Roofers in Leatherhead,Where the Mole Cuts Through the Downs.
Leatherhead is our Surrey base in the sense that matters most: the Surrey line, 01372 632 128, is a Leatherhead number. The town's roofs run from the older streets by the river to the 1930s estate at Givons Grove and the post-war housing north of the centre.
Roofing and Guttering in Leatherhead, on the Surrey Line.
The River Mole has cut a steep-sided valley through the North Downs at Leatherhead, and the town sits in it with Leatherhead Downs rising to the south and Norbury Park beyond. The present station dates from 1867, and the streets that grew around it, Fairfield, Highlands and Kingston Roads, Copthorne, Clinton, Reigate and Woodville Roads among them, are the Victorian and Edwardian core.
The town then grew outwards between the wars: council housing on Kingston Road from 1925 and on Poplar Road, the St Mary's Road estate, Yarm Court in 1935, and the Givons Grove estate laid out south of the town in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After the war, bomb damage north of the centre was replaced with new housing along Cleeve, Kingston and Copthorne Roads.
We cover KT22, which takes in Leatherhead, Fetcham and the Oxshott side, and the neighbouring villages of Ashtead, Great Bookham and Effingham, on the Surrey line.
The Roofs of Leatherhead, Estate by Estate.
The Victorian Streets
Slate and clay tile on the roads laid out after the railway, with the stacks and valleys that any house of that age brings.
Givons Grove and the Inter-War Estates
Hipped roofs in clay or concrete tile from the late 1920s and 1930s, on underlay, battens and fixings of the same age. Sound-looking tiles over perished felt is the usual story.
The Post-War Streets North of the Centre
Housing built to replace bomb damage along Cleeve, Kingston and Copthorne Roads: concrete tile, long gutter runs and flat roofs on the garages and extensions that followed.
Fetcham and the Villages
Bungalows and semis in Fetcham, and older houses in Ashtead and the Bookhams, many on clay ground that moves with the seasons and tells on the pointing of a stack.
What We Get Called to in Leatherhead.
Roof Repairs
Slipped tiles, cracked hip and ridge mortar and worn flashings, found from the roof and repaired properly.
Roof Repairs explained02Downpipes
Blocked, cracked and detached downpipes replaced, and the shoe at the bottom set so water goes away from the wall rather than down it.
Downpipes explained03Flat Roofs
Garages, extensions and dormers in felt or GRP fibreglass, repaired where a repair will hold and renewed with proper falls where it will not.
Flat Roofing explained04Gutter Replacement
New runs hung to a fall along the eaves of the inter-war and post-war streets, with the fascia checked first.
Gutter Replacement explainedThe Valley, the Clay and Ninety-Year-Old Felt.
Leatherhead's ground is a mix. The town sits on the Mole's valley floor, the Downs are chalk, and much of the surrounding housing stands on clay that swells and shrinks with the seasons. On clay a chimney stack or a gable can move a little every year, and the pointing and the lead flashing are what give first. We look at both whenever we are up on a roof here.
The inter-war estates have a common story: tiles that look fine from the pavement over underlay that has perished and fixings that have rusted. We lift a few tiles and tell you what is underneath before recommending a repair or a re-roof, and we do not suggest the second when the first will do.
Mole Valley District Council is the planning authority. Most roof repairs need nothing from them. Where a house is listed or in a conservation area we check what applies before we price.
The fault we are called to most in Leatherhead, lit on the house.
Where We Work in and Around Leatherhead.
KT22 and the villages around it, on a local 01372 number.
Leatherhead Town Centre
KT22The High Street, the station and the Victorian and Edwardian streets around them.
Leatherhead North
KT22The post-war housing along Cleeve, Kingston and Copthorne Roads.
Leatherhead South and Givons Grove
KT22The estate laid out south of the town in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Fetcham
KT22West of the town, with Hawks Hill and the streets towards Bookham.
Ashtead
KT21The village to the north-east, on the Epsom road.
Great Bookham and Little Bookham
KT23The villages to the west, on the Guildford line.
Effingham
KT24The spring line village beyond the Bookhams.
Mickleham and Norbury Park
RH5The Mole valley south of the town, towards Dorking.
Why Two Jobs in Leatherhead Cost Different Things.
We give a written price for the work we have looked at. In Leatherhead these are the things that move it.
What the Underlay Is Like
On the Givons Grove houses and the inter-war streets the tiles may be sound while the felt has perished. Repair and re-roof are very different prices, and we lift tiles to tell you which.
Stack Movement on Clay
A chimney that has moved needs pointing, flaunching and lead done together. It costs more than a quick repoint and it lasts.
The Flat Roofs
Garages and extensions in felt or GRP are priced by their area and their outlets, and by whether a repair will hold. We tell you which honestly.
The Questions We Get Asked in Leatherhead.
Yes. 01372 632 128 is a Leatherhead number, and it is the line to ring for Leatherhead, Fetcham, Ashtead, the Bookhams, Cobham and Epsom.
Yes. Fetcham is KT22 like the town, and Great and Little Bookham are a few minutes further along the Guildford line. All are covered from the Surrey line.
Clay ground under much of the area moves with the seasons, and the stack moves with it. Repointing on its own only lasts so long; the lead flashing and the flaunching need doing at the same time, and we look at all three together.
Not necessarily. What ages first is the underlay and the fixings, not the tiles, and we can only tell by lifting a few and looking. We do that before we suggest anything, and a re-roof is only proposed when the roof needs one.
Yes. Felt and GRP fibreglass, repaired where a repair will hold and renewed with proper falls where it will not. We tell you which honestly.
Yes. Ashtead is on the Epsom road to the north-east and Effingham is beyond the Bookhams to the west. Both are on the Surrey line, which is a Leatherhead number.
No. The visit and the written price are free, with no obligation to go ahead.
The Other Towns on the Surrey Line.
The Surrey line is a Leatherhead number, and Leatherhead, Fetcham and the villages around them are where it rings most. Ring 01372 632 128 for a free written quote.
Tell Us About the Roof in Leatherhead, and We'll Come and Look.
Your name, a number, the street and what you have noticed. That is all we need.