Guides
Straight answers about roofs
Written to be useful on their own, including where the useful answer is that you do not need a roofer. No sales copy, no scare tactics.
All guides
- 6 min readHow to check a roofer is legitimate, and the questions to askThe checks worth doing before a deposit changes hands.
- 5 min readStorm damage and your insurance: what is covered and how to claimWhy wear and tear is excluded, and the evidence that makes a claim go smoothly.
- 5 min readRepair or replace? How to tell which conversation you are havingThe questions that decide it, and when patching becomes a false economy.
- 6 min readWhat a new roof costs in London, and what changes the priceWhy quotes vary so much, and the questions that make them comparable.
- 6 min readFlat roof systems compared: torch-on, EPDM and GRPWhat each of the three systems suits, and how each of them fails.
- 4 min readRoof leaking? What to do in the first hourProtecting the room, draining a bulging ceiling safely, and what to photograph.
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