Commercial roofing in Waterford.
A roof over a shop, an office, a workshop or a yard has to be fixed without shutting the business. We plan around trading hours, and price the work in writing before any of it starts.
A roof with a business under it
Commercial roofs are mostly low-pitched or flat, and they work harder than houses do. They are bigger, they have plant, vents, rooflights and outlets cut through them, and people walk on them for maintenance. A leak over stock, a till or a workbench costs money by the hour, which changes how the work has to be planned.
Most trouble sits at the same places as a house roof, only more of them: parapet upstands, outlets, rooflight kerbs, laps in the covering and the joints where an old extension meets the main building. Gutters behind a parapet silt up, outlets block and the water finds the weakest seam.
Repair or replace is decided the same way. A single failed lap or outlet is repaired. A surface that blisters, ponds and leaks in several places is re-covered. For a lot of units the answer is a membrane or coating over a sound deck, which avoids stripping the whole building to the frame.
Access and timing are agreed first. Work can be done in sections, outside opening hours where that is needed, and with the crew's access kept clear of customers and deliveries. Public liability cover of €6.5 million and employer liability cover of €13 million stand behind every job.
What we do on commercial roofs.
Repairs to seams and laps
A failed lap or split sealed or replaced, with the surrounding covering checked.
Re-covering a flat roof
EPDM or GRP laid over a sound deck, with the fall corrected where it is wrong.
Outlets and parapet gutters
Cleared, re-formed or replaced so water has somewhere to go.
Rooflight kerbs and upstands
Sealed and flashed so they stop leaking at the base.
Pitched commercial roofs
Slate or tile on pitched units, repaired or renewed in the same way as a house.
Planned maintenance visits
A look at the roof after winter to clear and catch small faults early.
What each price takes in.
The quote is one fixed sum, so the bill at the end matches the paper you signed.
Included in every job
Quoted separately
What this usually costs.
Commercial roofs vary too much for a guide figure. A small flat section is covered by the flat roof rate of €90–€140 per square metre plus VAT, but a unit with plant, rooflights and awkward access is priced after a survey. You receive one fixed price in writing, with VAT shown separately.
From the first look to the handover.
Survey
The roof, outlets, rooflights and details are checked, and access is agreed.
Written price
A fixed price, with a programme that fits around the business.
Work
Done in sections, with the building kept watertight at each stage.
Handover
A walk round the finished roof and the guarantee in writing.
What Waterford homeowners ask us.
Can the work be done while the business is open?
Usually, yes. It is planned in sections and the crew's access is kept clear of customers, staff and deliveries. Where an out-of-hours visit is better, it is agreed in the quote.
How much does a commercial roof cost?
A small flat section follows the flat roof guide of €90–€140 per square metre plus VAT. Anything larger or more complicated is priced after the survey, as one fixed figure.
Do you work on pitched commercial buildings?
Yes. Slate and tile roofs on units, halls and public buildings are repaired and renewed the same way as a house roof, with scaffold sized to the building.
Do you hold the right insurance?
Public liability cover is €6.5 million and employer liability cover is €13 million, and certificates can be sent on request.
Can you set up regular checks?
A visit after winter to clear outlets and look at seams can be arranged. It is cheaper than finding a leak over stock.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, with the 10-year written workmanship guarantee. Full replacement carries the Lifetime Leak Guarantee as well.
Related roofing jobs.
Flat Roofs
Flat roofs over extensions, garages and dormers, re-covered in EPDM or GRP and set to a fall so the rain drains away.
Roof Inspections
A written report with photographs, from the slope and the attic, setting out what the roof needs and what it can do without.
Lead Flashing & Chimneys
Lead renewed at every junction of roof and wall or stack, and chimneys repaired so they no longer soak up the rain.
From the city to the coast, we work throughout Waterford. Surveys are free, quotes are fixed and written, and the finished work is guaranteed on paper.
Get your roof
looked at.
Tell us what the roof is doing and roughly where in Waterford it is. Someone looks at it for free and a fixed written price follows. Send the form below.