Leadwork and parapet gutters
Renewing failed lead to parapets, box gutters, bay tops and abutments, the most common source of persistent damp in Hove's older stock.
Roofing in Hove, West Sussex
Roofers in Hove
BW Roofing Solutions, covering Hove and the surrounding area.
Hove's Victorian and Regency stock is a leadwork and parapet town more than a tile town. We form lead on site, point in a mortar that suits the masonry, and price the whole job as one fixed figure.
Free quotes across Hove · £2m public liability · 25-year workmanship guarantee
Free quote in Hove
Tell us the postcode and the problem. We'll do the rest.
Local coverage
Roofing across Hove, from the seafront to Hangleton
Hove is one of the more demanding places we work, and one of the most interesting. The seafront squares and avenues, the Victorian terraces around Brunswick, Palmeira and Poets' Corner, and the interwar and post-war housing spreading up through Hove Park, Aldrington, Hangleton and West Blatchington are three quite different roofing jobs sharing a postcode.
Closer to the sea, roofs are hidden behind parapets, drained through box and valley gutters and finished with stucco and rendered abutments, details that live or die on their leadwork. Further north the stock becomes conventional pitched tile and slate, with the usual mix of perished underlay, failed bedding and flat-roofed extensions.
We cover Hove as part of our West Sussex and Brighton patch, quote free anywhere in the city, and are contactable 24 hours a day with a call-out fee applying to emergency and out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Property types we work on in Hove
Regency and early Victorian terraces
Brunswick and the seafront squares: parapets, hidden gutters, lead flats over bays and rendered abutments. These roofs are almost entirely a leadwork and drainage problem.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces
Poets' Corner, Aldrington and the streets off Church Road: natural slate, shared stacks over party walls, and valleys between back additions.
Interwar and post-war semis
Hove Park, Hangleton and West Blatchington: clay and concrete tile roofs, many now on perished felt and needing re-covering rather than repair.
Flats and converted houses
Large parts of Hove are flats within converted terraces, where a roof problem is a shared problem and access and coordination matter as much as the repair.
What we're called out for
The jobs that come up most in Hove
Slate repairs and re-slating
Replacing broken and delaminating slates, and re-covering roofs where nail failure has become general rather than local.
Chimney and stack work
Repointing, re-flaunching and re-leading tall shared stacks that take weather from every direction.
Flat roofs to extensions and bays
Three-layer torch-on felt where lead has been patched beyond sense, with falls set so the roof actually drains.
Services in Hove
Everything we do, available across Hove
Roof replacement in Hove
Full re-roofs in concrete tile, clay tile, natural slate and artificial slate, stripped, re-battened and finished properly.
Roof replacement in Hove
Flat roofing in Hove
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 Hove
Roof repairs in Hove
Slipped tiles, leaks and storm damage put right, from a single broken tile upwards.
Roof repairs in Hove
Lead work in Hove
Flashings, valleys, chimney lead and lead flat roofs, formed and dressed by hand.
Lead work in Hove
Chimney work in Hove
Repointing, repairs and full stack work, including the lead that keeps it watertight.
Chimney work in Hove
Repointing in Hove
Ridge, verge and brickwork repointing to stop water tracking in.
Repointing in Hove
Guttering in Hove
Replacement and repair so rainwater leaves the building, not the walls.
Guttering in Hove
Fascias & soffits in Hove
Roofline renewal that tidies the whole elevation and seals the eaves.
Fascias & soffits in Hove
Roof surveys in Hove
Pre-purchase and condition inspections with a written verdict. A paid service, separate from our free quotes.
Roof surveys in Hove
Small building work in Hove
General building jobs that sit alongside the roof.
Small building work in HoveWhy us
Why Hove owners use us
Period roofs punish shortcuts, and most of what fails in Hove is detail rather than covering. We form lead on site so it fits the building, cut it into raked joints rather than sealing it on, and choose mortars that suit soft historic masonry instead of sealing it up in cement.
Bailey is a third-generation roofer, professionally in the trade for ten years, and runs every job himself with a team of three. Fixed prices agreed in writing before work starts, £2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and a 25-year 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 Hove roofs
Hove combines seafront exposure with a lot of nineteenth-century construction, which produces failures you rarely see on modern estates.
Parapets and hidden gutters
Behind a parapet, water has nowhere to overflow except inwards. A blocked or failed box gutter puts water straight into the building, and the first symptom is usually a stained ceiling rather than anything visible outside.
Failed lead at abutments
Mastic and flashing tape over old lead is endemic on period property. It buys a season, then peels, and in the meantime water is soaking into masonry rather than dripping where you can see it.
Salt exposure and soft masonry
Seafront wind drives salt into stucco and soft brick. Hard cement pointing traps that moisture and blows the faces off the masonry, which is why mortar choice matters as much as the work itself.
Nail sickness in old slate
Victorian slate roofs usually fail through their fixings, not the slate. Once slates start slipping across the whole slope rather than in one spot, patching stops being economic.
Shared stacks and party walls
Tall shared stacks over party walls are exposed on all sides and are often nobody's clear responsibility, so they go unmaintained until damp appears on both sides of the wall.
Our process
How a Hove 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 Hove
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Regional coverage
Serving West Sussex & Brighton
Hove 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
Hove roofing questions
Do you cover all of Hove?
Yes: Brunswick and the seafront, Poets' Corner, Aldrington, Hove Park, Hangleton, West Blatchington and everything between, alongside Brighton and the wider West Sussex area.
How quickly can you get to Hove?
Hove is within our regular working area and easy for us to reach. We're contactable 24 hours a day and prioritise active leaks, with a call-out fee applying after 5pm.
How much does roofing work cost in Hove?
Period property varies enormously, parapets, scaffold and leadwork all move the figure, so we price each roof after inspecting it, then give you one fixed written price. Never a day rate.
Do you work on period and listed buildings?
We work on period property regularly, and hand-formed leadwork is a large part of what we do. Any listed-building consents remain the owner's responsibility to obtain.
My flat is in a converted house, can you still help?
Yes. We work on converted terraces and flats often. Where a roof is shared, we'll quote the whole job so the cost can be split clearly between owners.
Damp keeps coming back on my chimney breast, why?
Almost always the stack rather than the covering: perished pointing, cracked flaunching or split lead. We price the whole stack together, because fixing one part and not the others rarely stops it.
Can you fix a leaking parapet or box gutter?
Yes: that's routine Hove work. We re-form lead gutters and linings, clear and correct outlets, and make sure water has somewhere to go before it finds its way inside.
Do you do emergency call-outs in Hove?
We're contactable 24 hours a day. Making the building watertight comes first, then the permanent repair. A call-out fee applies to out-of-hours work after 5pm.
Is the work insured and guaranteed?
Yes: £2 million public liability, membership of the Confederation of Roofers Association, and 25 years on our workmanship, excluding storm damage, third-party damage and material failure.
Is the quote free?
Yes, everywhere in Hove. Only a written roof survey report is a separate paid service.
Free, no-obligation quote
Get a free roofing quote in Hove
Leaking parapet, damp chimney breast or slates on the pavement, send us the postcode and we'll come out, look properly, and give you one fixed price.
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 Hove and the surrounding area.