Leaking roof? Slipped tile? Storm damage? A leak no one else has been able to find? Stop the leak, guaranteed.
We carry out roof repairs and leak detection across Stockport, Marple, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Hazel Grove and Poynton, tracing the source, not just the symptom. Same-day or next-day emergency response.
Most of the roof repair calls we get across Stockport, East Cheshire and Greater Manchester start the same way: water coming through a ceiling, a damp patch that's spreading, and one or two other roofers who've already had a go without fixing it. Whether you're in Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Hazel Grove, Poynton or anywhere in the SK postcodes, the underlying problem we trace is almost always the same.
The reason those earlier repairs didn't hold comes down to a single fact lost on a lot of people doing this work: water doesn't enter a roof directly above the spot where it shows up indoors.
Once water gets past the tiles or slates, it doesn't drop straight down. It runs along battens, follows the line of a rafter, tracks across the underlay until it finds a nail hole or a tear, and only then drops onto your ceiling, sometimes a metre or two from where it actually came in.
A roofer who takes a quick look in the loft, sees a wet patch on the felt, and replaces a tile directly above it has almost always missed the real problem. The repair holds for a week or two while the weather's kind, then the leak comes back.
A roof isn't just the bit you can see from the street. It's a system of layers that all depend on each other:
Diagnosing a leak properly means understanding where every one of those layers can fail, and tracing the path the water has actually taken. That's what we do, and it's why every repair survey ends with a written report and photographs of what we've found, before we quote you anything.
That written-quote habit is also why homebuyers use us. If the roof has been flagged on a house survey, we can get the flagged repairs priced before exchange, so the number lands in your negotiation rather than your first winter.
Every repair we quote starts with a proper diagnosis. That means walking the roof where it's safe to, inspecting the loft, and tracing the leak back to its actual entry point, not the symptom. You'll get a written report with photographs of what we've found, then a clear quote covering exactly what needs doing. No hard sell, no scope creep once we've started.
Some leaks announce themselves clearly. A tile down after a storm, a split in a lead apron, an obvious crack in the chimney flaunching: these we can usually pinpoint on the first survey and price up the same day.
Then there are the awkward ones. The leak that only shows up in heavy rain. The damp patch that moves around the room. The one two other roofers have already “fixed” twice, and it keeps coming back.
Tracing these is its own discipline, and it's where we differ from most of the trade. We inspect the roof externally first, then go through the loft systematically with a torch, looking for the trail water leaves on rafters, battens and underlay. Where access allows, we'll get on the roof itself. On stubborn or complex jobs, we'll run a hose test: controlled water across different sections of the roof while watching the loft for where it appears.
The diagnosis goes into a written report with photographs, and we'll walk you through it before quoting. See our full process for what that looks like step by step. If the source of the leak turns out to be a flat roof, see flat roof & garage roof repairs below, different system, different approach.
Call us and we'll make your roof watertight the same day, guaranteed dry while you wait. If the leak returns before the full repair is finished, we come back free of charge. The first job is stopping the water: a temporary tarp where the covering's been breached, a secured ridge if tiles have come loose, a capped chimney if a pot's gone, or sealed flashings if there's an active drip into the loft. Beyond the immediate weatherproofing we trace the source, scope the proper fix, and quote it honestly. If a repair will hold for the long term, we'll tell you; if the roof is genuinely at the end of its life and a repair is throwing money at a lost cause, we'll tell you that too. Response is usually the same day or first thing the next working day across Stockport, Marple, Hazel Grove, Poynton, and Wilmslow. For how a call-out works, how to tell if your leak is urgent, what to do while you wait, and what it costs, see our dedicated emergency roof repairs in Stockport page.
If the damage came from a storm and you'll be claiming on insurance, see storm damage roof repairs & insurance claims below for how we handle that side of it.
