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When anyone asks who really delivers top-tier roof solutions in Glasgow, the answer that comes back time and time again is Glasgow Roofmasters. We have been looking after the city’s roofs for over twenty-five years now, from the oldest tenements in Park Circus to brand-new housing estates in Robroyston, and from tiny garages in Maryhill to huge warehouse roofs in Hillington. We are not the biggest company, but we are the one people trust when they want the job done properly, on time, with no fuss and at a price that makes sense. Homeowners, landlords, schools, churches, factories and housing associations all choose us because we turn up when we say we will, we use the best materials we can get our hands on, and we leave every roof stronger and drier than we found it. Year after year we fix thousands of roofs across every postcode in the city, and we are proud that most of our new customers come from someone we have already helped saying “phone Glasgow Roofmasters – they sorted my roof and they’ll sort yours too”.
What makes us top-tier is very simple: we only employ proper time-served roofers who care about their work. Every man and woman on our teams has served a full apprenticeship and keeps learning new skills every year. We have slaters who can hand-dress Scottish slate like it was still 1890, tilers who lay rosemary clay tiles so straight you could use them as a spirit level, flat-roof specialists who fit fibreglass and rubber systems that stay watertight for decades, and leadworkers who can weld and boss lead so neatly it looks like jewellery. We turn down shortcuts and we never send labourers up on a roof to “have a go”. When you book Glasgow Roofmasters, proper tradespeople arrive in the dark-blue vans, with clean boots, good manners and all the right tools for your job.
We also believe top-tier service means being easy to deal with from the very first phone call. Our office team answers the phone seven days a week, and if it is an emergency we can have a crew with you in under an hour anywhere inside the M8. We give free surveys and fixed-price written quotes that do not change unless you ask for extra work. We turn up on the exact day we promise, we protect your garden and your ceilings, we clean up every evening, and we do not leave until you are happy and the roof is perfect. That is why we have hundreds of five-star reviews and why big property companies keep giving us contracts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds – they know we deliver every single time.
People also choose us because we are completely open about prices and materials. We will sit down with you and show you samples of the exact tiles, slates, felt or fibreglass we plan to use, explain why we picked them, and tell you how long they should last. We keep big stocks of common Glasgow tiles and slates in our yard so we can start most jobs within a few days and we never delay a job waiting for materials. Everything we fit comes with long written guarantees that are backed by independent insurance, so even if something happened to our company tomorrow your guarantee would still be safe.
One of the questions we get asked more than any other is: “How long does a new roof last?” The honest answer depends on what kind of roof you choose, how well it is fitted, and how the famous Glasgow weather treats it, but here are the real-life figures we see every day. Traditional Scottish slate, when it is fixed properly on new breathable felt and good timber, will comfortably last 80–120 years. Many of the roofs we are asked to repair still have their original Victorian slates that are over a hundred years old and could go on for decades more if the felt underneath is renewed. Modern concrete interlocking tiles – the big grey or brown ones you see on most newer houses – normally give 50–70 years of trouble-free life. High-quality clay plain tiles or rosemary tiles last about the same, often with the colour still perfect after half a century. When it comes to flat roofs, a proper three-layer torch-on felt system should reach 25–35 years, while modern GRP fibreglass roofs are now lasting 40 years and more with almost no maintenance. Even a budget single-layer felt repair on a garage or extension, if it is laid on a warm deck with good falls, will easily see 15–20 years. The most important thing is that the roof is fitted by people who understand ventilation, expansion and how water moves – that is why roofs laid by Glasgow Roofmasters always reach or beat those ages.
The second question that almost every customer asks is: “Do I need to replace the whole roof or can you just repair it?” Nine times out of ten the answer is that a good repair will keep you going for many years and save you thousands of pounds. We will never push you into a full new roof unless it is truly needed. When we come out for a free survey we climb right up and check every tile, every piece of flashing, the felt, the timbers, the chimneys and the gutters. We take photos and show you exactly what is wrong and what can wait. If only a few tiles are slipped, or a small area of felt has failed, we can often fix just that section and give you a ten- or fifteen-year guarantee on the repair. We keep spare slates and tiles from almost every estate in Glasgow so we can usually match what you already have perfectly. Even if half the roof is poor we can sometimes do a partial re-roof – just the worst side or the back elevation – and blend it in so nobody can tell. We only ever recommend stripping the whole roof when the underlying felt is rotten right across, when more than a third of the tiles or slates are cracked or missing, when the roof timbers have widespread rot, or when the roof is simply at the end of its natural life and keeps costing you money in repairs. Even then we will always give you options: a full replacement for the longest life, or a cheaper overlay system if money is tight right now.
