Roofing Services in Peacehaven
From a single slipped tile to a complete new roof — the roofing work we carry out for homeowners across Peacehaven and the surrounding area.
Overview
Residential roofing, start to finish
Brighton Roofing works on pitched and flat roofs across Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs, Saltdean, Newhaven and the villages inland. Most of it is repair and maintenance work; the rest is re-roofing and roofline replacement.
Each of the services below covers work we carry out regularly. If your problem does not obviously fit one of them — or you are not sure what is causing it — that is normal, and a phone call is usually the quickest way to sort it out. Call 07444 738438 or send an enquiry and describe what you are seeing.
01 — Roofing service
Roof repairs
Repair work makes up the bulk of what we do. Most jobs start the same way: something has moved, cracked or worn through, and water has found the gap. The repair itself is often quick — the useful part is working out what actually failed, and whether anything around it is about to do the same.
We check the covering, the flashings, the ridge and the abutments, and where it helps we look in the loft as well. Daylight, damp timbers and staining on the underlay all point to where water is getting in.
- Slipped and cracked tiles
- Missing tiles and slates
- Ridge and hip tile repairs
- Verge and abutment repairs
- Failed or lifted flashings
- Repointing where mortar has failed
02 — Roofing service
Flat roofing & flat roof repairs
Flat roofs cover a lot of ground in Peacehaven — kitchen extensions, garages, porches and dormers. A flat roof is only as good as its covering and its falls, and both are worth checking when problems start.
Where the covering is generally sound and the fault is localised, a repair is usually the sensible answer. Where it has hardened, split across the surface or lost its finish, patching tends to buy months rather than years, and recovering the roof is the better use of the money. We will tell you which situation you are in.
- Flat roof repairs and patching
- Flat roof replacement and recovering
- Blistering, splitting and lifting seams
- Standing water and drainage problems
- Garage, porch and extension roofs
- Dormer roofs
03 — Roofing service
New roofs & re-roofing
There comes a point where a roof stops being worth repairing — when the covering is failing in several places at once, the underlay has perished, or battens are no longer holding fixings properly. At that stage a new roof is the more economical option over any sensible timeframe.
Re-roofing means stripping the existing covering, replacing battens and underlay, and re-covering the roof — reworking the ridge, verges, valleys and abutments as part of the same job rather than leaving old details in place under new tiles.
- Full re-roofing
- New roofs on extensions
- Battens and underlay replaced
- Ridge, verge and valley detailing
- Tile and slate coverings
- Roof refurbishment
04 — Roofing service
Roof maintenance & inspections
Roofs are easy to ignore because most of the roof is invisible from the ground. A look over the covering, flashings and roofline every so often — and particularly after a rough winter — catches the small things while they are still small.
An inspection is also worth doing before you buy, before you decorate a room that has had a damp problem, or when you simply want to know whether the roof has years left in it. You get a plain assessment of the condition and what, if anything, needs doing now.
- Roof inspections and condition checks
- Post-storm checks
- Moss and debris clearance
- Gutter and outlet clearing
- Minor repairs before they spread
- Advice on repair versus replacement
05 — Roofing service
Roof leak repairs
A leak is a symptom, not a location. Water entering at a slipped tile can run down the underlay, along a rafter and across a ceiling before it appears — sometimes several metres from where it got in, and sometimes only in wind-driven rain from one direction.
That is why we trace leaks rather than guess at them. Chimneys, flashings, valleys and the junctions where a roof meets a wall are the usual suspects, and they are checked before anyone starts sealing anything.
- Leak tracing and diagnosis
- Chimney and flashing leaks
- Valley and abutment leaks
- Water ingress around dormers
- Damp appearing on ceilings
- Repairs to the source of the leak
06 — Roofing service
Storm damage repairs
Exposed coastal roofs take the worst of it. Strong winds lift tiles along ridges and verges, pull at flashings and can strip sections of covering outright. Debris and neighbouring damage add to the tally.
After a storm it is worth checking the garden for fallen tiles and the loft for daylight, then getting the roof looked at. Damage that looks minor from the ground often turns out to have shifted more than one tile.
- Wind-lifted and displaced tiles
- Damage along ridges and verges
- Stripped or torn flat roof coverings
- Damaged flashings and lead
- Making roofs weathertight again
- Assessment for insurance purposes
07 — Roofing service
Tile & slate roofing
Concrete and clay tiles and natural slate all fail in their own ways. Tiles crack, delaminate and slip their nibs; slates suffer nail fatigue and start sliding out one at a time, usually in the same area of the roof.
Matching a repair matters. A replacement that is the wrong profile, size or colour stands out for the life of the roof, so we match to the existing covering as closely as the material allows.
- Concrete and clay tile repairs
- Natural slate repairs
- Nail fatigue and slipped slates
- Matching existing coverings
- Full tile or slate re-covering
- Ridge and hip bedding
08 — Roofing service
Chimney repairs & leadwork
Chimneys are one of the most common sources of roof leaks, and one of the most commonly missed. Mortar joints erode, flaunching cracks around the pots, and the lead flashing where the stack passes through the roof lifts or splits.
Leadwork is worth doing properly. Correctly formed and dressed lead at chimneys, valleys and abutments is what keeps water out at the points where a roof is most vulnerable.
- Chimney repointing
- Flaunching and grouting
- Lead flashings and soakers
- Valley leadwork
- Abutment and step flashings
- Redundant stack work
09 — Roofing service
Fascias, soffits & guttering
The roofline is where a lot of roof problems actually begin. Blocked or split guttering sends water back against the fascia and down the wall, and rotten timber behind it stops holding the gutter — which makes the problem worse.
Replacing fascias, soffits and gutters in UPVC deals with the rot and the maintenance at the same time. Where the roof edge itself has suffered, that gets put right as part of the work.
- UPVC fascias and soffits
- Guttering replacement
- Blocked and overflowing gutters
- Leaking joints and downpipes
- Rotten roofline timber
- Bargeboards and cladding
Not sure what you need?
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it looks like
You do not need to diagnose your own roof. A description of what you can see — a damp patch, a tile in the garden, a gutter that overflows — is enough to start with.
Speak to a roofer