The most common repair we carry out, and one that gets put off too often. A single slipped tile or cracked slate is a hole in the roof. Water reaches the underlay, then the battens, then over time the timber structure itself. Left long enough, what could've been a £150 fix becomes a major repair.
We carry concrete tiles, clay tiles, and reclaimed slates to match what's already on your roof. On older property, particularly the Edwardian and Victorian terraces across the Heatons, Edgeley and the conservation areas of Marple, getting the slate match right matters as much for how the finished job looks from the street as for the watertightness of the repair. On heritage and listed property, our new roofs and re-roofing service covers the consent and material-matching side of it.
If we're up there for one tile and we spot half a dozen others on the way out, we'll show you the photographs and let you decide. Honest fix, no upsell, but no leaving things we know are about to fail either.
Where the damage is widespread enough that ongoing tile-by-tile repairs no longer make financial sense, we'll be straight with you about it. See our roof replacement page for the full re-roof side of things.
Stone slate roofs, also called stone slab or flag roofs, are a different trade from ordinary slate or tile, and they need a roofer who understands the material. Across Marple, Marple Bridge, High Lane, Disley, Bollington and the Peak District fringe, most period cottages, converted barns and listed buildings are roofed in local gritstone and sandstone, and they fail in ways a standard tile repair will not fix.
The stone itself lasts well over a century, so the problem is almost never the stone. It is the things holding it up: corroded iron nails or perished timber pegs that let stones slip, the lime mortar torching under the stones wearing away, frost cracking or delamination, and failed lime bedding at the ridges and verges. We trace where the water actually gets in, not just the stain on the ceiling, then put it right with the correct materials.
Repaired with traditional lime mortar, matched reclaimed stone and the original fixing method. The wrong materials, cement instead of lime, do lasting damage.
A different repair again, covered by our tile and slate replacement above. Telling the two apart is the first thing a good stone roofer does.
Our stone repairs cover slipping in and re-fixing matched stones, re-pegging where the fixings have gone, renewing the underside torching and ridge bedding in traditional lime mortar, and sourcing reclaimed gritstone sorted by size so the repair disappears into the original roof. A typical stone slate repair is around £300 to £600 including labour, though it varies with access, the extent of the damage and how much matched stone is needed. We quote in writing after a free survey.
On listed buildings and homes in conservation areas we work like-for-like, matching the original stone and method so the roof keeps its character and stays within consent. Where a stone roof is genuinely beyond economical repair, we will tell you straight and point you to our heritage stone re-roofing service rather than keep patching a lost cause.
Ridge tiles sit along the apex of the roof, traditionally bedded in a sand-and-cement mortar. The mortar bed is the weak point: it cracks from thermal movement, frost gets into the cracks, and bit by bit the bond breaks down. The first sign is usually mortar fragments on the path or driveway after wind. Eventually a ridge tile slips, lifts, or comes off entirely, and once that happens, the gap underneath is one of the largest water entry points anywhere on the roof.
We carry out two types of work here. The first is re-bedding existing ridge tiles, lifting them, cleaning off the old mortar, and re-bedding in fresh mortar with a proper weather seal and pointing. This is the right answer when the ridge tiles themselves are sound and the structure's solid.
The second is upgrading to a dry ridge system, mechanically fixed ridge tiles with no mortar at all. Dry ridge meets current British Standards (BS 5534), doesn't crack the way mortar does, won't need re-pointing in fifteen years' time, and is now the standard finish on any new-build or full re-roof. On most properties built before about 2015 the ridge is still mortar-bedded, and the upgrade is one of the most cost-effective long-term improvements you can make to an older roof.
We'll talk you through both options at survey and price each so you can compare.
Where the roof meets a wall, a chimney, another roof, or the side of an extension, lead flashings handle the join. They're also the most common source of persistent leaks we trace, and the part of the roof cheap repair quotes tend to skim past.
