking felt, down a rafter or across the top of a ceiling joist before it shows, so patching the spot directly above the damp rarely solves anything. A good repair starts in the loft and on the roof itself, following the path of the water back to the slipped tile, perished mortar or split lead that let it in.

Repair is the right call when the roof covering is broadly sound and the fault is local: a handful of cracked tiles, a loose ridge, a worn valley or verge mortar that has dropped out. If we find battens rotting across a whole slope, or nail fatigue letting tiles slide all over the roof, we will tell you plainly that a re-roof is better value than chasing faults year after year.