That honest approach is why families trust us with their home, why landlords give us all their properties to look after, and why surveyors and architects recommend us without hesitation. We would rather save a customer £8,000 today with a repair that lasts than sell them a new roof they do not yet need. When the day does come that a full new roof is the right answer, you already know and trust us to do it properly.
Being top-tier also means looking after the little things that matter. We send you a text the evening before to confirm we are coming. The crew leader phones when they are thirty minutes away. We bring our own toilet so we never need to use yours. We lay down boards and tarpaulins to protect your plants and driveway, and we sweep the street with magnets at the end of every day to collect any old nails. If we spot a cracked gutter or loose verge while we are up there we point it out and usually fix it free of charge because we hate coming back for tiny jobs. Neighbours often stop to ask for cards because they like the way we work.
How much does a new roof cost in Glasgow right now?
In 2025, with materials and wages where they are, this is what we charge every single day for a full strip and re-roof, including scaffolding, skips, new felt, battens, tiles or slates, leadwork and rubbish removal – everything you need:
-Small mid-terrace house or cottage (50–70 m² of roof): £4,900–£6,900 for good-quality concrete tiles, £6,400–£8,900 if you want natural or reclaimed slate.
-Standard 3-bedroom semi-detached (80–110 m²): £7,400–£10,800 for tiles, £9,800–£14,200 for slate.
-Larger 4/5-bedroom detached or house with dormers (120–180 m²): £12,500–£19,500 depending on shape and material.
-Top-floor tenement flat (one or two sides): £3,800–£6,200.
-Flat roofs: three-layer torch-on felt £90–£120 per square metre, GRP fibreglass £135–£185 per square metre.
These are the prices we actually give customers when we visit, not “starting from” prices that suddenly jump once we are on site. VAT is included, the quote is fixed, and the only time it ever changes is if you decide you want extras such as dry-ridge, roof windows or upgraded insulation. We are happy to work to a budget too – if you only have £6,000 we will tell you exactly what we can do for that money instead of trying to push you into spending more.
Do we give free quotes?
Yes, always, and we really mean free. You can phone, text, WhatsApp, Facebook message or fill in the form on our website any time, day or night. We will arrange a visit within a day or two (or the same day if it’s urgent). One of our surveyors comes out, climbs the ladder, takes photos, measures everything and then sits down with you. We show you samples of the tiles, slates or flat-roof systems we recommend, explain the choices, and leave you a full written quote that is valid for two months. If you book the job, perfect. If you decide not to go ahead, that is also perfect – you never owe us a penny for the visit or the quote. We would rather walk away than pressure anyone.
How long does it take to replace a roof?
A normal family house takes us between five and nine working days from the moment the scaffold goes up until it comes down again and the street is swept clean. Here’s the usual timetable:
-Day 1: Scaffold up, strip one side, cover with big tarpaulins overnight.
-Day 2: Strip the second side, repair or replace any rotten timber, fit new breathable felt and battens across the whole roof so the house is watertight again by evening.
-Days 3–7: Lay the new slates or tiles, fit new lead valleys and flashings, new ridges and verges.
-Final day or two: Point chimneys, clean gutters, remove scaffold, sweep for nails with a magnet and hand you the keys back.
A simple bungalow or tenement flat can be finished in three to five days. A big house with lots of chimneys, dormers and valleys might stretch to ten or twelve days. We work Monday to Saturday and only stop if the rain is absolutely torrential or the wind is dangerous. Even then, the house is always left safe and dry every night. Once we start your job, we do not disappear to another site – your roof gets finished before we move on.
Will we damage your garden or your ceiling?
No, we won’t. We treat every house like it is our own family’s home. Before we even put a ladder up we lay heavy boards or plywood sheets across flower beds, lawns and paths so the scaffold feet and our boots never touch your plants or grass. We stretch catch-nets and tarpaulins along the whole length of the house so that old slates, tiles and nails fall into the nets instead of onto your roses or your car. At the end of every single day we sweep those nets, pick up every scrap, and run a big rolling magnet over the grass and driveway to collect any tiny nails that might have escaped. Inside the house we hang dust sheets from the loft hatch and lay protective boards across the attic floor so nothing drops through onto your bedroom or landing ceiling. In more than twenty-five years and thousands of roofs we have never once had to pay out for a damaged ceiling, and the only time plants have ever been harmed is when the customer asked us to trim them back because they were touching the gutter. Your garden and your ceilings are safe with us.