We carry out the full range: replacement step flashings on chimneys and abutments, lead aprons, back gutters and soakers, valley re-leading, and full re-flashing where existing leadwork's reached the end of its life. Where the existing lead is salvageable, we'll re-dress it and re-point. Where it isn't, we replace in the correct lead code (thickness) for the application, typically code 4 for soakers, code 5 for step flashings and valleys, code 6 for back gutters and chimney aprons. Going under-spec on lead grade is one of the main reasons cheap flashing repairs come back within a few years. For full leadwork specs and bay-roof leadwork, see our lead services page.
Flashing work and chimney work are usually quoted together, the leadwork around a chimney depends on the brickwork it's keyed into, and vice versa. See chimney repairs below for that side of it.
Chimney stacks take more weather than any other part of the roof. They're exposed on all four sides, they're full of joints, pointing, flaunching, flashings, pot fittings, and every one of those joints is a potential point of failure.
We carry out: re-pointing of crumbling mortar joints (a major cause of damp running down a chimney breast), re-flaunching of the mortar weatherings on top of the stack, pot replacement for cracked or loose pots, lead tray installation to handle internal damp travel through the stack, and full chimney rebuilds where the brickwork itself is too far gone for cosmetic repair. The full range of stack work is detailed on our dedicated chimney services page.
If your chimney's leaking through several different routes at once, we'll have an honest conversation about whether a rebuild makes more financial sense than ongoing patches. A patched chimney that leaks again the following winter is dead money.
Chimney work nearly always involves leadwork, see roof flashing repair above for how the two interact. For unused or redundant chimney stacks, removal is also an option we can quote separately.
High winds lift and displace tiles, strip ridge lines and tear flashings across Stockport and the foothills of the Peak District, and the damage always looks worse from the ground than the fix usually is. We give a same-day or next-day response after high winds.
If water's coming in we make the roof safe and dry first, guaranteed, and the make-safe cost is credited back if we do the full repair.
Every storm callout ends with a written report and photographs before we quote anything, and an honest read on whether it's storm damage or wear, because the two get very different answers from an insurer.
Water coming in right now? See our emergency roof repairs in Stockport.
Thinking of claiming? Read our guide to storm damage roof insurance claims
Flat roof leaks behave differently to pitched roof leaks. Water doesn't track far across a flat surface, but the failure points are different, and the repair approach is different too.
The common ones: splits at the upstand around an extension, blistered felt that's perished in the sun, ponding water that's broken down the surface coating, lifted edges where the original detailing was poor, and seam failures on older felt systems.
We repair all the main systems: high-performance felt, EPDM rubber, and GRP fibreglass. Sometimes a repair is the right call. Sometimes the system has had its life and you're throwing money at a roof that needs replacing, and we'll tell you straight which is which.
For more on flat roof systems, replacement options, and the warm-deck construction we use on extensions, see our dedicated flat roofing page.
A damp patch on the bedroom ceiling directly below the dormer, staining where the dormer meets the main roof, felt on the flat top that has blistered or split, or hanging tiles slipping off the cheeks. Dormer faults announce themselves early and get expensive quickly, because everything below a dormer is a finished bedroom rather than an empty loft.
Dormers pack more junctions into a few square metres than any other part of a roof: upstands on three sides, a front face, two cheeks, and an abutment back into the pitch. Every one of those joints depends on the lead and the detailing, and most of the dormers we repair were built by general builders 15 to 25 years ago with the roofing treated as an afterthought. The covering fails first, the lead second, and the water shows up on the ceiling below.
We repair and re-roof every type of dormer covering. Flat tops are stripped and re-covered in EPDM rubber with a 50 year membrane. Pitched dormer roofs are re-tiled or re-slated to match the existing roof, with the same matching approach as our tile and slate replacement. Vertical tile hanging on the cheeks and front is repaired or replaced like for like so the dormer still blends with the original property. Lead flashings at the upstands and abutments are renewed in the correct code as part of the job, see our lead services page for the full leadwork specs.
