Across Sussex
Roofing specified for where your roof actually stands
A roof on the Peacehaven clifftop and a roof in the Weald at Horsham are not doing the same job. We are a family-run Sussex roofing company that specifies for the difference — and that is why ours stay on.
- Ridge & hipsDry-fixed on exposed work rather than bedded in mortar. It is the first thing a gale gets under.Roof repairs
- Chimneys & flashingsLead dressed and wedged with generous cover, because wind-driven rain travels sideways and upward.Roof repairs
- Slates & tilesCopper or aluminium fixings throughout. This close to the sea it is the nail that fails, not the slate.New roofs
- ValleysEverything the roof collects funnels through here. Keeping them clear is half of what a maintenance visit is for.Roof maintenance
- Fascias, soffits & gutteringThe roof’s lowest and wettest edge. uPVC holds up in salt air where painted timber simply does not.Roofline & guttering
- Flat roofs & balconiesFully bonded, with mechanically fixed edge trims. Flat roofs fail at the edges, never in the middle.Flat roofing
Why us
Every roof gets specified for where it actually stands
On the coast, salt corrodes the fixings inside the slate hole where nobody can see them, and the south-westerly finds every edge that was bedded rather than fixed. Twenty miles north in the Weald none of that applies — there it is rainfall, tree cover and frost, and Horsham stone heavy enough to need its timbers checked first.
We survey the property rather than the postcode, and quote for what it actually needs. That cuts both ways: nobody inland gets sold a coastal specification they have no use for.
What you get from us
- Experienced & skilled team
- High quality materials
- Competitive prices
- Reliable & friendly service
- Fully insured
- A local business you can rely on
By the numbers
A local firm, measured on its roofs
25+
Years working Sussex roofs
500+
Roofs repaired and re-covered
15
Towns covered, coast to Weald
100%
Free, no-obligation quotes
What we do
Five things, all of them properly
From a single slipped slate to a full strip and re-cover, and everything along the roofline in between.
New Roofs
High quality installations built to last.02Roof Repairs
Fast, reliable repairs to keep your home safe and secure.03Flat Roofing
Durable, weatherproof solutions for flat roof applications.04Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
Complete roofline systems for lasting protection and finish.05Roof Maintenance
Proactive care to extend the life of your roof.Free roof tools
Two ways to find out where you stand, before anyone visits
We built both of these because the same two questions come up on nearly every call. Neither asks for your details, and neither will tell you that you need work when you do not.
Roof Health Check
Tick what you can see from the ground and get a straight answer about whether it needs someone today, this month, or not at all. Fifteen questions, no email address required.Roof Exposure Check
Clifftop or deep in the Weald, what is your roof actually up against? Four questions gives you an exposure band and the fixing specification a roof in that position should have been built to.
Built strong
Built to last
Quality workmanship. Honest prices. Lasting protection — on the roofs that take the worst of it.
How it works
Five steps, and no surprises in any of them
Roofing has a reputation, and most of it was earned by people who quoted over the phone and disappeared afterwards. This is how we do it instead.
The survey and the written quote are free, whether or not you go ahead. If the roof does not need the work, we will tell you that instead.
Call or send a message
Tell us what you are seeing. Half the time we can tell you on the phone whether it sounds like a morning’s repair or something bigger, and we would rather say so than book a visit you do not need.
A free look at the roof
We come out, get up where we need to, and survey it properly — including the parts you cannot see from the ground. No charge and no obligation.
An honest written quote
You get it in writing: what is wrong, what we propose to do about it, what materials we are using and why. If there is a cheaper option that will genuinely last, we will put that in front of you too.
The work, done properly
We turn up when we say, keep the site tidy, and specify for the coast rather than for the catalogue. You will know what is happening each day because we will tell you.
Left clean, and still here after
Everything cleared, gutters checked, and the offcuts taken away. If something needs a second look afterwards, you have the number of the people who did the work.
Common questions
Things people ask us before they ring
Why does a roof near the sea need a different specification?
Because the failure is usually in the fixings, not the covering. Salt carried in the air corrodes plain and galvanised nails from the inside, so a roof that looks perfectly sound gives up slate by slate as the nails rot — the trade calls it nail sickness. Add a prevailing south-westerly with a long fetch behind it and mortar-bedded ridges and verges start to work loose. Specify copper or aluminium fixings and dry-fixed edges from the start and none of that happens.
Do you charge for a quote?
No. Quotes and advice are free and come with no obligation. We would much rather tell you the roof has ten good years left in it than sell you something you do not need — on a coast this size, that is how you stay in business.
How do I know whether it needs a repair or a whole new roof?
One-off damage — a slipped slate, a lifted flashing, a cracked ridge — is a repair. When the same fault keeps appearing in different places, that is the covering as a whole telling you something, and repairing it repeatedly costs more over five years than re-covering once. Our roof health check will give you a first read, and the survey will give you the answer.
Can you work on a listed or older property?
Yes. A great deal of the stock here is Regency, Victorian or older, and much of it is in conservation areas or listed. That usually means matching natural slate, keeping the original detailing and using lead where lead was used. Tell us at the outset if the property is listed, as it may affect what you are permitted to change.
What happens if a storm damages the roof?
Call us. Do not go up to look — more people are hurt inspecting storm damage than by the storm. We will make it safe first and sort the permanent repair afterwards, and we will give you what you need in writing if you are making an insurance claim.
Which areas do you cover?
Fifteen towns across Sussex. On the coast: Brighton, Worthing, Lancing, East Preston, Saltdean, Peacehaven, Newhaven and Seaford. Under the Downs: Steyning and Storrington. Inland: Horsham, Petworth, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, plus Petersfield over the Hampshire border. If you are not sure whether you are in range, ring and ask.
Vetted & accountable
Accredited where it counts
Members of the schemes that hold a roofer to a standard, so the work answers to someone other than us.
Free quotes & advice
Get a free quote, and an honest opinion with it
Tell us what the roof is doing and we will come and look at it properly — no charge, no obligation, and no number guessed over the phone.