Do you need to move out while the work is done?
Almost never. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you can stay in the house the whole time. Yes, it will be noisy for a few days – you’ll hear banging, the radio playing, and the lads shouting to each other – but the house stays warm, dry and secure every single night. As soon as we strip one side of the roof we cover it with huge reinforced tarpaulins that are clipped and weighted down so no rain gets in, even in a gale. By the end of the second day the new underlay and battens are on and the house is more watertight than it was before we started. You can sleep in your own bed, cook in your kitchen, and watch television without any problem. The only time we ever suggest someone moves out for a night or two is if the house has a very old lath-and-plaster ceiling that is already cracked and we have to replace a lot of rotten timber – in that case there can be a bit of dust and vibration. Even then, most folk just go to their daughter’s or book a cheap hotel for one night and come back the next day. Families with babies or elderly relatives sometimes choose Premier Inn for a couple of nights because they want total quiet, but that is their choice, not because we make them leave.
Can you fix or replace my roof in the rain?
Yes, we work in the rain every week – this is Glasgow, after all! We carry massive 10-metre by 8-metre tarpaulins in every van so the moment we lift the first slate we can cover the whole open area in minutes later. Water does not get into your loft. For emergency leaks we can be on your roof in the middle of a storm, making the house safe the same hour you phone. For full re-roofing jobs we slow down a little in heavy, constant rain because it is safer and the new materials go on better when it’s dry, but we never stop completely. Felt and battens can go on in light rain, fibreglass flat roofs can be laid in the wet (the primer actually likes a damp surface), and we can strip, repair timbers and get the roof covered again even if it is pouring. The only side at a time. If the forecast is terrible for a whole week we might shift your start date by a few days so we can work faster and give you a better finish, but once we begin we keep going. The lads wear proper waterproofs, the tools are looked after, and the house stays dry. Customers are always amazed when they look out the window in the rain and see the crew still up there getting on with it, radio blaring, having a laugh.
Those three worries – garden, ceilings, moving out, and working in the rain – are completely normal, but after a quarter of a century doing this job all over Glasgow we have it down to a fine art. We have replaced roofs on tiny cottages in Croftfoot where the garden is only three metres wide, on big villas in Pollokshields with prize-winning roses, on tenement flats where the only access is through the close and up the stairs, and on new-build houses with brand-new carpets the owners were terrified about. Every single time the garden looked the same when we left (often better, because we power-wash the paths), the ceilings stayed perfect, the family stayed in their own beds, and the rain didn’t stop us finishing on time.
We even had one lady in Giffnock who was convinced she would have to board her three cats and stay with her sister for two weeks. We started on the Monday morning, and by Wednesday afternoon she sent us a selfie of the cats sleeping on the bed while we were tiling above them – she couldn’t believe how little disturbance there was. Another customer in Bearsden recorded the noise level inside his living room while we were stripping the roof: 58 decibels – quieter than a normal conversation. That’s the kind of care we take.
Do we work on flat roofs?
Yes, and we do a lot of them – probably thirty or forty every month. Glasgow is full of flat-roof extensions, bay windows, garages, tenement back courts, 1960s houses, modern apartments and commercial buildings, so flat roofing has always been a big part of our work. We fit every modern system you could want:
-Traditional three-layer torch-on mineral felt (the green or grey stuff you see everywhere)
-Single-ply EPDM rubber that comes in one big sheet and is glued down
-GRP fibreglass that sets rock-hard and never needs painting
-Hot-melt rubberised systems for big commercial jobs
-Genuine rolled-lead flat roofs on listed buildings or high-end dormers
We carry all of them in stock and every fitter on our flat-roof teams is trained and certified by the makers – Firestone for rubber, Cromar or Langley for felt, and the Lead Sheet Training Academy for lead. Customers often tell us they phoned three or four roofers and got told “we only do pitched roofs” or “we’ll just slap some felt on it”. With us you get proper flat-roof specialists who know how to build proper falls, fit edge trims that never lift, and detail outlets so the water actually leaves the roof instead of sitting there and rotting everything. Whether it is a tiny porch two metres square or a 400-square-metre school roof, we treat it the same – properly.
