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A finished terracotta tiled roof with a dry fixed ridge line

Tiled Roofs

Tiled roofing

New tiled roofs, repairs and re-bedding on plain and interlocking tile.

Ask about tiled roofs

Tell us what is happening and we will come and look.

The work

Tiled roofs, new and repaired

Clay and concrete tiles last a long time when the roof under them is sound. What usually gives up first is the fixing and the detailing: nails corroding, battens softening, and mortar bedding on the ridge and hips cracking away.

We fit complete tiled roofs, and we do the smaller work that keeps one going: re-laying a slipped course, replacing cracked tiles, or taking a ridge line off and refitting it dry.

  • We match existing tile profiles wherever the product is still made.
  • Repairs are quoted honestly against replacement, not talked up into a re-roof.
  • Dry fixed ridge and verge on anything we rebuild.
  • One person responsible for the job from quote to clear-up.
Clay tiles and a bedded ridge on a finished pitched roof

Why TJM

Why customers choose us

  • A family-run business that has built up an enviable reputation across West London.
  • Over 25 years of experience on roofs, roofline, brickwork and the ground around the house.
  • High standards on every job, whatever its size, from a slipped tile to a full re-roof.
  • Affordable pricing, with the figure in writing before any work starts.
  • Our goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of every customer.
A red brick house in West London with a finished concrete tiled roof

What's included

What tiled roofs covers

  • New tiled roofs

    Plain tile or interlocking concrete over breathable membrane and new treated battens.

  • Tile replacement

    Cracked, slipped or frost-damaged tiles swapped and clipped back in.

  • Ridge and hip work

    Old mortar bedding removed and replaced with a dry ridge system that stays put.

  • Valleys

    Lead or GRP valley linings renewed where the old one has split or silted up.

  • Verge repairs

    Failed mortar verges replaced with dry verge units, or re-bedded where a dry system will not suit.

The price

Tiled Roofs costs

What tiled roofs costs comes down to what you actually have, not a price list. Two jobs that sound identical can be an hour of work or a week of it, which is why we do not price roofing over the phone. We come and look, then put a figure in writing.

  • Whether the work is a handful of tiles or a full covering.
  • Tile type, and whether a close match is still available.
  • Height, pitch and whether access is from a tower or a full scaffold.
  • The state of the battens and nails once a course is lifted.

Next step

Get a price for tiled roofs

Send the form or ring us. We will come and look at what you actually have, then put a figure in writing.

Our work

Read the reviews, then look at the jobs

What customers have said about the work, collected from the places they left it.

Read customer feedback straight from our MyBuilder profile, where every review is tied to a job we were hired for, and see finished work on Instagram as it comes off the scaffold.

How it works

How a tiled roofs job runs

  1. Step 01

    Get up and look

    We identify the actual fault rather than quoting for a whole roof you may not need.

  2. Step 02

    Price the work

    You get the repair price and, where it makes sense, the replacement price, so you can weigh them up.

  3. Step 03

    Do the work

    Access set up, tiles matched as closely as current products allow, and the roof left watertight.

  4. Step 04

    Show you the result

    Photographs of the finished detailing, because you cannot see it from the ground.

Questions

Tiled Roofs: common questions

The questions we get asked most often about this work. Anything else, ring and ask.

Still not sure? Ring and ask. It is usually quicker than typing it out, and you will speak to the person who would do the work.

A few tiles have slipped. Does that mean the roof is finished?

Not on its own. Slipped tiles are often corroded nails or a soft batten in one area, which is a repair. If the same thing is happening across the whole roof, replacement becomes the better spend, and we will say so.

Why does the mortar on my ridge keep cracking?

Mortar bedding moves with the roof and with temperature, so it cracks and eventually lets go. A dry ridge system fixes the ridge tiles mechanically over a ventilated roll, which is why we fit it as standard now.

Can you work on concrete tiles from the 1970s?

Yes. Interlocking concrete tiles of that era are common around here and are still repairable, though some patterns are discontinued and need the nearest current equivalent.

How long should a tiled roof last?

Concrete interlocking tiles are commonly quoted at around fifty years and clay plain tiles longer than that. What actually decides it is the battens, the nails and the membrane underneath, which is why a roof often needs work long before the tiles themselves are finished.

Can you replace just one section of tiles?

Yes, and on a roof that is sound elsewhere that is the sensible spend. The join is the part to get right, so we lap the new work into the old rather than leaving a seam for water to find.

Where we work

Roofers across West London

We work across the west London boroughs and the towns along the river. If you are just outside the list, ring and ask. We will tell you straight whether it is a journey we can make work.

  • Ealing
  • Northfields
  • Acton
  • Chiswick
  • Shepherds Bush
  • Fulham
  • Hounslow
  • Kew
  • Richmond
  • Twickenham
  • Hampton
  • Kingston
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