Roofers Waterford:
the jobs we take on.
Roof work in eight forms for Waterford homes, shops and units, whether the job is a single slate or a full re-roof.
Match the job to what you can see.
Few people go looking for a re-felt. They go looking because a ceiling has a stain, or the wind shifted something overnight. So the services below are arranged by what you are seeing, not by trade name.
Marks on a ceiling after a wet week generally mean roof repairs. A slope that dips, turns green or needs mending every winter suggests a new roof or a re-felt and re-batten. Rain coming through at this very minute, or a roof damaged by a storm, goes to the emergency page. Unsure? A roof inspection settles it.
Waterford City Roofing is how Recommended Roofing trades in Waterford, so the prices, guarantees and insurance described here belong to that company.
Stripped back to blue membrane and battens, a slope waiting for its new slatesEight jobs, one way of pricing them.
Roof Repairs
Water on the ceiling, a tile in the garden: we find where it gets in and put that right.
Roof Replacement
Slate or tile stripped off and replaced, with the Lifetime Leak Guarantee on the finished roof.
Flat Roofs
Extension, garage and dormer roofs recovered in EPDM or GRP with a proper fall to the outlet.
Emergency Roof Repair
Wind has done damage, or the weather is getting in: made watertight fast and repaired properly later.
Re-felting & Battening
New membrane and battens beneath slates or tiles that have plenty of life left.
Lead Flashing & Chimneys
Fresh lead where roof meets stack or wall, and chimneys repointed so they stop absorbing rain.
Commercial Roofing
Flat and shallow-pitched roofs on retail, office and industrial premises, mended or re-covered.
What the weather does up there.
Wind and rain reach Waterford from the sea and the estuary, and along the coast they carry salt. That is hard on fixings and flashings, and it explains why so many leaks here turn up at a chimney, a gable or a valley instead of in the middle of a slope.
The housing is mixed. The city and the older towns have terraces and townhouses in slate. The estates have concrete tile that has been through many winters, and country and coastal houses sit open to the weather. Each town page says what usually goes wrong on those roofs.
Two tiled slopes meeting at a valley, lined with a strip of leadChoosing a service.
Which service do I pick if I cannot tell what is wrong?
Book a roof inspection. A surveyor climbs onto the slope, goes into the attic, takes pictures and writes up the findings, and the report names the job: a repair, a re-felt or a new covering. If you would rather describe the stain first, put it in the quote form and we will say which service fits.
Do you only take on whole roofs?
No. Many calls concern one small fault, such as a slate that has slid, a cracked ridge or a flashing that has lifted. Those are priced in writing just as a complete roof would be.
Can roofing be done in winter?
Most of it, yes. What stops work is high wind, since nobody belongs on a slope in a gale, and if a day has to shift you hear about it.
Which guarantee goes with which job?
Installation work and repairs both come with a ten-year workmanship guarantee in writing. A whole-roof replacement adds the Lifetime Leak Guarantee. Your quote states which of the two covers your job.
Do you do commercial roofs?
Yes. Shop, office and workshop roofs that are flat or low in pitch are repaired or renewed, and the price follows a survey as it does for any job.
Describe the roof,
we pick the job.
Say what you can see and where in Waterford the house is. The survey is free and the price comes back in writing.