Braintree re-roofing specialists
Full strip-and-recover re-roofs and new roof installations — tiles or slate, new battens, breather membrane, ventilation and fixings to current standards. In Braintree that usually means working on town housing and modern estates, alongside commercial jobs around Springwood industrial estate. Braintree District Council is the local authority, and we'll flag anything that may need consent before we start.
- County
- Essex
- Postcode
- CM7
- Access
- A120
- From Chelmsford
- ~12 miles
What Braintree roofs typically need
Town housing, estates and industrial premises.
Slipped and cracked tiles
Most Braintree call-outs start with a handful of slipped tiles that let water onto the felt below.
Downtime and access planning
Work around Springwood industrial estate is scheduled so trading, deliveries and site access continue.
Mismatched previous repairs
Layers of different tiles and cement patching add weight and trap water; a strip-and-re-cover puts one consistent system back on.
Gutter and fascia neglect
Overflowing gutters soak the wall head and rot the fascia on town housing, which then costs more than the original clearance would have.
What goes on the roof
- Concrete interlocking tiles
- The standard on post-war and modern estates — quicker to lay, heavier, and clipped at verges and eaves where exposure demands it.
- Dry-fix ridge, hip and verge
- Mechanically fixed systems that do not depend on mortar — the single biggest durability upgrade on an exposed re-roof.
- Fascia, soffit and rainwater goods
- Renewed at the same time where they are rotten, because access is already paid for by the scaffold.
- Breather membrane and battens
- Graded battens and a vapour-permeable membrane replace the old bitumen felt, which is the part of a re-roof nobody sees and everybody relies on.
The work, step by step
Full strip-and-recover re-roofs and new roof installations — tiles or slate, new battens, breather membrane, ventilation and fixings to current standards.
- Full strip and re-roof
- Tile, slate and pantile coverings
- New battens, membrane and ventilation
- Ridge, hip and verge dry-fix systems
Business premises near Springwood industrial estate?
We quote reactive repairs and planned maintenance for commercial and agricultural roofs.
Nearby villages and towns
Braintree sits about 12 miles from Chelmsford, so Colchester, Saffron Walden and Sudbury are all on the same run for us. Roof Replacement & New Roofs enquiries here are handled the same way. That includes commercial premises around Springwood industrial estate.
Frequently working in and around Springwood industrial estate, Freeport retail.
Braintree roofing questions
- Will you need scaffold on a Braintree property?
- For a full re-cover, yes — it's a working platform and an edge protection requirement, not an upsell. Scaffold is included and set out in the written quote.
- How disruptive is a re-roof?
- Noisy for a few days and dusty in the loft, but you can stay in the house. Roofs are left weathertight overnight and trading hours are worked around.
- What happens if you find rotten timbers?
- We stop, photograph it and price the repair before covering it up. It's the one part of a re-roof that can't be fully quoted in advance, so we tell you the rate for it up front.
- How long will the work take?
- A repair is often the same day; a full re-cover on a typical house is usually a matter of days once scaffold is up. We give indicative dates with the quote and confirm them when materials are ordered.
- Do we need permission from Braintree District Council?
- Most like-for-like roof work doesn't need consent, but listed buildings and conservation areas can. If your property looks like it falls into that, we'll say so at inspection so it's dealt with before work starts.
How we work — and what we don't claim
Fixed written specification
Membrane grade, batten size, fixing pattern and ridge system are all named in the quote.
Local knowledge
Braintree District Council area work, the CM7 postcode district — we know the building types and what tends to fail on them.
You see the roof stripped
Before the new covering goes on you're welcome to see the bare deck and what we found — no hidden surprises later.
Book a free inspection
On town housing the salvage question matters: clay and natural slate often survive a strip and go back down; tired concrete tiles rarely justify it. We decide that with you on the roof, not in the office. CM7 addresses are quoted on the same terms as anywhere else in Braintree District Council.
Business premises near Springwood industrial estate?
We quote reactive repairs and planned maintenance for commercial and agricultural roofs.