Roofing in Fetcham
Roofers in Fetchamon the doorstepof our Bookham yard
Fetcham sits between Bookham and Leatherhead, which puts it about as close to our base as a job can get. You get the fault found properly, a written quote you can read line by line, and workmanship guaranteed for up to 25 years.
Up to 25 years' workmanship guarantee. £2m public liability, £10m employers' liability.
30+ years
Matt's experience on Surrey roofs
Guaranteed
Workmanship guarantee in writing
£2m / £10m
Public and employers' liability cover
Local to Fetcham
Run from Bookham, not a call centre
Roofers in Fetcham
Fetcham is a few minutes from where our van is parked
Our base is The Manse, Eastwick Road, Bookham, immediately west of Fetcham. Of all the areas we cover, Fetcham and Bookham are the two where travel time is effectively irrelevant, which changes what is worth doing. A single slipped tile or one leaking gutter joint is a sensible job here, not something that has to wait until it becomes a bigger one.
Fetcham's housing is dominated by twentieth-century family housing: substantial inter-war and post-war semis and detached houses along The Ridgeway, Cannon Grove, Bell Lane and the roads climbing towards the downs, with older properties around the older village core near St Mary's and newer infill throughout.
Those post-war roofs are now at exactly the age where the covering is sound but the fixings and the detailing are not. It is the single most common Fetcham conversation we have: the tiles look fine from the road, tiles keep slipping, and the homeowner cannot work out why.
The other Fetcham factor is the setting. Roads running up towards Hawks Hill, Fetcham Downs and the wooded slopes are exposed to wind on one side and heavily treed on the other. Wind lifts poorly fixed ridge and verge tiles; trees fill gutters and valleys. We see both, often at the same address.
Minutes from our Bookham base
One of the two closest areas to us. Small repairs are still worth doing, which is how the expensive jobs get avoided.
Post-war family housing specialists
The semis and detached houses that make up most of Fetcham fail in predictable ways. Knowing the pattern shortens the diagnosis.
Wind and trees together
Exposed slopes lift ridge and verge tiles; wooded roads block gutters and valleys. Fetcham roofs often need both dealt with.
Straight answers on repair or replace
If the covering has life left, we repair it and say so. If the fixings have gone, we tell you before you spend more on patching.
What we do here
Roofing services available
across Fetcham
The full range is available across Fetcham, from a single tile on a bungalow to a complete strip and re-cover on a detached house.
New Roofs & Full Re-Roofs
Full re-covers on Fetcham's post-war semis and detached houses where slipping is happening across the whole slope. 25 year workmanship guarantee.
New Roofs & Full Re-Roofs in Fetcham
Tiling & Tile Repairs
Slipped, cracked and wind-damaged tiles replaced and matched, including ridge and verge work on the exposed roads towards the downs.
Tiling & Tile Repairs in Fetcham
Flat Roofs
Extension, garage and dormer roofs re-laid with proper falls and edge detailing. 15 year workmanship guarantee.
Flat Roofs in Fetcham
General Roof Repairs
Leak tracing on all roof types. Being minutes away means one-off repairs are genuinely viable here.
General Roof Repairs in Fetcham
Chimney Work
Repointing, brick replacement, flaunching and new pots, including tall stacks on the older properties near the village core.
Chimney Work in Fetcham
Leadwork
Lead valleys, flashings and abutments dressed properly where extensions and dormers meet the main roof.
Leadwork in Fetcham
uPVC Fascias & Soffits
Painted timber boards that have started to rot replaced with uPVC fascias and soffits, guaranteed 10 years.
uPVC Fascias & Soffits in Fetcham
Guttering
Clearing and replacement on the tree-lined roads where autumn leaf fall blocks outlets and overflows onto walls.
Guttering in Fetcham
Moss Removal
Damp, shaded slopes on the wooded side of Fetcham stripped of moss before it holds water against the tiles.
Moss Removal in Fetcham
Velux Roof Windows
Velux windows installed into loft conversions and rear extensions, flashed and weathered into the covering.
Velux Roof Windows in FetchamWhy us in Fetcham
What a Fetcham homeowner gets from us
No invented job counts and no response-time promises; only what can be evidenced: three decades of local experience, guarantees in writing and full insurance cover.
30+ years of experience
Matt has spent over thirty years on Surrey roofs, a great deal of it on the same generation of housing that makes up most of Fetcham.
Closest area to our base
Fetcham is minutes from Eastwick Road. Nothing is subcontracted and nothing is routed through an office elsewhere.
Guarantees on paper
25 years tiled, 15 years flat, 10 years guttering and fascia, 10 years chimney and leadwork, written on your quote before work begins.
£2m / £10m insurance
£2m public liability and £10m employers' liability cover, including work over conservatories, drives and shared boundaries.
You are shown the evidence
Photographs of what has failed, an explanation of why, and no expectation that you decide anything on the spot.
Tidy from start to finish
What comes off the roof leaves with us. The site is cleared each evening rather than at the end of the job.
| Tiled roofs | 25 years |
|---|---|
| Flat roofs | 15 years |
| Guttering & fascia work | 10 years |
| Chimney & leadwork | 10 years |
Local roofs, local problems
The roof faults that repeat across Fetcham
Fetcham's mixture of post-war housing, exposed slopes and heavy tree cover produces a fairly consistent set of problems.
Tiles slipping on roofs that look perfectly sound
This is the classic Fetcham job. Concrete or clay tiles laid in the 1950s and 60s are often still serviceable, but the nails and battens beneath them are at the end of their life.
