Roofers in Ewell

We do, every corner of it. From the historic village around Bourne Hall and the High Street out to Stoneleigh, Ewell Court, Ewell East, Cuddington and the streets towards Nonsuch Park, our roofers in Ewell work across both the KT17 and KT19 postcodes.

What changes from one part of Ewell to the next is the type of roof. The old village, near the source of the Hogsmill, is a conservation area of cottages, Georgian houses and listed buildings. The roads around Ewell East and Ewell West stations, and most of Stoneleigh and Cuddington, were built up quickly in the 1930s with semi-detached houses sharing the same hipped roofs, front bays and tall chimney stacks.

That shared design is helpful to us, because the same weak points tend to show up street after street and we know where to look. A typical visit covers the main slopes, the hips and ridges, the bay roof, the chimney flashing and any loft conversion or extension added since.

Inspections are free and can usually be booked within the same week. Quotes come in writing, and you will never be asked for a deposit before the work begins.

If it is still on its original tiles, has no underlay and the leaks are becoming regular, it probably is. Many of the inter-war semis in Stoneleigh, Ewell Court and Cuddington are now around ninety years old, and their roofs are starting to show it.

The tell-tale sign is nail fatigue. The nails holding each tile corrode, and tiles begin slipping across whole slopes rather than one at a time. Lift a few and you often find the original felt beneath is torn or missing altogether. The hip and ridge tiles on these hipped roofs sit in mortar that cracks with age, so they work loose as well.

Patching can buy time, but once the fixings have failed across the roof, repairs tend to chase one leak to the next. A re-roof with a breathable membrane, new battens and re-bedded or dry-fixed hips and ridges deals with the cause properly. We show you photos from the inspection and explain our reasoning, so the decision is yours to make with the full picture.

New roofs come with our 10-year insurance-backed guarantee. If a repair genuinely makes more sense for your roof, we will tell you that instead.

Yes, and it is one of the most common roof repairs in Ewell. The front bays on the inter-war semis have their own small roofs, finished with lead flashings where they meet the main wall. Over the decades that lead cracks and lifts, and rain finds its way into the brickwork above the window.

The signs usually show up indoors first: a damp patch above the bay, staining on the bay ceiling or flaking paint around the window head. Because water travels before it appears, the entry point is not always where the stain is, so we trace it from the outside rather than guessing.

The fix is to renew the lead flashings and then re-tile or re-cover the bay roof, depending on how it was originally built. Once the joint between the bay and the wall is sealed properly, the wall above stays dry and the plaster inside can be left to dry out before you redecorate.

Bay roofs are small, but getting them right takes care. Our roofers in Ewell will look at yours for free and confirm the cost in writing, with no call-out fee.

Yes. Ewell Village is a conservation area close to Nonsuch Park and the source of the Hogsmill, and its old cottages, Georgian houses and listed buildings have clay-tile roofs and big chimneys that need a lighter, more careful touch than the 1930s estates around them.

Our approach is like-for-like. We source clay tiles that match the colour and size of the originals, repair chimneys with traditional lead detailing, and avoid swapping in modern materials that would look out of place from the street. The aim is a repair you cannot easily pick out once it has weathered in.

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council is the planning authority here, and we check the conservation-area rules for the village before any work starts. If your home is listed, we can advise on sympathetic materials and on whether consent is likely to be needed, though the application itself remains with you.

As a roofing company used to older buildings, we take photos at every stage and share our notes, so you keep a clear record of what was done to the roof and why.

Usually the same day, where we can. Ewell is around twenty-five minutes' drive from our West Molesey base, and our emergency line is open around the clock, seven days a week, bank holidays included.

When you call, we ask what you can see and whether water is coming in, so we turn up with the right materials. On a 1930s semi that might be a slope of slipped tiles after a gale or a ridge tile that has come away; in the village it could be a chimney or a patch of old clay tiles. Either way, stopping the water comes first, with temporary tarping or weatherproofing to protect the house.

We then come back at a sensible time to carry out the permanent roof repair in Ewell, with a written quote first if the work goes beyond the make-safe. There is no call-out fee for an emergency visit. Ring or WhatsApp 07470 744247 at any hour, and we will tell you what to do until we arrive.

Yes. Plenty of Ewell's semis now have a dormer loft conversion or a rear extension, and many of those were finished with felt flat roofs. Felt splits and blisters with age, water ponds where the falls are poor, and leaks often appear inside long before anything looks wrong from the garden.

Rather than patch failing felt, we usually recommend replacing it with a seamless system. GRP fibreglass suits dormers and smaller roofs where a neat, hard-wearing finish matters, while EPDM rubber works well on larger extension roofs. Either way, we build in proper falls so rainwater runs off to the gutter instead of sitting on the surface.

Dormers need particular care at the edges, where the flat roof meets the main tiled slope and the dormer cheeks. We renew the lead flashings and check the surrounding tiles at the same visit, because that junction is a frequent leak point on Ewell loft conversions.

We are a roofing company that uses its own team for every stage, with no subcontracting, and you receive a written quote naming the system and supplier before anything starts.