Rutland
Roof repairs in Oakham
Slipped tiles, leaks and failed lead put right across Oakham and Rutland, photographed and quoted in writing.
A slipped tile lets water in months before anything shows on a ceiling. We repair roofs across Oakham and the Rutland villages, from one tile to a whole elevation, and you see photographs of what is actually wrong before you get a price.
What is ours and what is not
Slate, clay pantile and concrete tile repairs are straightforwardly our work, as is every kind of lead work, guttering and flat roofing. Stone slate is a specialist heritage trade and we will say plainly when a roof wants one of those craftsmen instead. Being sent to the right person is worth more than being sold the wrong repair, and on a building that has stood for three hundred years it matters more than our diary does.
Finding the leak, not the stain
Water runs along battens and down rafters and drops wherever it likes, so the mark on the ceiling is rarely under the hole. We work back to the actual entry point, lifting tiles where we need to rather than guessing from the ground, and photograph what is underneath so you see the same evidence we do.
Exposure, and the repairs it causes
Open Rutland ground is hard on the edges of a roof. Verges at a gable, ridge tiles on a bare mortar bed and anything already slightly loose take the worst of it, and a repair that puts back exactly what failed will fail again. Where that is the pattern we will tell you honestly that a mechanically fixed ridge or verge ends the cycle rather than restarting it.
Matching an older roof
Where a tile has been out of production for years we have sourced matched replacements from a salvage yard rather than fitting the nearest modern thing, because a bright patch in a weathered roof is not really a repair. Repairs carry the same five or ten year guarantee as our largest jobs, and our customers have rated us 5.0 across Google, Checkatrade, MyBuilder and Bark.
- Free written quotes
- The price quoted is the price paid
- Five or ten year guarantee on every repair
- Fully insured, public and employer's liability
- 5.0 rating across Google, Checkatrade, MyBuilder and Bark
Our work
Jobs near Oakham
Every photograph here is EverCrest's own, taken on the job.
What people say
In their words, not ours
One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Roof Repairs in Oakham: common questions
Can you repair a stone slate roof?
Tell us what the building is and we will give you a straight answer. Stone slate is a specialist heritage trade and some jobs genuinely want one of those craftsmen. Plenty of other work on the same building, lead, guttering, flat roofs, is ordinary roofing and is ours.
My ridge keeps failing. Why does the repair not last?
Because rebedding in mortar restores exactly the thing that failed, and on open Rutland ground it fails again. A mechanically fixed ridge has nothing up there to crack or wash out.
Do you cover Uppingham and the villages?
Yes, all of LE15. Being outside Oakham itself is no bar, and a single repair is booked the same way as a larger job.
How do you find a leak with no obvious hole?
By working back from where the water lands to where it enters, which means getting up and lifting tiles rather than guessing. You get photographs of the actual entry point.
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