Tiles then slip one at a time with no storm to blame. Individually re-laying them works briefly and then repeats. We look at the pattern and the batten condition and tell you whether you are buying repairs or postponing a re-cover.
Wind damage to ridge and verge tiles
The roads rising towards Hawks Hill and the downs catch wind that lower-lying streets do not. Ridge tiles bedded on old mortar and verges pointed decades ago are the first things to move.
A loose ridge tile is a genuine hazard as well as a leak path. Modern dry ridge and verge systems fix mechanically rather than relying on mortar that will crack again in a few winters.
Gutters and valleys full of leaf litter
The wooded parts of Fetcham fill gutters reliably every autumn. Valleys collect the same debris and matter more, because a valley carries the water from two slopes.
When a valley blocks, water pushes sideways under the tiles instead of running down. The resulting leak is often blamed on the tiles themselves. Clearing and, where the lining has failed, re-lining the valley is the actual repair.
Flat roofs on extensions and garages
Fetcham's family houses have been extended heavily, and many of those extensions carry flat roofs that are now well past their design life.
Where the deck has softened and the fall has flattened, water stands and works into the laps. We strip back, replace what is soft, correct the fall and re-cover with the upstands, drips and outlets formed properly.
Rotten fascia behind overflowing gutters
Years of a gutter overflowing at the same point soaks the fascia board behind it. On painted timber, the rot is usually well advanced by the time paint starts flaking.
Replacing the boards in uPVC while renewing the gutter means the whole eaves detail is sound at once, and there is nothing left there to repaint.
Damp on chimney breasts
Older Fetcham properties near the village core carry stacks with eroded pointing and cracked flaunching. Water gets into the masonry and shows internally as a patch on the chimney breast.
It is regularly misread as condensation and painted over. Repointing, replacing spalled brickwork and renewing the flaunching or pots deals with the cause rather than the mark on the wall.
How the job runs
The same six steps
on every Fetcham job
Step 1
Your call or form goes to Matt
You describe what you have noticed (a stain on a ceiling, a slipped tile, an overflowing gutter) and Matt tells you on the phone whether it sounds like a repair or something larger.
Step 2
Inspection on the roof, not from the pavement
We look at the actual roof: the covering, the flashings, the valleys, the gutter falls and the loft side where water is showing. Guessing from the ground is how the wrong job gets quoted.
Step 3
Diagnosis explained in plain terms
You are shown what has failed and why, including photographs of anything you cannot see yourself, so the decision is yours rather than ours.
Step 4
A detailed written quote
Materials, method and scope in writing, with the guarantee that applies to the work stated on it. No verbal figures that change once the scaffold is up.
Step 5
The work, done tidily
We protect what is below, keep the site clear at the end of each day and take the old material away with us. Customers mention the tidy site as often as the roof itself.
Step 6
Checked, wetted down and guaranteed
Repairs and new work get tested before we call them finished, then your workmanship guarantee is confirmed in writing, up to 25 years on tiled roofs.
Questions from Fetcham
Straight answers
before you commit
Do you serve Fetcham?
Yes. We are based at The Manse, Eastwick Road, Bookham, KT23 3BE, which is minutes from Fetcham, one of the closest areas we work in.
How fast can you reach Fetcham?
The journey itself is a few minutes, so it is the diary and the weather that decide timing, not distance. Call 07877 013968 for an honest answer on availability.
What does a roof repair cost in Fetcham?
It depends on the cause, the covering and the access. Rather than publishing a figure we would have to change on site, we inspect and give you a detailed written quote with materials, method and scope on it.
Do you do emergency roof repairs in Fetcham?
We are not a 24-hour emergency service and will not claim to be. We work Monday to Saturday 8am to 6:30pm and Sunday 9am to 4pm, and urgent local damage is prioritised where the diary allows.
My tiles keep slipping but the roof looks fine. Why?
Almost always nail fatigue. The tiles have outlasted the fixings holding them. If it is happening across the whole slope, individual re-laying is a temporary fix and we will tell you so.
Can you fix loose ridge tiles?
Yes, and it is common work on Fetcham's more exposed roads. Where old mortar bedding has failed we can re-bed or fit a dry ridge system that fixes mechanically instead of relying on mortar.
Will you take on a small job?
Yes. One tile, one flashing or one gutter joint is worth doing when we are this close, and small repairs are usually what prevents big bills.
What guarantee do I get?
25 years' workmanship guarantee on tiled roofs, 15 years on flat roofs, 10 years on guttering and fascia work, 10 years on chimney and leadwork. It is written on your quote.
Are you insured?
Yes: £2m public liability and £10m employers' liability.
How often should Fetcham gutters be cleared?
On the wooded roads, once a year after leaf fall is a sensible minimum, and twice where trees overhang the roof directly. It is far cheaper than replacing rotten fascia boards later.
Do you replace flat roofs on Fetcham extensions?
Yes: flat roofing is one of our strongest areas. Decking is checked, falls are corrected and the new covering carries a 15 year workmanship guarantee.
Nearby
Areas next to Fetcham
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Next step
Fetcham is minutes away,let us look at the roof properly
Send the form with your postcode and what you have spotted, or call Matt. You will be told honestly whether it is a repair or a replacement, and get a detailed written quote with the guarantee on it.
Call 07877 013968The Manse, Eastwick Road, Bookham, Surrey, KT23 3BE
Mon–Sat 8am–6:30pm · Sun 9am–4pm