Full re-roofs
Strip, new underlay, new battens and re-cover, which is what most Crawley housing of a certain age eventually needs rather than another patch.
Roofing in Crawley, West Sussex
Roofers in Crawley
BW Roofing Solutions, covering Crawley and the surrounding area.
A town largely built in the same few decades, with roofs now failing on the same timetable. We tell you whether it's a repair or a re-roof, and price it fixed in writing.
Free quotes across Crawley · contactable 24 hours · £2m public liability
Free quote in Crawley
Tell us the postcode and the problem. We'll do the rest.
Local coverage
Roofing across Crawley's neighbourhoods
Crawley is unusual among the towns we cover because so much of it was built in a compressed period. The New Town neighbourhoods: Northgate, Three Bridges, West Green, Langley Green, Ifield, Tilgate, Furnace Green, Broadfield, Bewbush and Maidenbower, each have their own building era, and roofs within a neighbourhood tend to reach the end of their lives together.
That produces a lot of the same work street by street: concrete interlocking tiles over underlay that has gone brittle, low-pitch and flat sections on 1950s and 1960s housing, and flat-roofed garages, porches and extensions that have been felted and re-felted for decades.
Crawley sits at the northern end of our West Sussex coverage. Quotes are free, and we're contactable 24 hours a day for urgent leaks, with a call-out fee applying to emergency and out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Property types we work on in Crawley
1950s and 1960s New Town housing
Northgate, West Green, Langley Green and Tilgate: concrete tile roofs, shallow pitches and flat-roofed elements, most now on original or first-replacement underlay.
1970s–1990s estates
Broadfield, Bewbush and Maidenbower: interlocking tiles where failures come from verges, flashings and dry-fix components rather than the tiles.
Older village cores
Ifield and parts of Three Bridges retain pre-New Town property with slate, clay tile and traditional leadwork.
Garages, porches and extensions
Flat felt roofs everywhere across the town, many long past the life of the covering and patched repeatedly.
What we're called out for
The jobs that come up most in Crawley
Flat roofing
Three-layer torch-on felt to garages, porches, dormers and extensions, laid with falls that clear standing water.
Roof repairs
Slipped tiles, cracked verges, failed flashings and broken dry-fix components on newer estates.
Guttering, fascias and soffits
Renewing rainwater goods and the timber behind them, particularly on housing that still has original roofline.
Services in Crawley
Everything we do, available across Crawley
Roof replacement in Crawley
Full re-roofs in concrete tile, clay tile, natural slate and artificial slate, stripped, re-battened and finished properly.
Roof replacement in Crawley
Flat roofing in Crawley
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 Crawley
Roof repairs in Crawley
Slipped tiles, leaks and storm damage put right, from a single broken tile upwards.
Roof repairs in Crawley
Lead work in Crawley
Flashings, valleys, chimney lead and lead flat roofs, formed and dressed by hand.
Lead work in Crawley
Chimney work in Crawley
Repointing, repairs and full stack work, including the lead that keeps it watertight.
Chimney work in Crawley
Repointing in Crawley
Ridge, verge and brickwork repointing to stop water tracking in.
Repointing in Crawley
Guttering in Crawley
Replacement and repair so rainwater leaves the building, not the walls.
Guttering in Crawley
Fascias & soffits in Crawley
Roofline renewal that tidies the whole elevation and seals the eaves.
Fascias & soffits in Crawley
Roof surveys in Crawley
Pre-purchase and condition inspections with a written verdict. A paid service, separate from our free quotes.
Roof surveys in Crawley
Small building work in Crawley
General building jobs that sit alongside the roof.
Small building work in CrawleyWhy us
Why Crawley customers use us
When a roof is at the end of its underlay life, patching it is money spent twice, and when it isn't, a re-roof is money spent early. We'll tell you which you're looking at, and price both where it's genuinely borderline so you can decide with real figures.
We're a small team of three run by Bailey, third generation in the trade with ten years professionally on the tools. One fixed price agreed in writing before we start, no day rates, £2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and 25 years on our workmanship.
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 Crawley roofs
The town's building history is the main driver: large numbers of similar roofs, built at the same time, ageing at the same rate.
Whole streets reaching end of life together
When a neighbourhood went up in one programme, its roofs wear out in one wave. If neighbours are having tiles slip and ceilings stain, yours is likely on the same clock.
Perished underlay under sound tiles
Concrete tiles outlast the felt beneath them by decades. The roof looks fine from the road while any water past a tile runs straight into the loft.
Shallow pitches
A lot of post-war housing was built at low pitches. Wind-driven rain travels further up under the covering, so lap and underlay detail is less forgiving than on a steep roof.
Ageing flat roofs
Garages, porches and rear extensions on felt that has lost its mineral surfacing, blistered and started to pond, usually patched several times before anyone calls a roofer.
Dry-fix component failure on newer estates
Plastic verge caps, ridge unions and vents crack and work loose long before the tiles do, letting wind and water under the edge of the roof.
Our process
How a Crawley 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 Crawley
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Regional coverage
Serving West Sussex & Brighton
Crawley 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
Crawley roofing questions
Do you cover all of Crawley?
Yes: Northgate, Three Bridges, West Green, Langley Green, Ifield, Tilgate, Furnace Green, Broadfield, Bewbush, Maidenbower and the surrounding area.
How quickly can you get to Crawley?
Crawley is at the northern end of our patch and we work there regularly. We're contactable 24 hours a day and prioritise active leaks, with a call-out fee after 5pm.
How much does a new roof cost in Crawley?
We price after inspecting: size, pitch, covering, access and scaffold all change it. You get one fixed written price for the whole job, never a day rate.
My neighbours are all having their roofs done, should I?
Quite possibly. Where a street was built in one programme the roofs age together. We'll inspect yours and tell you honestly whether it's ready or has years left.
Can you replace a flat garage roof?
Yes: three-layer torch-on felt is our standard system, with falls corrected at deck level so water drains instead of ponding.
Do you do emergency roof repairs in Crawley?
We're contactable 24 hours a day. Making the roof watertight comes first, then the permanent repair. A call-out fee applies to out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Is the quote free?
Yes, anywhere in Crawley. Only a formal written roof survey report is a separate paid service.
Do you work for landlords and letting agents?
Yes. A fixed written price and a clear scope make approvals straightforward, and we work on both domestic and commercial buildings.
Why does my 1990s roof leak when the tiles look perfect?
Usually the plastic dry-fix parts or the flashings. Those components have a much shorter service life than the tiles and are what fails first.
Are you insured and guaranteed?
£2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and a 25-year workmanship guarantee, excluding storm damage, third-party damage and material failure.
Free, no-obligation quote
Get a free roofing quote in Crawley
Slipped tiles, a stained ceiling or a garage roof that's given up, tell us the postcode and we'll come out free 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 Crawley and the surrounding area.