Leak diagnosis
Tracing water back to where it actually enters, valleys, flashings, stacks or ventilation, instead of replacing the nearest tile and hoping.
Roofing in Brighton, West Sussex
Roofers in Brighton
BW Roofing Solutions, covering Brighton and the surrounding area.
Steep streets, tight terraces and Victorian slate that fails through its fixings rather than its slates. We diagnose the cause before quoting, then fix it at a price agreed in writing first.
Free quotes across Brighton · contactable 24 hours · 25-year workmanship guarantee
Free quote in Brighton
Tell us the postcode and the problem. We'll do the rest.
Local coverage
Roofing across Brighton, from Kemptown to Preston Park
Brighton is dense, hilly and overwhelmingly Victorian, and its roofs reflect that. Terraces in Kemptown, Hanover, Preston Park, Fiveways and the North Laine sit shoulder to shoulder with shared stacks, back-addition valleys and rear extensions that have been re-covered several times over.
Add the exposure: the city faces the Channel across a rising slope, so wind funnels up the streets rather than being broken by anything, and you get roofs that lose ridge tiles, verges and slates far more readily than sheltered inland stock.
We cover Brighton as part of our West Sussex and Brighton patch. Quotes anywhere in the city are free, and we are contactable 24 hours a day for leaks that cannot wait, with a call-out fee applying to emergency and out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Property types we work on in Brighton
Victorian terraces
Hanover, Kemptown, Preston Park and Fiveways: natural slate, shared chimney stacks, back-addition valleys and bay roofs, most now relying on original or once-replaced fixings.
Converted flats and HMOs
A large share of the city's terraces are split into flats or let rooms, where a roof defect affects several households and a written fixed price makes splitting the cost straightforward.
Interwar and post-war housing
Patcham, Hollingbury, Moulsecoomb and Woodingdean bring conventional tiled roofs, many on perished underlay and due for re-covering.
Rear extensions and dormers
Loft conversions and kitchen extensions across the city, adding flat areas, dormer cheeks and new abutments to roofs that were never designed with them.
What we're called out for
The jobs that come up most in Brighton
Slate repairs and re-slating
Replacing slipped and delaminated slates, and re-covering roofs where nail failure has spread across the slope.
Chimney and lead work
Repointing, re-flaunching and re-leading tall shared stacks, which cause more damp in Brighton terraces than anything else.
Flat roofing to extensions
Three-layer torch-on felt on rear extensions, dormers and bays, with falls corrected so water reaches the outlet.
Services in Brighton
Everything we do, available across Brighton
Roof replacement in Brighton
Full re-roofs in concrete tile, clay tile, natural slate and artificial slate, stripped, re-battened and finished properly.
Roof replacement in Brighton
Flat roofing in Brighton
Three-layer torch-on felt systems. A tried-and-tested build-up we fit day in, day out, with hot-works insurance in place.
Flat roofing in Brighton
Roof repairs in Brighton
Slipped tiles, leaks and storm damage put right, from a single broken tile upwards.
Roof repairs in Brighton
Lead work in Brighton
Flashings, valleys, chimney lead and lead flat roofs, formed and dressed by hand.
Lead work in Brighton
Chimney work in Brighton
Repointing, repairs and full stack work, including the lead that keeps it watertight.
Chimney work in Brighton
Repointing in Brighton
Ridge, verge and brickwork repointing to stop water tracking in.
Repointing in Brighton
Guttering in Brighton
Replacement and repair so rainwater leaves the building, not the walls.
Guttering in Brighton
Fascias & soffits in Brighton
Roofline renewal that tidies the whole elevation and seals the eaves.
Fascias & soffits in Brighton
Roof surveys in Brighton
Pre-purchase and condition inspections with a written verdict. A paid service, separate from our free quotes.
Roof surveys in Brighton
Small building work in Brighton
General building jobs that sit alongside the roof.
Small building work in BrightonWhy us
Why Brighton customers use us
Most Brighton call-outs start as 'there's a damp patch and nobody can find it'. Water travels along battens and rafters before it drops, so we work back from where it appears, covering, flashings, valleys, stack and the loft side, and fix the actual entry point.
We're a three-man team run by Bailey, a third-generation roofer professionally in the trade for ten years. Fixed prices in writing before we start, no day rates, £2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and 25 years of workmanship guarantee.
Fixed prices, agreed first
One written figure for the whole job before we start. We never work on day rates, so the price you accept is the price you pay.
25-year workmanship guarantee
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 25 years, excluding storm damage, third-party damage and material failure.
