Roofing in Great Bookham
Great Bookham's trustedroofing specialists,based in the village
Our yard is on Eastwick Road, so Great Bookham is not an area we travel to, it is where we are. Every roof is surveyed from the roof itself, quoted in writing, and guaranteed for up to 25 years on workmanship.
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 Great Bookham
Run from Bookham, not a call centre
Roofers in Great Bookham
A Great Bookham roofer, not a Great Bookham postcode on a website
The Manse, Eastwick Road is in Great Bookham. That single fact changes what we can sensibly take on here: a slipped tile, one weeping gutter joint or a single cracked flashing is worth a visit, because there is no journey to price into it. Elsewhere those jobs get put off until they turn into ceiling damage.
Great Bookham's roofs are a genuine mixture. There are older tiled and slated properties around the High Street, Church Road and the conservation area near St Nicolas', long runs of inter-war and post-war semis and detached houses across the estates towards Dorking Road, and later infill and estate housing with interlocking concrete tiles.
The village is also unusually well treed, with mature planting in gardens and along the roads. That means gutters and valleys fill with leaf litter every autumn, and shaded north slopes hold moss that keeps water sitting against the tiles instead of running off them.
Because we are local, we often know a road's typical roof before we arrive: which estates have the nail fatigue, where the old mortar ridges keep lifting, and which extensions were built with flat roofs that are now well past their design life.
Our yard is in the village
Eastwick Road, Great Bookham. No call centre, no subcontracting, and no travel time added to a small repair.
Period and conservation-area roofs
Older tile, slate, lead and chimney detailing around the High Street and Church Road treated as the repair it needs rather than a strip-and-replace.
Estate housing of a known age
The inter-war and post-war roofs across the village fail in a predictable order. Knowing the pattern shortens the diagnosis and saves you paying for guesses.
Trees, moss and blocked valleys
The village's mature planting is the cause behind a large share of Great Bookham leaks. It is usually cheap to deal with and expensive to ignore.
What we do here
Roofing services available
across Great Bookham
Everything we do is available in Great Bookham, from one tile on a bungalow to a full strip and re-cover with new battens, felt and dry ridge.
New Roofs & Full Re-Roofs
Full re-roofs on the village's inter-war and post-war housing where slipping has started across the whole slope, carrying a 25 year workmanship guarantee.
New Roofs & Full Re-Roofs in Great Bookham
Tiling & Tile Repairs
Plain, interlocking and slate repairs matched to what is already on the roof, including ridge, hip, valley and verge detailing.
Tiling & Tile Repairs in Great Bookham
Flat Roofs
Extension, garage and dormer roofs stripped, re-decked where soft, re-fallen and re-covered, guaranteed 15 years.
Flat Roofs in Great Bookham
General Roof Repairs
Leak tracing on any roof type. Being in the village means a one-off repair is genuinely worth booking here.
General Roof Repairs in Great Bookham
Chimney Work
Repointing, spalled brick replacement, flaunching and pots, including tall stacks on the older High Street properties.
Chimney Work in Great Bookham
Leadwork
Hand-dressed lead valleys, flashings, aprons and soakers where extensions and dormers meet older brickwork.
Leadwork in Great Bookham
uPVC Fascias & Soffits
Rotten painted timber replaced with uPVC fascias, soffits and bargeboards, guaranteed 10 years.
uPVC Fascias & Soffits in Great Bookham
Guttering
Clearing, realigning and full replacement on the heavily treed roads where autumn leaf fall blocks outlets.
Guttering in Great Bookham
Moss Removal
Shaded north slopes cleared of moss before it holds water against the tiles and pushes it under the laps.
Moss Removal in Great Bookham
Velux Roof Windows
Velux roof windows fitted into loft conversions and rear extensions, flashed properly into tile or slate.
Velux Roof Windows in Great BookhamWhy us in Great Bookham
Why Great Bookham homeowners use us
Only what can be evidenced: three decades on Surrey roofs, guarantees written on the quote, and full insurance cover.
30+ years of experience
Matt has spent over thirty years on Surrey roofs, a large part of it on the streets around this village.
Based here, not visiting
The van starts from Eastwick Road. Reputation in your own village is the strongest reason to do a job properly.
