Roofers in Barnet, from Victorian terraces to Mill Hill semis

The London Borough of Barnet holds a lot of different roofs between the Hertfordshire border and the North Circular. New Barnet and the streets around Finchley grew with the railway and the Northern line, so they are lined with Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis under Welsh slate, with shared chimney stacks and rear outriggers. Hampstead Garden Suburb is a different world: Arts and Crafts houses with steep clay plain tile roofs, big chimneys and dormers, protected as a conservation area. Mill Hill, Edgware and the streets off the A41 in Hendon are mostly 1920s and 1930s semis with hipped plain tile roofs and tile-hung bays. Right across the borough the loft has been converted, leaving a box dormer and a flat roof sitting on an old pitched roof.

Those conversions are where many Barnet leaks start. A dormer cheek with tired lead, felt on the dormer top that has blistered and split, or a roof window that was never flashed properly will put water into a bedroom ceiling long before the main slope gives trouble. On the slate terraces, nail fatigue lets slates slide, and the valleys and back gutters between outriggers fill with leaves and overflow. On the inter-war houses the original plain tiles are near the end of their life: the nibs snap, the hip mortar washes out and the felt underneath has gone brittle. We repair each of these properly, lay EPDM or GRP on dormers and extensions, dress new lead and re-roof whole houses when patching stops making sense.

In Hampstead Garden Suburb, where the Suburb Trust also has a say on alterations, and in the borough's other conservation areas, we match the clay tile, keep the original ridges, chimneys and dormer details, and talk to you about consent before work is booked. Everywhere else the job runs the same way. Thomas comes out, gets up to the roof, checks the loft where it matters and shows you what he found. You get a fixed written price, with no extras added once the scaffold is up. The family carries out the work, the site is cleared every day and a new re-roof comes with a 10 year guarantee. Homeowners, landlords with flats in converted houses and shops on the high roads all get the same service. Ring 07429 820474, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm.

Roofing services in Barnet

• New roofs in Barnet
• Roof repairs in Barnet
• Emergency roof repairs in Barnet
• Flat roofs in Barnet
• Garage roofs in Barnet
• Slate roofing in Barnet
• Chimney repairs in Barnet
• Chimney removal in Barnet
• Leadwork in Barnet
• Roof timbers and extensions in Barnet
• Fascias, soffits and guttering in Barnet
• Gutter cleaning in Barnet
• Dry ridge and dry verge in Barnet

Our recent roofing work

Photos of our own jobs. Tap to enlarge.

Aerial view of a dormer on a re-roof, membrane and battens on, skip in the street Slate-effect roof with a dry ridge between chimneys on a terraced street New rubber flat roof with black trims on a rear extension, roofer standing on it

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