What guarantee do you give?
We give long, straightforward, insurance-backed guarantees that actually mean something. Here is exactly what you get in writing the day we finish:
-Natural slate roofs – 20-year guarantee (often 30 years if we also renewed the timbers)
-Concrete or clay tile roofs – 15-year guarantee
-Traditional three-layer torch-on felt flat roofs – 15–20 years
-GRP fibreglass flat roofs – 25-year guarantee
-EPDM rubber flat roofs – 20–30 years depending on the maker
-All leadwork and chimney flashing – 20 years
-Dry-ridge and dry-verge systems – 15–20 years
Every single one of those guarantees is backed by an independent insurance policy from Guarantee Protection Insurance, so even if Glasgow Roofmasters was not here in twenty years’ time (and we plan to be), you or the next owner can still claim. We also give you a simple one-page certificate you can keep with your house papers. If anything ever goes wrong that is our fault – a leak, a slipped slate, a lifted trim – we come back and fix it free, no arguing. In twenty-five years we have never once refused a genuine guarantee claim, and that is something we are very proud of.
Do I need planning permission or a building warrant?
The good news is that in almost every normal house in Glasgow you need neither for a straightforward roof replacement. Here are the simple rules we explain to every customer:
You NEVER need planning permission just to replace an existing roof with the same type of covering (slate for slate, tiles for tiles, felt for felt).
You only need planning permission if you are changing the shape of the roof (adding big dormers, raising the ridge height) or changing to a completely different material that looks very different (for example, putting bright-red Spanish tiles on a grey tenement). Even then it is usually allowed anyway.
You DO need a building warrant for most full re-roofs or big flat-roof replacements, but it is only paperwork and costs between £200 and £450 depending on the job value. We fill in the whole form for you, send it to Glasgow City Council or East Renfrewshire or wherever you are, pay the fee upfront, and get the warrant issued before we start work. You never have to deal with the council yourself. Once the job is finished the building inspector pops round for ten minutes, signs it off, and you get a Completion Certificate that is gold dust when you sell the house.
There are only two common jobs where no warrant is needed at all:
Simple repairs that do not touch the structure (replacing a few slates, re-bedding a ridge, new flashing round a chimney).
Like-for-like replacement on a flat roof smaller than 20 m² (most house extensions and garages).
Listed buildings and conservation areas sometimes have extra rules about keeping original slates or matching lead details exactly, but we know all of those rules inside out and we sort the listed-building consent for you if it is needed.
So in everyday language: if you are just getting a new roof that looks the same as the old one, you don’t have to worry about planning permission, and we handle the quick building-warrant paperwork for you, and the whole thing is finished before you know it. Hundreds of customers every year are amazed at how little red tape there is once we explain it.
Do you remove all the rubbish?
Every single scrap. When we leave, the only thing different about your house should be that the roof is brand new. We bring our own skips or caged vans and load everything straight into them – old slates, broken tiles, rotten felt, rusty nails, bits of wood, even the empty cement bags and coffee cups from the lads’ lunch. At the end of each day the site is tidied, and on the last day we do a proper clean-up: the crew sweeps the street, runs a big rolling magnet up and down the driveway and garden three or four times to pick up any stray nails, and we even hose down the path if it’s muddy from our boots. If you have wheelie bins we’ll rinse them out if we used them for small bits. Neighbours often come out and say “you’d never know they’d been here” because the place looks spotless. We recycle whatever we can – good slates go to reclamation yards, metal goes for scrap, timber is chipped – but you never see any of it again. The skip is gone the same day we finish.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, properly and fully, and we are happy to prove it. We carry £10 million public liability insurance and £10 million employers’ liability insurance, both renewed every year with the same big UK insurer. That covers absolutely everything: if (touch wood) a slate fell and damaged your car or a neighbour’s greenhouse, if one of the crew had an accident, or if anything at all went wrong that was our fault, the insurance pays without argument. We also have separate contract works insurance that covers the job itself while we are working on it – fire, storm damage, theft of materials, anything. Before we start every single job we email or hand you a one-page certificate that shows the policy numbers, the cover amounts and the renewal date so you can see it is live. If you are a landlord or a housing association we can add you as an “interested party” on the policy at no extra cost. In twenty-five years we have only ever had two small claims (one cracked Velux and one cracked paving slab) and both were sorted within days. We are also fully registered with Constructionline, CHAS, and the NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors), so big clients and councils already know our insurance is in order.
