Roofer in Cranleigh

If the ceiling in your Cranleigh house stains after every heavy rain and someone has already patched it once, the fault is almost certainly at a chimney, a valley or a flashing rather than where the water shows up inside. Tree cover and old mortar do most of the damage around here.

Wey Valley Roofing is family-run, fully insured with Public Liability Insurance, and Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs. Work is done by our own roofers, never subcontracted, from a single slipped tile to flat roofing in Cranleigh and a full re-roof.

Call 07428 300474 and speak to a person about your roof.

Cranleigh roofs take a beating from the trees. Older tiled pitches around the village and the surrounding lanes sit under mature oak and beech, so gutters silt up, moss builds on the north slopes, and water finds a way in at the details rather than the middle of the roof. Most of the leaks we are called to start at a flashing, a valley or a chimney, not a hole in the open tiling.

Roof Repairs for Leaks and Storm Damage

The awkward part of a leak is that the stain inside is rarely under the fault. Water runs along a batten or a rafter before it drops, so a patch put on the wet-looking spot fixes nothing and the ceiling marks again on the next heavy rain. That is the repair people have usually already paid for once before they call us.

So we trace it properly. We look at where the water can enter, not where it lands: slipped or cracked tiles, nail fatigue on older clay, a valley that has rusted or split, mortar that has given up, a flashing that was never dressed in far enough. On a wind-damaged roof we also check the fixings around the edges and the ridge, because that is where uplift does its work and where BS 5534 sets the fixing and wind uplift requirements we work to.

• Slipped, cracked and broken tiles and slates replaced to match
• Ridge and hip repairs, including dry-fixed systems where mortar keeps failing
• Valley renewal on the tree-shaded slopes that hold damp
• Verge and eaves repairs after storms
• Gutters, downpipes and hopper heads cleared or renewed, sized under BS EN 12056

Small repairs stay small repairs. If a day of work will see the roof through another fifteen years, we say that and we quote it. We do not turn a tile job into a re-roof, and we do not sell roof coatings.

Chimney Repairs, Lead Work and Flashing for Cranleigh Homes

Chimneys are the single most common source of the leaks we see on older Cranleigh houses. They are exposed on all four sides, the mortar is often Victorian, and the flashing was frequently done in cement or in lead that is too thin and too long in one piece. Cement cracks. Lead that cannot move splits along the fold.

We repoint, renew flaunching, refit pots and cowls, and rebuild stacks in part or in full where the brickwork has gone soft. Leadwork is cut, dressed and lapped to Lead Sheet Association guidance, in correct code lead and in sensible lengths so it can expand without tearing. Soakers, back gutters, apron flashings, cover flashings, lead bays on bays and porches. It is slow work done by hand and it lasts decades when it is done right.

The same details recur across the wider area. Whether you need a roofer in Cranleigh or a roofer in Godalming, we cover the whole area with the same team.

New Roofs and Roof Replacement

A re-roof is the job most people put off, and the fear is not the tiles. It is a stripped roof, a skip on the drive, and a crew that vanishes. That is the risk worth naming.

Here is how we handle it. The roof is stripped in sections, not all at once, and sheeted at the end of each day so the house is never left open. New treated battens, correct membrane, and fixings specified for the exposure rather than whatever is in the van. Insulation is dealt with as part of the job: where a re-roof triggers the 25% rule under Approved Document L, we price the upgrade in the written quote instead of raising it halfway through. Ventilation is set out so the new roof does not sweat, which is what BS 5250 covers.

New roofs and re-roofs are what we do most of. Same roofers on site from strip to finish, and the 25-year written workmanship guarantee handed over before we leave.

Emergency Roofing and Call-Outs for Cranleigh Homes

Storm nights are when the phone rings. A ridge tile down, a felt roof lifted, water coming through a bedroom ceiling. What people dread is a recorded message and a callback in the morning.

You get a person. Scott answers the phone himself, day, night or weekend, and emergencies go to the front of the queue. We make the roof safe and watertight first, temporary if that is what the weather allows, then come back in daylight to put the permanent repair in and show you what caused it. No pressure to commit to anything larger while the ceiling is still wet.

Roof Surveys, Inspections and Reports

Plenty of quotes get written from the pavement. You cannot see nail fatigue, a failed valley or a cracked flaunching from the ground, and a quote built on a guess gets corrected later at your expense. We go up, or we fly a drone over the slopes where access is poor or the pitch is steep, which is often the case on the older detached stock and the barn conversions out towards the lanes.

The survey is free and there is no obligation. You get a written fixed price, an explanation of what is actually wrong, and an honest answer about whether it needs doing now or can wait. If a repair will do instead of a replacement, that is what the paperwork says. Our full range of roofer services is covered from the same survey, so nothing gets split into a second visit for the sake of it.

• Pre-purchase and pre-sale roof inspections
• Drone survey where the roof is difficult or dangerous to walk
• Written report on condition, cause and priority
• Fixed price in writing, no charge for the visit

Flat Roofing and Pitched Roofing

Flat roofs fail at the edges and the outlets, not in the field. Old felt on a Cranleigh extension or garage usually goes at the upstand, around a rooflight kerb, or where the fall was never right and water stands. Ponding is a design fault, and covering it over does not remove it.

We lay EPDM rubber, GRP fibreglass and torch-on felt systems, and we set the falls and outlets to BS 6229 so the water actually leaves the roof. Where a cold flat roof keeps condensing, we build it back as a warm roof rather than adding another layer on top of a wet deck. Garage roofs included, and where a garage has an asbestos-cement sheet roof we assess it and advise the safe, compliant route under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

Pitched work covers tile and slate, re-roofs, dormers, Velux openings, fascias, soffits, cladding and seamless aluminium guttering. Roof cleaning is done by low-pressure soft wash and moss is scraped off by hand. We do not pressure wash roofs, because it drives water under the tiles and strips the surface off concrete ones.

Whether you need a roofer in Cranleigh or roof repairs in Cranleigh, we cover the whole area. And if the job turns out to be bigger than a repair, our new roof replacement services Cranleigh side of the county are handled by the same crew, quoted the same way, on the same written guarantee.