RoofersinBournemouth
We are based in Bournemouth, so this is the town we work in most. Victorian slate in the older roads, post-war tile in the suburbs, and a lot of roofs that have quietly reached the same age at the same time.
- Both owners on site, so the people quoting are the people doing the work
- We will tell you if the job does not need doing
- British Standard materials, fitted to manufacturer spec
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Tell us what the roof is doing and we will come and look at it.
- 1 dayTwin stacks down at Moordown
- 15–20 yrGuarantee on roofs we install
- 5.0 ★From 21 Google reviews
- BothOwners on every job
What a Bournemouth roof usually turns out to be
Bournemouth is unusual in that almost none of it existed two hundred years ago. It was heathland until Lewis Tregonwell built the first house in 1810, and the resort proper was laid out from 1836. The railway arrived in 1870 and the town went from around three thousand people in 1861 to roughly forty seven thousand by 1901. That matters on a roof more than it sounds. A town that grew that fast built an enormous amount of housing in a very short window, which means a great many slate roofs in the older roads went on within a few decades of each other. Slate outlives its nails comfortably, so what those roofs reach together is not worn out slate but nail fatigue, and it arrives across a whole street at roughly the same time. The other half of the town is later. Bournemouth kept expanding through the twentieth century, and those suburbs are concrete interlocking tile rather than slate. Those roofs fail differently: the tiles go porous and shed their surface across the whole roof at once, and the felt underneath perishes. There is also the heath, or what is left of it. Landowners planted pines across it as the town grew, and mature pines near a house mean needles in the gutters and moss on the north slope for as long as the trees are there.
- Victorian slate in the older roads, usually failing at the nails rather than the slate
- Post-war concrete tile in the suburbs, which fails across the whole roof at once
- Pines from the old heath planting, which fill gutters and valleys
BournemouthWhat we do in Bournemouth
The same services everywhere we work, but what each one usually means in Bournemouth is not what it means inland. Pick the one closest to your problem.
Roof Replacement
Slate RoofsThe Victorian roads. Usually nail fatigue rather than failed slate, so ask us before you accept a re-roof quote.
Tiled RoofsThe post-war suburbs. Concrete tile that has gone porous, with perished felt underneath.
Extension RoofsCommon on the larger Victorian houses that have been extended at the back. The join is the job.
New Build RoofsMostly infill plots and replacement dwellings rather than estates. Priced from the drawings.
Roof Repairs
Roof Leak RepairsOn the tall Victorian houses the leak is often a valley or a chimney rather than the covering.
Ridge & Hip Re-PointingThe most common single job we do here, and the cheapest thing that stops a roof letting water in.
Storm Damage RepairsExposed elevations near the top of the town take it worst. Made safe first, then photographed for your insurer.
Flat Roofing
EPDM Rubber RoofingGarages, porches and the rear extensions that were added to half the suburbs in the seventies.
GRP Fibreglass RoofingWhere a flat roof is a balcony, which is common on the properties up towards the cliffs.
Felt & Torch-On RoofingThe larger flat roofs on converted properties, where a single rubber sheet will not reach.
Also availableRoof Surveys & Inspections
1810
First house built on the heath
1870
Railway arrived, and the town filled
15–20 yr
Guarantee on roofs we install
Based here
This is our home town
How a Bournemouth job runs
The same five stages everywhere. What we look hardest at here is the age of the covering.
We come and look at the roof
On a Victorian slate roof the question is almost always whether the nails have gone or the slate has. Those look identical from the pavement and they are completely different jobs, so we get up and find out.
Scaffold goes up and materials arrive
Three storey Victorian houses need proper scaffold rather than a roof ladder, and parking for it takes arranging on the older roads. We sort that before the start date, not on the morning.
The old roof comes off
Sound natural slate is worth keeping and we set it aside as we strip. On the post-war tiled roofs there is nothing worth salvaging and it all goes.
New felt, battens and covering go on
Proctor Air breathable felt and new battens, then the covering. On the older houses we match the slate as closely as the range allows and show you the option first.
We clear up and hand it over
Site cleared, waste away, guarantee issued. On the narrower roads that means keeping the skip and the scaffold out of your neighbours way for as little time as possible.
The kind of roofs we replace around Bournemouth
Our own work. No stock photography.
Captions name what was done.
What Bournemouth customers say
We are a new company and we are building this up honestly. These are the jobs people have been kind enough to comment on.
Sam Young
Southern Counties Roofing completed a full re roof for me. I was very pleased with outcome and there professionalism. Would deffo recommend.
Kris Pass
Great job, thanks guys. Would highly recommend.
Clive Curley
Nice guys to deal with and a good price a1
What Bournemouth customers ask us
Mostly about the age of the housing stock, and about access on the older roads.
My neighbours have all had their roofs done. Do I need mine doing?
Possibly, and it is a fair thing to notice. Whole streets here went up within a few years of each other, so the roofs reach the same age together. That said, we would rather look at yours than assume it matches next door.
My house is three storeys. Is that a problem?
No, but it does mean proper scaffold rather than a roof ladder, and that is a real cost we show you separately rather than burying it in the total.
There are big pines overhanging the roof
Common here, because the heath was planted with them as the town grew. It means needles in the gutters and moss on the shaded slope. Worth clearing yearly rather than waiting for the overflow.
Roofing questions from Bournemouth
Do you cover all of Bournemouth?
Yes, the whole town. We are based here, so this is where most of our work is, and we are across it regularly rather than travelling in for the occasional job.
My slates keep slipping. Does that mean a new roof?
Usually not, and on the older Bournemouth roads it very often does not. Slate outlives the nails holding it, so slipping slates on a sound roof normally means the fixings have corroded rather than the covering failing. If it is happening across the whole roof every winter, relaying is the honest answer.
Why do so many roofs around here need doing at once?
Because the town filled up so quickly. Bournemouth went from a few thousand people in the 1860s to around forty seven thousand by 1901, so a great deal of housing went up in a short window and those roofs age together.
How much does a new roof cost in Bournemouth?
It follows the size of the roof, its pitch and the access. A tall Victorian semi with scaffold on a narrow road is not the same job as a post-war bungalow. We come and look, then give you a written figure.
Do you do the concrete tiled roofs in the suburbs?
Yes, and they are a large part of what we do. Concrete interlocking tile goes porous and sheds its surface across the whole roof at once, which is the point where replacing rather than patching is the honest answer.
Do you come out at night or at weekends?
No. We do leak repairs and make-safe work during the working day. We would rather say that plainly than have you waiting on somebody who is not coming.
Other towns we cover
Bournemouth is home, and these are the towns around it we work in regularly.
Get a straight answer about your Bournemouth roof
We are based in the town. Tell us what the roof is doing and we will come and look at it.
Get a free quote
Tell us what you need and we'll come back with a price. No pressure, no hard sell.
Prefer to talk? Call Southern Counties Roofworks Ltd on 07895 305286