Roofing Services in Birmingham
Roof repairs, new roofs and roof replacement for homeowners in Birmingham — from a single slipped tile to a complete re-roof.
Elgar Roof covers the whole of Birmingham — from the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of Moseley, Kings Heath and Harborne to the interwar semis of the outer ring and the newer estates beyond. Whatever the roof, the approach is the same: inspect first, explain what we find, quote for fixing the cause.
Birmingham's roofs
Birmingham's older streets were largely roofed in Welsh slate and rosemary clay tile, and both are now well past a century old. Slates delaminate and slip as their fixing nails rust — the classic "nail sickness" — while original clay tiles can still have life left if the battens and felt beneath them haven't perished. The city's huge stock of 1930s semis brings its own patterns: mortar-bedded ridges and verges that have weathered loose, and hipped roofs where the hip irons and mortar need attention long before the tiles do.
Work we carry out across the city
Everything on our service pages is available in Birmingham: roof repairs and leak-finding, re-roofing and roof replacement in slate or tile, flat roofing for the city's many back additions and garages, chimney repairs and leadwork, and fascias, soffits and guttering. On terraced streets we're used to working with shared valleys and party parapets — and to matching reclaimed slate or tile so a repair doesn't shout at you from the pavement.
Getting a quotation in Birmingham
Photographs are the fastest start: send pictures of the problem through the contact page with your postcode and we'll come back with a quotation or a recommendation to inspect first. If you're weighing up patching an old roof against replacing it, our repair-or-replace guide sets out how we make that call.
Popular roofing services in Birmingham
Finding the real source of the leak — then fixing that, not the symptom.
Stripped to the timbers and rebuilt to last the next fifty years and more.
Stacks take the worst weather on the house — kept sound, top to flashing.
The boards that carry your gutters and close your roof — replaced properly.
Made safe first, repaired properly second — with the photographs your insurer needs.
A new covering on sound bones — the most common kind of "new roof".
Roofing for Birmingham's homes, by property type
Every era of house has its own roof — and its own way of failing. Find yours for the detail.
Slate roofs into their second century — repaired with matching materials and a proper understanding of how terraces work.
Hipped clay-tile roofs, mortar ridges and bay windows — ninety years old and very fixable.
The 1950s–70s estates are reaching re-roofing age together — get the honest verdict on yours.
Young roofs with small faults — fixed properly before they find your plasterwork.
More roof per house than anything else we work on — and the easiest roofs to look after well.
Old roofs kept old — sympathetic materials, conservation rules respected, and honesty about specialist work.
Communal roofs, converted houses and top-floor leaks — with the responsibility question untangled first.
Roofing in Birmingham — your questions answered
Which parts of Birmingham do you cover? +
Can you match the slate on a Victorian terrace? +
My 1930s semi has loose ridge tiles — is that urgent? +
Send us a few photos of the problem with your postcode — we'll confirm coverage and quote for fixing the cause. Free, no obligation.