Roof Repairs in Altrincham

Slipped slates, recurring bay leaks, failed lead and storm damage on Altrincham roofs — traced by drone and fixed properly, with a 24/7 emergency line.

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Most Altrincham roof leaks aren't where the stain is. On the Edwardian houses around Hale Road the water gets in at a bay or a valley and tracks across the loft before it shows up on a ceiling. We trace it with a drone, find the actual fault, and fix it once — not smear mortar over it and hope.

The leak is rarely where the stain is

On Altrincham’s period roofs, the stain on your ceiling tells you almost nothing about where the water is getting in. The Edwardian houses around Hale Road have bays, valleys and dormers, and water that enters at any of those will track down a rafter or along a felt lap and show up on a ceiling several feet away. Roofers who chase the stain instead of the source end up “fixing” the same leak two or three times.

We don’t guess. We put a drone up and trace the water back to where it’s actually entering — a lifted slate, a split in a valley, a length of lead that’s failed at the chimney. Then we fix that, and the ceiling dries out and stays dry.

The repairs we get called out for most around WA14 and WA15

Recurring bay and valley leaks on Edwardian houses — almost always failed lead flashing or a valley that’s been bodged before. These need the lead re-formed, not re-bedded.
Slipped and slipped-back slates. Old nails corrode and slates work loose, especially on the steep pitches around Bowdon and Hale. One slips, water gets behind, and its neighbours follow.
Failed lead at chimneys, abutments and soakers. Old lead cracks every time the roof heats and cools. Smearing mortar over a crack lasts a winter; welding new lead in lasts.
Storm damage — lifted ridge tiles, slates off after a gale, debris through the covering. This is what the 24/7 line is for.

Drone leak-tracing and a proper diagnosis

The drone is what makes the repair stick. We fly the roof, look at it close up from angles you can’t reach from a ladder, and find the fault before anyone goes up. On the larger detached roofs around Bowdon, with their multiple ridges and hips, that’s the only sane way to find a single failed flashing. You see the footage too — we’ll show you exactly what’s wrong and exactly what we’re going to do about it, no jargon.

Our certified lead welder (Master Roofers Academy) handles the leadwork, because on these roofs the lead is what fails first and where cheap repairs come undone. We’re the most-reviewed roofer in Middlewich, and every review is five stars.

Storm damage and emergencies — call any time

If a slate’s come off in a gale or water’s coming in now, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll get someone out, usually the same day, to make it watertight. Every repair is backed by our workmanship guarantee, and we’re in-house and fully insured.

Call 01606 537305 any time. We cover Altrincham, the wider WA14 and WA15 area, and across Cheshire and South Manchester.

Altrincham roofing — common questions

There's a leak over my bay window — why does it keep coming back?

Bay roofs on Altrincham's Edwardian houses are a classic recurring leak. The lead flashing where the bay meets the main wall is usually the culprit, and dressing fresh mortar over it doesn't fix it — the water just finds the same gap again. We drone-trace where it's actually getting in, then have our certified lead welder re-form the lead properly. That's the difference between a fix and a patch.

Do you do emergency roof repairs in Altrincham?

Yes. Our phone line is answered 24/7 and Altrincham is well inside our patch, so after storm damage or a sudden leak we can usually get someone on the roof the same day to make it watertight. We stop the water getting in first, then survey and quote the proper repair separately so you're not rushed into a decision in the rain.

Is there a guarantee on a repair?

Every repair carries our workmanship guarantee. We're in-house and fully insured, and three generations have done it the same way. We don't put a year figure on a repair the way we do on a full re-roof, but we stand behind the work — if we fix a leak, it stays fixed.

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Get a fixed price, not a guess

We come out, run a drone survey, and put a fixed price in writing — no surprises once the work starts. Answered 24/7 for emergencies.