Bath's Trusted Roofing Specialists

Bath is a difficult city to roof well. The housing stock is older than most, the pitches are steeper than most, and a large share of properties are terraced with shared valleys, tall chimney stacks and access that has to be thought about before a ladder goes anywhere near the building. Natural slate and stone tile coverings behave differently to modern concrete tiles, and the details around chimneys, parapets and valleys are where the majority of leaks begin. A roofer who works on these properties regularly reads them differently to one who does not.

That is the background Bath Roofing Repairs works against. The business has been running since 2004 and is led by Luke Watts, the Bath roofer behind the business, who has 22 years in the trade. It is deliberately a small operation: Luke carries out the work himself and brings in extra hands for the larger jobs. The practical benefit for you is continuity. The person who inspects your roof is the person who prices it, the person who does the work, and the person who picks up the phone if you have a question six months later.

Repairs, and everything past repairs

The name says repairs, and roof repairs in Bath are a large part of the work, leaks traced, slipped slates reset, flashings renewed, ridge and verge mortar raked out and repointed. But it is not a repairs-only business. Full re-roofs and re-tiling in Bath are carried out regularly, along with flat roofs on extensions, garages and dormers, chimney repointing and rebuilds, lead flashings and valleys, gutters, fascias and soffits, careful moss removal and roof window installation.

The honest answer on repair versus replacement is that it depends on the roof, and you should be suspicious of anyone who gives you that answer from the pavement. A roof with sound timbers, decent felt and localised damage is worth repairing. A roof where the felt has perished, the battens are failing and the nails have corroded is not, every repair simply moves the leak somewhere else. An inspection tells you which of those you have, and we will say plainly which one it is.

Fixed prices, in writing

We quote fixed prices rather than day rates. Day rates put the risk on the customer: if the job takes longer, you pay more, and you have no way of knowing whether it needed to. A fixed price puts that risk where it belongs. You get one written figure for the work described, agreed before anything starts. If something genuinely unforeseen is found once the covering is off, and on older Bath properties that occasionally happens: you will be told about it and asked before any additional work is carried out.

Insurance and accountability

Bath Roofing Repairs holds public liability insurance up to £1,000,000. That matters more on roofing than on most trades, because the work happens above your property, your neighbours' property and, in a terraced city like Bath, the public footpath. Anything not listed on this site as a formal accreditation or guarantee is not claimed. We would rather show you fewer badges and be accurate about all of them.

When it is an emergency

Emergency call-out is offered. Storm damage, a slate through a conservatory roof or water coming through an upstairs ceiling should be a phone call, not a contact form. Ring the number at the top of the page and we will tell you honestly how quickly we can get to you and what to do in the meantime to limit the damage.

Where we work

Bath is home, and Bristol is the second core area. Between and around them we cover Keynsham, Saltford, Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge, Frome, Radstock and Midsomer Norton. If you are just outside that list it is still worth calling: if it is a job we can do properly and get to reliably, we will take it on, and if it is not, we will say so rather than waste your time.