Roofers in Sandgate

Sandgate sits right on the water between Folkestone and Hythe, and its roofs take the weather head-on. We're local roofers who know the area and the conditions - exposed seafront properties, older cottages and the steep streets behind. Whether it's a leak after a gale or a full re-roof, you'll get straight advice and a clear written price.

Roofing services in Sandgate

• Roof repairs - leaks, slipped tiles, flashing and storm damage
• New roofs & re-roofing - tile and natural slate
• Flat roofing - EPDM, GRP and felt
• Emergency call-outs - rapid make-safe for active leaks
• Chimney repairs - repointing, flashing and removals
• Gutters & fascias - repair, replace and clear

Sandgate is the most exposed roofing in the district

Sandgate is closer to the sea than anywhere else we cover. Properties on the Esplanade face the Channel directly with nothing in front of them, and the difference between a roof there and one half a mile inland is genuinely significant. Salt corrosion works through fixings faster, lead and zinc weather quicker, and driven rain gets at details that would never leak on a sheltered roof. Anything we fix on the seafront goes back with stainless fixings and lead of the right code, because the cheap version does not last long enough to be worth doing.

Driven rain is the specific problem here, not just rainfall. Water arriving horizontally gets under lap joints, behind flashings and into verge details that would shed it perfectly well coming straight down. That is why a Sandgate roof can pass a visual inspection and still leak in a southwesterly, and why we look at the details and the flashings before assuming the covering is at fault.

Victorian villas, steep hills and complicated roofs

Much of Sandgate is period property built into the hillside, and the Victorian and Edwardian villas along Sandgate Hill and towards Radnor Cliff have some of the most complicated roofs in the area: multiple pitches meeting at valleys, bay windows with their own small roofs, dormers, and turrets on the larger houses. Every one of those junctions is a place water can get in, and valleys and bay roofs are where we find most of the leaks. They need proper lead work rather than a mastic repair, which is the usual reason a previously "fixed" leak comes back.

The hillside also makes access a real factor. Steep, narrow approaches and limited parking mean scaffolding a Sandgate roof often takes more planning than the roof work itself. We would rather price that honestly up front than discover it on the morning we are due to start. Whatever the job, you get a free written quote with the access arrangements set out in it.

Looking for a roofer in Sandgate? Call 01303 667667 for a free quote, or drop us a message.