Roof Repairs Across Norwich and Norfolk

If it is more than your roof that needs attention, we offer a great range of services including fascia, soffit, and guttering installation and repair, chimney repair, solar panel installation, and much more!

Whether your roof has minor damage or needs a full refurbishment, let DH Roofing Contractors take care of all your roofing needs.

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A guide to roof repairs

Finding the cause of a leak

Water rarely comes through the ceiling directly under the place it gets in. It can run along a rafter, a batten or the felt before it drips, so a leak has to be traced back to its source: a slipped tile, a cracked ridge, a failed valley, lifted flashing or a blocked gutter overflowing into the eaves. Fixing the cause, not just the symptom, is what stops it coming back.

Common roof repairs

• Replacing slipped, cracked or missing tiles and slates
• Rebedding or refixing ridge and hip tiles
• Renewing worn or badly laid valleys
• Repairing or replacing lead flashings around chimneys and walls
• Repairing or replacing failed sections of flat roof
• Clearing and repairing gutters that overflow into the eaves

After a storm

High winds lift tiles and ridges, and once one tile goes the wind can get under the next. After a storm, check the roof from the ground, look for tiles or pieces of ridge in the garden, and look in the loft for daylight or water. If water is coming in, call rather than fill in the form, as we take emergency call-outs.

Insurance

Storm damage is often covered by buildings insurance. Check your policy, take photographs of the damage before it is repaired if it is safe to do so, and keep a record of the work that was done.

Why an early repair matters

A small repair caught early is usually quick to put right. Left alone, water gets into the battens, the rafters, the insulation and the ceilings below, and a small job becomes a much larger one.

When a repair is not enough

If a roof needs repair after repair in different places, the covering or the felt underneath may be reaching the end of its life. Whether your roof has minor damage or needs a full refurbishment, let DH Roofing Contractors take care of all your roofing needs.

If water is coming through the ceiling

• Call us rather than filling in the form, as we take emergency call-outs.
• If water is near light fittings or sockets, switch off the electricity to that part of the house at the consumer unit.
• Move furniture and belongings out of the way and catch the water in a bucket or bowl.
• Keep clear of any ceiling that is bulging or sagging.
• If it is safe, take photographs of the damage inside and out for your insurer.

Repairs to different kinds of roof

• Tiled roofs: slipped or broken tiles are replaced and refixed, and loose ridge and hip tiles rebedded or mechanically fixed.
• Slate roofs: a broken slate is cut out and a new one held with a hook or a tingle; widespread slipping usually means nail sickness and a re-slate.
• Flat roofs: a small split can sometimes be repaired, but a flat roof that has failed in several places is usually better replaced.
• Leadwork: lifted flashings are dressed back and refixed, and split lead is replaced.

Moss on roofs

Moss holds water against the tiles, can lift them as it grows into the gaps, and washes down to block gutters and downpipes. It is best removed by hand. Pressure washing a roof can damage the surface of the tiles and drive water up under the laps, so it is not a good way to clean one.

What affects the cost of a roof repair

• How the roof is reached: some repairs can be done from a ladder or a tower, others need scaffolding
• How much of the roof is affected, and what lies underneath once it is opened up
• The materials needed to match the existing roof
• Whether it is an emergency call-out

Every quotation from DH Roofing Contractors is free and comes with no obligation.

What our customers say about our repairs

Customers have described a leaky roof patched the next day to stop further damage, with a new valley fitted later; broken roof tiles replaced the day after they called; hip and ridge work put right after another company's poor job; and a broken gutter fixed quickly.