Guarantees on paper
25 years tiled, 15 years flat, 10 years guttering and fascia, 10 years chimney and leadwork, stated on your written quote.
£2m / £10m insurance
£2m public liability and £10m employers' liability cover, including work over conservatories, drives and shared boundaries.
You see the evidence
Photographs of what has failed and an explanation of why, with no pressure to decide on the spot.
A tidy site
Old material leaves with us and the site is cleared at the end of each day, not 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 we see most often in Great Bookham
Village housing of a similar age, heavy tree cover and a lot of extensions produce a fairly repeatable set of problems.
Tiles slipping with no storm to blame
On roofs laid before the 1970s, the tiles frequently outlast the nails holding them. One slips, then another a few weeks later, always in still weather.
Re-laying them one at a time works for a season and repeats. We look at the battens and the pattern of movement and tell you plainly whether you are buying repairs or delaying a re-cover.
Mortar ridges and verges lifting
Ridge and verge tiles bedded in mortar decades ago crack, hollow out and let go. A loose ridge tile above a pavement is a hazard as well as a leak.
Where the bedding has failed we re-bed properly or fit a dry ridge and verge system that fixes mechanically rather than relying on mortar that will crack again.
Blocked valleys pushing water sideways
A valley carries the water off two slopes, so it is the worst place in the village for leaf litter to gather.
Once it blocks, water backs up and runs under the tiles instead of down. The stain appears indoors and the tiles get blamed. Clearing, and re-lining where the lead or liner has split, is the actual fix.
Flat roofs on extensions past their life
Bookham houses have been extended repeatedly, and many of those flat roofs were laid a long time ago with falls that have since flattened.
Where water stands, it finds the laps. We strip back, replace soft decking, correct the fall and form the upstands, drips and outlets so it drains instead of ponding.
Moss on shaded slopes
The village's mature trees keep north-facing slopes damp. Moss builds up, holds water against the tiles and washes down into the gutters.
Stripping it carefully, then clearing the gutters it has already filled, is straightforward work that prevents saturated tiles and frost damage later.
Damp patches on chimney breasts
Older stacks around the High Street and Church Road have eroded pointing and cracked flaunching. Water soaks into the masonry and shows as a patch inside.
It gets misdiagnosed as condensation and painted over. Repointing, replacing spalled brick and renewing the flaunching or pots deals with the cause.
How the job runs
The same six steps
on every Great Bookham 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 Great Bookham
Straight answers
before you commit
Are you actually based in Great Bookham?
Yes. The Manse, Eastwick Road, Bookham, KT23 3BE, in the village itself.
Will you come out for one slipped tile?
Yes. There is no travel to price in here, so single repairs are worth doing and they are usually what stops a large bill later.
What does a roof repair cost in Great Bookham?
It depends on the cause, the covering and the access, so instead of publishing a figure we would change on site we inspect and give you a detailed written quote with materials, method and scope on it.
Do you offer emergency roof repairs?
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.
Can you work on a period property in the conservation area?
Yes. Older tile, slate, lead and chimney work is normal for us, and we repair and match rather than replace wholesale where the covering still has life in it.
How often should Great Bookham gutters be cleared?
Once a year after leaf fall on most village roads, and twice where trees overhang the roof directly. It costs far less than replacing rotten fascia boards.
Do you replace flat roofs on extensions here?
Yes, flat roofing is one of our strongest areas. Decking is checked, falls corrected, and the new covering carries a 15 year workmanship guarantee.
What guarantee do I get?
25 years' workmanship on tiled roofs, 15 years on flat roofs, 10 years on guttering and fascia work, 10 years on chimney and leadwork, written on your quote.
Are you insured?
Yes: £2m public liability and £10m employers' liability.
Do you cover Little Bookham as well?
Yes, and the surrounding villages: Fetcham, Effingham, Leatherhead, East and West Horsley, Ashtead, Cobham, Epsom, Shalford, Woking and Guildford.
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Areas next to Great Bookham
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Next step
We are round the cornerin Great Bookham
Send the form with your postcode and what you have noticed, or call Matt. You will get an honest answer on repair or replacement, and 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