New Roof Replacement in Cranleigh

Tiles slipping into the gutter after every windy night, damp patches creeping across the bedroom ceiling, and a roof that's been patched so many times nobody remembers what's original. It's a familiar story on Cranleigh's older tiled houses, where rusted nails let go one at a time until the covering can't be trusted.

Wey Valley Roofing is family-run, fully insured with Public Liability Insurance, and Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs answering the phone himself; the same crew handles roof repairs in Cranleigh and full replacements alike, and nothing is subcontracted out.

Ring 07428 300474 any time, day, night or weekend, and speak to a real person about your roof.

Full Roof Replacement

A full roof replacement means stripping the covering back to the timbers, putting right what's underneath, then rebuilding the roof properly. On the older tiled houses off the Horsham Road you'll often find nail fatigue, where the fixings have rusted through and tiles start slipping after a windy night. Patching those roofs stops working eventually. We've seen plenty of Cranleigh roofs held together by a dozen previous repairs.

When we strip a roof we can finally see the battens, the felt and the rafter feet. That's where hidden trouble hides. Rotten batten ends near the eaves, sarking felt torn to ribbons, a wall plate that's been damp for years. We tell you what we find while the roof is open, not after.

Fixing and wind uplift is worked out to BS 5534, so every tile is fixed for the exposure it actually sits in, not by habit. Ventilation and condensation is handled to BS 5250, because a warm, sealed loft with no airflow will rot new timber as fast as it rotted the old. Rainwater sizing follows BS EN 12056 when the guttering goes back on.

• Full strip, dispose, and rebuild on repaired or replaced timbers
• New breather membrane, new treated battens, mechanical fixing throughout
• Ridge, hip and verge finished dry-fixed or bedded as the roof suits
• Leadwork to Lead Sheet Association guidance at abutments and chimneys
• Insulation upgraded where Approved Document L requires it, priced up front

That last point matters. If more than half of the roof surface is being renewed, the insulation question comes with it. We deal with it at quote stage rather than springing a cost on you halfway through the week.

Service Area and Response Times

We're a family-run Surrey firm working across Guildford, Woking, Cranleigh and the villages through the Wey Valley. Cranleigh is a regular run for us, not a name on a map. Whether you need a new roof replacement in Cranleigh or a roofer in Cranleigh, we cover the whole area, and it's our own roofers who turn up.

Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs and still answers the phone himself, day, night or weekend. No call centre, no message service. Emergencies go to the front of the queue. If you ring while we're on a job in Ewhurst or Alfold, you'll still get a person.

Work is never subcontracted out to strangers. The same faces that survey your roof are the ones scaffolding it and stripping it. That's how new roof replacement stays consistent from the quote to the last ridge tile.

New Roof Installation and Emergency Roof Replacement

Some roofs come off to a plan. Others come off because a storm has already made the decision. Whether you need a new roof replacement in Cranleigh or emergency roofing in Cranleigh, we cover the whole area and we don't leave a house open to the weather.

Wondering what happens if the survey finds a bigger problem than expected? We tell you, in writing, before any money changes hands, and if a smaller repair will do the job we say so instead of selling you a roof.

Step one, the call

You ring 07428 300474 and a real person answers. We take the address, the age of the house and what you're seeing inside. If water is coming in now, we sort a temporary cover first.

Step two, the survey

The survey is free and properly done. We get up on the roof or use a drone view where access makes that sensible. We look at timbers, valleys, flashings, chimney flaunching and the gutter line, not just the broken tile you called about.

Step three, the fixed price

You get an honest fixed price in writing. No obligation, no charge for the quote. Scaffolding, skips, materials and the insulation work are all in it, so there's nothing to discover later.

Step four, the work and the guarantee

We work the job through, keep the site tidy and take our mess with us. Then the 25-year written workmanship guarantee is handed over before the team leaves. If something isn't right inside those 25 years, we come back and put it right.

Materials and Finishes

Cranleigh has a bit of everything. Clay plain tiles on the older cottages near the High Street, concrete interlocking on the post-war estates towards Parkmead, slate on the Victorian terraces, and flat roofs over extensions and garages all over the village. We match the covering to the building and to the pitch, not to whatever is cheapest on the pallet.

• Clay and concrete plain tiles, pantiles and interlocking tiles
• Natural and fibre cement slate, with the right head lap for the pitch
• Flat roofing in EPDM rubber, GRP fibreglass and felt or torch-on, including warm-roof upgrades to BS 6229
• Metal roofing in standing seam zinc or aluminium, box profile and metal tile sheet
• Code-appropriate lead for valleys, soakers, aprons and chimney flashings
• Fascias, soffits, cladding and seamless aluminium guttering

Slating and tiling workmanship follows the code of practice published by BSI as BS 8000-6, which keeps laps, fixings and detailing honest rather than left to guesswork. Whether you are in Cranleigh or Knaphill, we cover the whole area, new roof replacement in Knaphill included.

We don't hard sell roof coatings. If your tiles are sound and just dirty, moss comes off by hand and the roof gets a low-pressure soft wash. We never pressure wash a roof, because that drives water under the laps and strips the surface off concrete tiles.

Re-Roofing and Refurbishment in Cranleigh

Not every roof needs stripping. Plenty of Cranleigh houses need a re-roof on one elevation, or a refurbishment where the covering is fine but the flashings, valleys and verges have failed. On the bungalows around Knowle Lane we often find the roof itself is serviceable and the chimney work is what's letting water in.

Refurbishment work covers chimney repointing, flaunching, new flashings, partial or full chimney rebuilds, pots and cowls, valley renewal and new eaves detailing with ventilation built in. Asbestos-cement garage sheets get assessed and we advise the safe, compliant route under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. We assess and advise on those, we don't carry out licensed removal.

Whether you are in Cranleigh or Ash & Ash Vale, we cover the whole area, new roof replacement in Ash & Ash Vale included. Wherever the house is, it's the same crew, the same standards and the same written guarantee.

We'd rather do a roof once and do it properly. That's why the survey takes as long as it takes, and why we'd sooner talk you out of a new roof you don't need than sell you one you'll doubt.