Sandhurst’s TrustedNew Roofs Specialists

Concrete interlocking tiles remain the workhorse of post-war housing across Berkshire and Surrey: economical, quick to lay and available in profiles and colours that match most estates. Plain tiles suit older and more decorative properties and cope well with complex roof shapes, hips and bonnets, though they need roughly twice the coverage per square metre.

Natural slate gives the longest service life and the cleanest lines on Victorian and Edwardian properties, and fibre-cement slate offers a similar look at lower weight and cost, which matters where the existing structure was never designed for natural slate. Clay pantiles and plain clay tiles hold their colour far longer than concrete and are often the right call on period and conservation-sensitive properties.

Modern breathable membranes replaced bitumen felt for a reason: they allow water vapour out of the roof space while still shedding wind-driven rain. Fitting new tiles over old felt is the single most common false economy we see, because the felt is usually the component that has actually failed.

Ventilation is specified alongside it. Eaves and ridge ventilation, or ventilated soffits, keep air moving through the roof space so warm moist air from the house does not condense on the underside of the roof. Where loft insulation is upgraded at the same time, ventilation matters even more, a better-insulated loft is a colder loft.

Most roofs leak at the joints rather than the field. Chimney abutments, valleys between roof planes, dormer cheeks, parapets and where a roof meets a wall all need correctly sized and dressed lead, properly wedged and pointed. We treat this as part of the roof rather than an add-on, because a new covering with tired flashings will still put water into the house.

Domestic re-roofing is largely about pitched coverings, access around a lived-in home, and keeping the property watertight day to day. Commercial work brings larger spans, more flat and low-pitch area, plant and rooflights to detail around, and programme constraints, the building usually has to keep operating while the roof is replaced.

We work for both, and have long-standing connections with local trade businesses and commercial contractors across Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire. The specification changes; the discipline of surveying, photographing and guaranteeing the work does not.

We install new roofs across Sandhurst, Owlsmoor, Crowthorne, Blackwater, Yateley, Camberley, Bracknell, Wokingham, Farnborough, Fleet, Frimley and Ascot, and anywhere else inside roughly a 50-mile radius of our Sandhurst base. Typical jobs run from a single-storey extension roof through terraced and semi-detached re-roofs to large detached properties and commercial units.