£2m public liability
£2 million public liability insurance, on domestic and commercial jobs alike.
The same three people
A small team run by Bailey, a third-generation roofer with ten years professionally in the trade. Nothing is subbed out.
Contactable 24 hours
We answer out of hours for leaks that can't wait. A call-out fee applies to emergency and out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Free quotes, no pressure
Quote visits cost nothing. Only a formal written roof survey report is charged as a separate service.
Local conditions
What goes wrong on Brighton roofs
Terraced, exposed and mostly nineteenth-century, Brighton's housing produces a distinct set of roofing failures, and a lot of leaks that appear a long way from where the water gets in.
Wind funnelled up the streets
The city rises from the seafront, so gales accelerate up the hills rather than dispersing. Ridge tiles, verges and loose slates come off in numbers on exposed elevations.
Nail sickness in Victorian slate
Original fixings corrode long before the slate wears out. Slates slip in ones and twos for years, then in handfuls, the point at which patching stops being sensible.
Back-addition valleys
Terraces with rear additions have valleys collecting water from two slopes into one channel. A defect there produces a lot of water very quickly, and often into a neighbour's property as well as your own.
Shared stacks over party walls
Tall stacks exposed on all sides, frequently unmaintained because responsibility is split. Failed flaunching and pointing put water into both houses at once.
Loft conversions and condensation
Converted lofts seal off the ventilation path a roof relies on. The result looks exactly like a leak, wet timbers, damp insulation, but it's condensation, and it needs a different fix.
Our process
How a Brighton job runs
01
Free quote visit
We come out, get on the roof and tell you plainly what it needs, and what it doesn't. It costs you nothing.
02
Fixed price agreed
One written figure covering the whole job. No day rates, no drifting totals. A deposit secures the date.
03
Done and guaranteed
A three-man team, on site until it's finished and cleared. Balance on completion, workmanship guaranteed 25 years.
Nearby
We also cover, close to Brighton
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Regional coverage
Serving West Sussex & Brighton
Brighton sits within our regular working area across West Sussex and Brighton. If your town isn't listed, call anyway; we're usually nearby.
Straight answers
Brighton roofing questions
Do you cover all of Brighton?
Yes: Kemptown, Hanover, Preston Park, Fiveways, North Laine, Patcham, Hollingbury, Moulsecoomb, Woodingdean and the rest of the city, alongside Hove and the wider West Sussex area.
How quickly can you reach Brighton?
Brighton is part of our regular patch and easy to get to. We're contactable 24 hours a day and treat active leaks as a priority, with a call-out fee for out-of-hours work after 5pm.
How much do roof repairs cost in Brighton?
It depends on the defect and the access, a slipped slate reachable from a ladder is very different from a valley or shared stack needing scaffold. We quote after looking, as one fixed written figure.
Can you find a leak nobody else has?
That's a large part of what we do here. Brighton terraces move water a long way before it shows, so we trace it back through the covering, flashings, valleys, stack and loft rather than guessing.
My roof is shared with next door, how does that work?
Common on terraces and shared stacks. We quote the whole job in writing so costs can be split clearly between owners, and we're happy to explain the work to both parties.
Do you work on flats and HMOs?
Yes. Converted terraces and let properties are a big part of Brighton, and a fixed written price makes it much easier for landlords, agents and freeholders to agree the work.
Is parking or access a problem in narrow streets?
It's a normal part of working here. We factor access, parking and any scaffold into the quote up front rather than raising it as an extra cost later.
Do you do emergency roof repairs in Brighton?
We're contactable 24 hours a day. Getting the building watertight comes first, with the permanent repair once conditions allow. A call-out fee applies after 5pm.
My loft conversion is damp but the roof looks fine, why?
Usually ventilation. Converting a loft blocks the eaves-to-ridge airflow, so moist air condenses on the cold underside of the roof. It's fixable, but not by replacing tiles.
Are you insured and guaranteed?
£2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and 25 years on our workmanship. Storm damage, third-party damage and material failure are excluded.
Free, no-obligation quote
Get a free roofing quote in Brighton
A leak nobody can find, slates on the pavement or damp round the chimney, tell us the postcode and we'll come out, diagnose it properly and price it fixed.
07766 878193Or email bwroofing1@icloud.com · Open 24 hours (call-out fee applies after 5pm)
- 25-year workmanship guarantee
- £2m public liability
- Fixed price, never day rates
Domestic and commercial work across Brighton and the surrounding area.