Most dormer repairs and full top re-covers are done in 1 to 2 days. Free assessment with photographs of the fault before any work is agreed.
And if the dormer is past economic repair, or you are thinking of rebuilding it larger while the scaffold is up, see our dormer loft conversions for what a rebuild involves.
Honest roof repairs across Stockport and East Cheshire. We trace the leak, fix it properly, and tell you straight whether a repair or a replacement is the better call.
Most repairs £280 to £600 See what affects the price
Simpler jobs like a slipped slate or a blocked downpipe often cost less. Free survey, written quote, no obligation.
“Excellent friendly helpful service with detailed quotes and repairs to gutters, tiles and flashing all carried out promptly, tidily and with good explanation of work.”
“Dan's knowledge, candour and honesty are top notch. He helped identify issues with our roof that others completely missed, giving us a really clear understanding of the state and realistic life span of the roof. As a result he actually talked me out of doing more work, due to the limited life it would have against the rest of it, suggesting I save my money to have it all done properly in the future when we need to. He was always extremely helpful in making sure the work was done to a high standard.”
“We had several broken tiles on a ground floor roof causing a leak in our utility. Our gable end undercloaking board was also failing and becoming a hazard in high winds. We had great service from Daniel Scott Roofing, Dan was quick to assess the damage and gave a clear, competitive quote on the repairs needed. They completed the repairs promptly and professionally with good communication throughout, would definitely recommend!”
“Excellent, very professional service. I contacted Daniel regarding a leaking valley above my bay window which myself and others had tried to repair without success. He got back to me within an hour, came and looked at the job and explained what he thought was needed to resolve the problem, then sent a quote within a few days which I was happy with. The job was completed shortly after. Excellent communication from start to finish, first rate tradesmen and would definitely recommend.”
Every repair is quoted in writing after a free survey, with no obligation and no pressure to go ahead. The table below is a guide to what most jobs cost across Stockport and East Cheshire.
| Type of repair | Typical cost, including labour |
|---|---|
| Simpler jobs (a single slipped slate, a blocked downpipe) | Can be less than £280* |
| Most common repairs (leaks, broken tiles, flashing, ridge) | £280 to £600 |
| Storm damage & larger repairs | Quoted on survey |
*This is just a typical pricing guide. We always need to see the roof before a quote can be guaranteed. Quotes are free and come with no obligation.
And we will always be straight with you. If a repair will hold and save you the cost of a new roof, we will say so. If your roof is genuinely past saving and a repair would just be throwing good money after bad, we will tell you that too, even if it means turning the work down. We would rather keep you as a customer than sell you a patch that will not last.
Once we have quoted, the price is fixed in writing, with no extra costs added once the work has started.
No obligation • Free across Stockport & East Cheshire • Honest advice on repair or replace
In an emergency we can usually make your roof watertight the same day, or first thing the next working day. That first visit is about stopping the water, with a temporary tarp, a secured ridge or sealed flashings as needed. The make-safe cost is credited back when we carry out the full repair.
Yes. When we make a roof watertight it is guaranteed dry, and if the leak comes back before the full repair is finished we return free of charge. Every quote is fixed in writing too, so the price and the work are agreed up front, with nothing added once we have started.
In most cases it can be repaired. Slipped, cracked or missing stones, failed ridge mortar and lost torching are all repairable without re-roofing. A full replacement is usually only needed when the fixings or timbers have failed across the whole roof, or the damage is widespread. We survey first and give you a straight answer either way.
We carry out roof repairs & leak detection across Stockport and the surrounding area. Every location below has its own dedicated page. Click through for local detail on the work we carry out there.
We also cover roofing right across East Cheshire, including roofers in Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, our Handforth page, roofing in Macclesfield, Bollington, roofers out in Adlington, Poynton, roofers in Disley and Knutsford.
Don't see your area listed? We almost certainly still cover it. Get in touch and we'll confirm.
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