Roofers in Slough
for tiled roofs, flat
roofs and repairs

The concrete interlocking tiles used across Upton, Cippenham and Wexham's 1930s semis were originally finished with sand-and-cement bedded ridges and hips. That mortar bedding has a working life measured in decades, not a century, and across these streets a large proportion of it is now cracked, loose or missing.

The warning signs are mortar debris in the gutter, a visibly lifted ridge tile, or a damp patch appearing high on a bedroom ceiling after wind. Left alone, the loose tile becomes both a leak and a safety hazard over the pavement or driveway below, and we treat it as a priority repair rather than routine maintenance once we see it.

The older terraces around Chalvey and central Slough have often had at least one previous repair, and not all of it detailed properly. Mastic smeared over a cracked lead valley, or bitumen daubed over a flashing, is a common find; it looks like a fix but simply traps water against timber that then decays out of sight.

We strip these patches back to sound material and re-form the detail correctly, usually in lead, so the roof actually sheds water rather than temporarily hiding the symptom.

Slough has a higher share of flat roofing than many neighbouring towns: on rear extensions, garages, and the light-industrial buildings that sit close to residential streets near the trading estates. Many of these are now on their second or third overlay, with a soft, saturated deck underneath.

Overlaying a failed deck again is a false economy. We strip back to sound structure, correct the falls so water actually reaches the outlets, and detail the upstands and abutments properly rather than patch what is already failing beneath the surface.

Slough has a significant amount of rented and HMO housing, and roofs on these properties often carry deferred maintenance because responsibility for reporting problems is split between tenants, agents and landlords. A small leak can go unreported for months before it is picked up.

For landlords, we provide a photographic condition report alongside any repair, which is useful evidence for both compliance and for planning future maintenance across a portfolio rather than reacting property by property.

Many of Slough's older residential streets, particularly in Chalvey and parts of Langley, have mature trees that shed leaves into gutters and valleys every autumn. Blocked guttering backs water up under the lowest courses of tile, where laps are shortest, and it finds its way into fascias and rafter feet.

Left unaddressed for a few seasons, this shows up as rot in fascia boards and damp staining on internal ceilings near external walls. Clearing and checking gutters regularly is far cheaper than the repair that follows when they are ignored.

The open, low-rise layout of many of Slough's post-war estates gives roofs relatively little shelter from wind, and the storms that cross southern England each winter regularly lift ridge tiles, strip verges and peel back flat roof coverings across these areas.

After a storm, making the roof watertight quickly is the priority, followed by a proper photographic record. We write our reports so they can be passed to an insurer directly, without us making any claim about what a policy will or will not cover.