Flat Roofers in Swinton.

Swinton is the town next door to our yard. We are on Newsam Road in Kilnhurst, about three minutes away, and Swinton shares our S64 postcode. When someone in Swinton rings us about a leak, the person who answers is usually the person who comes round to look at it, and Chris carries out the quote visits himself.

Swinton’s houses and the flat roofs on them

Swinton grew up between the River Don, the canal and the railway, and its housing still reflects that. Most of the flat roofs we are asked to look at fall into one of three groups.

Terraces around the town centre, Piccadilly and Bow Broom. Brick terraces, most with a single-storey kitchen or bathroom extension at the back under a small felt roof. Many of those roofs went on between the 1960s and the 1980s and have been patched at least once. A typical replacement is 12 to 18 m² and one day on site, usually £1,800 to £2,200.

Post-war semis and council-built estates around Warren Vale and Manor Farm. Garages, porches and rear extensions, mostly on old felt or on GRP laid in the 1990s. Replacing a garage roof here in single ply typically costs £1,900 to £2,300.

Newer infill on the edges of town. Homes and extensions built from the late 1990s onwards, often with the original GRP still in place. After ten to twenty years a lot of it is cracking along the joints and edges, and a patch rarely holds for long.

Terraced extensions and the party wall

On a Swinton terrace the back extension often sits right up against next door’s. The join along the party wall is where we find a lot of leaks: an upstand that was never dressed into the brickwork properly, or felt that has shrunk away from the wall. When we replace one of these roofs we form a proper upstand into the wall and finish it cleanly at the boundary, so your roof keeps the water out without relying on your neighbour’s. If we need to work from their side, we knock on and ask first.

What three minutes away means in practice

If water is coming through a ceiling in Swinton and there is room in the diary, we can often be there the same morning. Small repairs are worth our while because there is no travel to cover, so a £250 outhouse patch gets the same care as a full extension roof. We also drive through Swinton most days, which means we see how the roofs we have fitted are wearing year after year.

Where we cover in and around Swinton

Just outside town we also cover Kilnhurst, Mexborough, Rawmarsh and Wath upon Dearne. One thing worth knowing on the Mexborough side: Swinton is in Rotherham borough but Mexborough is in Doncaster, so which council handles any planning question depends on which side of the boundary you live.

Visits, quotes and guarantees

Every job starts with a free quote visit. You get a written quote showing the membrane, the price and exactly what is included, and if a repair will do the job we will tell you rather than sell you a new roof. A full single ply installation comes with a 20-year manufacturer-backed guarantee on the membrane and our own 20-year workmanship warranty, both in writing. Repair guarantees are shorter and depend on the condition of the existing roof; we confirm them in writing before we start.

Get a price in 60 seconds with the estimator, read more about flat roof repairs and flat roof replacement, or call us on 07807 815181.