Ickenham · UB10
Roof repairs in Ickenham
Ickenham repairs are mostly 1930s roofs: hip and ridge re-bedding, bay roof leaks, slipped plain tiles and dormer junctions.
Free photographed survey
Every slope, chimney and gutter photographed.
Report yours to keep
Whether you hire us or not.
Agreed in writing
Scope fixed before any work starts.
One point of contact
Your survey and every follow-up handled by one person, 8am–6pm.
What should Ickenham homeowners know?
Around the village green and Swakeleys Road are older cottages and listed buildings under clay tiles. Most of Ickenham is 1930s Metroland: detached houses and semis with hipped plain clay tile roofs, bays, tile hanging and gabled fronts. Later infill and extensions add flat roofs and dormers.
What goes wrong on Ickenham roofs?
Hips, ridges and bonnets. Mortar-bedded hips and bonnet tiles on 1930s roofs crack and loosen over time.
Bay roofs. Small bay roofs and their flashings are a common source of leaks into front rooms.
Dormer and flat roof junctions. Loft conversions add dormers and flat roofs that leak at the joins with the main roof.
How do we do roof repairs?
Most roofs that leak or shed a slate need a repair, not a new roof. We find the actual cause, show you photographs of it, and fix that, whether it is a single slipped slate on a tingle or a slope suffering nail sickness.
Full details on our roof repairs page.
Does Ickenham’s conservation status affect repairs?
Hillingdon's Ickenham Village Conservation Area covers the green and surrounding roads. Elsewhere planning is less restrictive, though roof changes on front slopes still need care.
Our process
What you get
- 01
Survey and photograph
We go up, photograph every defect and the condition of the surrounding roof.
- 02
Repair vs re-roof, honestly
If a repair will last, we repair. If the fixings have failed across the slope, we tell you why with photos.
- 03
Match the material
Reclaimed slates and tiles matched for size, colour and thickness so the repair disappears.
- 04
Photos of the finished work
You see what was done, even on the slopes you can’t see from the garden.
Questions
Roof repairs in Ickenham: FAQs
My hip tiles are loose. Is that a big job?
Usually not. Re-bedding or mechanically fixing hips is a repair, not a re-roof.
Do you work on loft conversion dormers?
Yes, including leadwork and flat roofs on the dormer.
Can you replace just one slate?
Yes. A single slipped or broken slate is refixed or replaced using a copper or lead tingle, with a reclaimed slate matched to the rest of the roof.
Free · Photographed · No pressure
Get a quote in Ickenham.
Get a quote for your roofing work. Where an inspection is needed, we photograph the roof, explain our findings in plain English and give you the report to keep.