Roofers in Bushey and Bushey Heath for repairs and new roofs

Bushey sits on a ridge above Watford, and its roofs follow the climb. The old village around the High Street, St James's Church and the pond has Victorian and earlier buildings in red brick and clay tile, and is a conservation area. The painter Hubert von Herkomer ran his art school here from the 1880s, and some of the houses and studios built for that community still stand. Little Bushey and the roads towards Watford are mostly inter-war semis and detached houses under plain tiles. Up on Bushey Heath, where the land rises towards Stanmore, the houses get bigger and the roofs more complicated, with hips, valleys, dormers and tall chimney stacks catching the weather. Post-war estates fill much of the rest of WD23.

Height matters on a roof. On Bushey Heath the exposed slopes take more wind, so loose ridge tiles, lifted lead and slipped tiles show up after storms more often than in the sheltered streets below. The inter-war roofs carry the same faults we see across south-west Hertfordshire: crumbling hip mortar, brittle original felt and tiles that have lost their nibs. Big detached houses with many valleys and dormers hide leaks in places that are hard to read from the ground, so we check from the roof and the loft together. Flat roofs on garages and extensions need stripping, not another patch, once they pond and blister. We repair tiles, valleys and chimneys, dress lead, lay EPDM and GRP and carry out complete re-roofs.

Thomas comes out free of charge, gets up to the roof, checks inside where the damp is showing and explains what he found. Then you get a fixed written price with no extras added later. On the bigger Bushey Heath houses that means a clear list of each valley, dormer and stack, so you can see exactly what you are paying for. In the village conservation area we match the clay tiles and detailing and talk through any consent first. The family does the work, the site is cleared every day and every new re-roof comes with a 10 year guarantee. Homeowners, landlords and small businesses along the High Street all use us. Ring 07429 820474, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm.

Roofing services in Bushey

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

Our recent roofing work

Photos of our own jobs. Tap to enlarge.

Dark interlocking tile hip roof finished with a chimney, scaffold still in place The same red tile roof with the dry ridge fitted, roofer walking the slope New timber rafters and gable frame for an extension roof, before membrane and tiles

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