Emergency roof repairs in Oakham

When water is coming through a ceiling the only thing that matters is that somebody answers. We cover Oakham and the Rutland villages, all of LE15, and the phone is answered day or night. If nobody picks up we are on a roof, so leave a message and you will get a call back.

Open ground and what the wind does

Rutland is high, open country and the ground around Rutland Water has very little to break the wind. That shows up in the emergency calls: verge tiles lifted at a gable end, ridge tiles whose mortar had already cracked, and slates or stone slates worked loose on an exposed slope. Once one goes it gives the wind an edge to pull at and the rest follow along the run.

Made safe first, put right after

An emergency is two jobs. The first is stopping the water and making the roof safe, which in bad weather can mean a temporary cover. The second is the lasting repair once the roof is dry enough to do properly. We will tell you plainly which of the two we are doing on the day rather than dress one up as the other.

Older buildings, and where we stop

A lot of Oakham and the villages is ironstone and limestone under stone slate. In an emergency the priority is the same on any building: make it safe without making the permanent repair harder. But if that permanent repair wants a heritage stone slater rather than us, we will say so. Getting your roof watertight tonight and telling you honestly who should finish it properly is better than pretending it is all one trade.

What you get

Photographs taken on the roof, a plain explanation and a price in writing, with no pressure while your house is leaking. Five or ten year guarantee, and public liability and employer's liability insurance on every job.