Roofer in Godalming

Wey Valley Roofing is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 9 Google reviews, displayed through Trustindex, and the work behind that is ordinary roof work done properly: slipped slates on Victorian slopes, ridge tiles loosened by wind, flat extension roofs that pond, chimney flashings that were filled with cement instead of lead.

Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs, still answers the phone himself whatever the hour, and handles emergency roofing in Godalming with a real person on the line day, night and weekend.

Call 07428 300474 for a free survey and a fixed price in writing.

Roof Repairs for Leaks and Storm Damage

Most leaks on Godalming houses are not dramatic. A slipped slate on a Victorian rear slope, a cracked tile above a valley, a flashing that has lifted where an extension meets the main roof. The water finds a batten, runs along it and shows up in a bedroom ceiling two metres from where it got in. That is why the repair starts on the roof and not at the stain.

The south side of the town, between the bypass and Holloway Hill, holds Victorian and Edwardian detached and semi-detached houses. Those roofs tend to need careful slate, tile, ridge and flashing work rather than wholesale replacement. Nail fatigue on old slate is common: the slate is sound, the fixing has rusted through, and the slate slides. Replacing it properly means a copper tingle or a new slate hooked back into place, not a smear of mastic.

Storm damage runs differently. Ridge tiles that were bedded in weak mortar decades ago come loose in a gusty week, and dry-fix ridge systems fixed in line with BS 5534 for fixing and wind uplift hold better than a fresh bed of sand and cement on its own. Hip tiles, verges and the last two courses at the eaves are where wind gets its grip.

Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs and still answers the phone himself. If a small repair will hold, that is what gets quoted. Fix it once, properly, and move on.

Emergency Roofing and Call-Outs for Godalming Homes

Water coming through a ceiling at nine in the evening does not wait for an office to open. On a pitched roof the usual cause is a single displaced tile or a stripped section of felt underlay; on a flat garage or extension roof it is a split at a joint or a blocked outlet backing water up over the upstand. Both can be held with a temporary cover the same night and repaired properly in daylight.

A real person answers day, night and weekend. Emergencies go to the front of the queue, and the call goes to the firm's own roofers rather than a stranger sent by a call centre. Temporary work is described plainly: what has been done, what it is holding back, and what the permanent repair involves.

Riverside streets matter here. Discover Godalming describes the River Wey towpath as a flat route linking Godalming with Farncombe and Guildford, and properties in that low-lying setting see standing water, saturated ground and gutters that overflow onto walls rather than away from them. Drainage gets checked at the same call, because a leak blamed on tiles is often a rainwater problem.

Nothing is left dripping overnight.

Gutters, Fascias and Soffits for Godalming Homes

Half-round cast iron on a period house and 112mm PVCu on a 1960s estate house fail for different reasons. The cast iron rusts from the inside at the joints and the bolts seize. The plastic sags between brackets, the seals harden, and the joint weeps down the fascia until the timber behind it goes soft. Either way the first sign is a green stripe down the brickwork.

Period Streets Near the Centre

Around the compact centre, near the Pepperpot and the parish church, gutter runs are often deep, hidden behind parapets, or discharging into hopper heads at awkward heights. Sizing matters on those roofs, and rainwater goods are sized to BS EN 12056 so the outlet actually carries what the slope sheds in a heavy August downpour. Seamless aluminium suits long runs where joints are the weak point.

Post-War Estate Houses

Godalming expanded heavily between 1950 and 1980 with new estates in Binscombe, South Hill, Farncombe Hill and Twycross, Bargate Wood and Aarons Hill. Those houses share a pattern: shallow eaves, thin softwood fascia, and soffit board that has never been ventilated properly. Replacing fascia and soffit is the moment to put continuous eaves ventilation in, which is what BS 5250 for ventilation and condensation is concerned with.

Downpipes and Ground Level

A downpipe that ends short of the gully soaks a wall for years. Shoes, swan necks and gully connections get sorted as part of the job, not left as a snag. Guttering is cheap work that prevents expensive work.

Roof Surveys, Inspections and Reports

An inspection means getting eyes on the covering, the ridge, the abutments and the loft. From inside, daylight through the underlay, damp staining on rafters and rusted nails tell you more about remaining life than the view from the pavement does. Where a roof is steep, tall or hemmed in by neighbours, a drone view fills the gaps without a scaffold going up for a look.

The survey is free, and the price that follows is fixed and in writing, with no obligation and no charge for the quote. If a smaller repair will do, that is what gets said. The report describes what was found and what it means: how many slates are perished, whether the battens will take refixing, whether the valley is lead or a modern liner.

Work near the centre needs a wider eye. The green area around the River Wey holds parkland, allotments, a bandstand, a cemetery and the Grade I listed church, so a roof in those streets sits in prominent heritage surroundings and long views, and material choice and scaffold position both get thought about before anything starts.

Flat Roofing and Pitched Roofing

The town has both, often on the same house. A tiled main roof from the 1960s and a flat felt roof over the back extension, laid at a fall so shallow it ponds. Godalming listings describe a mix of Georgian, Victorian and more contemporary homes, which in practice means older pitched roofs, later estate roofs and modern structures across different streets.

Flat Roofs and Warm-Roof Upgrades

EPDM rubber goes down as a single sheet on most domestic extensions, GRP fibreglass suits balconies and detailed shapes, and felt or torch-on still has its place on larger decks. Falls, upstand heights and outlet position are set out in BS 6229. Where the deck is coming off anyway, a warm-roof build-up with the insulation above the deck is usually the sensible answer, and it deals with condensation rather than moving it.

Pitched Roofs and Reroofs

New roofs and reroofs are the stated speciality. A reroof is stripping to the rafters, checking the timbers, new breather membrane, new treated battens, and mechanical fixing worked out for the exposure. Approved Document L's 25% rule is handled as part of the job and priced in from the start, not raised halfway through the week.

Garage Roofs

Plenty of garages on the post-war estates still carry asbestos-cement sheet. Those get assessed and the safe compliant route advised under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. Options after that are box profile, metal tile sheet or a rebuilt flat deck.

Chimney Repairs, Lead Work and Flashing

Chimneys cause more leaks than roofs do. Perished flaunching lets water into the brickwork, open joints on a stack take driving rain from the south west, and cement fillets crack where lead should have been. On the Victorian and Edwardian stock on the south side of town, stacks are often tall, exposed on two faces and holding two or three flues.

Repointing, flaunching, flashing, partial rebuilds, full rebuilds, pots and cowls all fall inside the same visit. Lead work follows Lead Sheet Association guidance: correct code, bay lengths kept short enough to move, welts and clips where the wind can lift an apron. Code 4 soakers on a slate abutment, a stepped and raked flashing into the mortar course, wedged and pointed. Lead does not need replacing every ten years when it is fitted that way.

The same standards run through the rest of the roofer services on offer, from a single slipped tile to a full reroof, and every job carries a 25-year written workmanship guarantee handed over in writing before the team leaves. That covers repairs, not only new roofs. Fully insured, with Public Liability Insurance in place.

Good leadwork outlasts the person who fitted it.

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