How do I know if my roof needs replaced or just repaired?
It’s simpler than most people think. Stand in your street and look up, then go into the loft with a torch. Here are the clear warning signs we teach every customer:
-If more than one in ten tiles or slates are slipped, cracked or missing, or if whole rows are sliding, the roof is near the end.
-If you can see daylight through the roof boards in the loft, or the felt underneath is hanging in tatty ribbons, it’s time for a new roof.
-If the ridge tiles or hip tiles are loose or the cement is falling out in chunks, that’s another big clue.
-If the roof sags in the middle or has a wavy look, the timbers underneath are probably tired and need replacing.
-If you keep getting leaks in different places no matter how many times someone “fixes” it, the roof has simply reached the end of its life.
On the other hand, if the leaks are only in one or two spots, the felt is still black and springy, most of the tiles or slates are sound, and the timbers are dry and strong, then a good repair will easily buy you another ten or fifteen years. We see this all the time – a £900 valley repair or £1,800 partial re-roof on the back slope saves a customer £9,000 and keeps the house perfect until the kids have left home. When we come out for a free survey we will tell you exactly which side of the line your roof is on, show you the photos, and never push you into more work than you actually need.
Why is there a damp patch on my ceiling?
Nine times out of ten it is not the tiles or slates themselves letting water in – it is one of the hidden details that has failed. The most common culprits we find every week are:
-Cracked or lifted lead flashing round the chimney or where the roof meets a wall.
-A split or perished valley (the V-shape where two roofs join).
-Broken or slipped tiles right above the damp patch – sometimes only one or two.
-Blocked or overflowing gutters pouring water down the wall and under the roof edge.
-Failed cement fillet (the old-fashioned concrete strip) round a flat-roof extension or bay window.
-Condensation in the loft because the ventilation is poor and cold water is dripping off the underside of the felt.
We once had a family in Bishopbriggs who were convinced their whole roof needed replacing because they had a huge brown map on the bedroom ceiling. We climbed up, found one single cracked tile directly above the stain, replaced it and the three around it, sealed the nail holes, and the patch dried out in a week – £180 and the roof was saved. Another customer in Shawlands had damp in three rooms and was quoted £14,000 for a new roof by someone else. We fixed two failed valleys and renewed the chimney flashing for £2,400 and the house has been bone dry ever since. A damp patch is a symptom, not a death sentence – let us find the real cause before you spend big money.
My chimney is leaking – is it the flashing or the pot?
Most of the time (about 85 %) it is the flashing, not the pot. Here’s how to tell the difference:
If the leak only appears when it is raining hard or when the wind is blowing from a certain direction, and the water comes in round the edge of the chimney breast, then it is almost certainly the lead flashing that has lifted, cracked or been badly fitted in the past. This is the sheet of lead that is meant to stop water running down the chimney stack and sneaking under the slates or tiles. Over twenty or thirty years the lead moves, the mortar it is tucked into crumbles, and tiny gaps open. We see it every day.
If the water is coming straight down the inside of the flue and dripping out of the fireplace even when there is no wind, then it is usually the chimney pot, cowl or the pointing at the top of the stack. The pot might be cracked, the haunching (cement round the base of the pot) might have washed away, or the flue might be letting rain straight rain in because there is no cowl or the cowl is broken.
The good news is that both are straightforward to fix. New lead flashing and proper pointing costs £450–£850 on a normal chimney and comes with a 20-year guarantee. A cracked pot or missing cowl is usually £150–£350. We always climb up, take photos from every angle, and show you exactly where the water is getting in before we touch a thing. Half the time customers are amazed it is only the flashing and not the whole chimney that needs rebuilt.
How often should I have my roof checked?
Twice a year is perfect, once in spring and once in late autumn, and we make it dead easy for you. A proper roof check only takes us about twenty-five minutes and costs nothing if you are anywhere inside Glasgow or the close surrounding areas. We send one of our inspectors up the ladder with a camera, look at every slope, every valley, every chimney and every flat-roof detail, check the gutters are clear, and take photos of anything that needs attention. We then sit down with you (or email the report the same day) and tell you get a simple traffic-light list:
-Green – everything is fine, see you in six months.
-Amber – small things starting (a slipped slate here, a cracked flashing there) that we can fix now for a few hundred pounds before they turn into big leaks.
-Red – bigger work needed, but at least you know in plenty of time to plan the money.
Most roofs stay on green or amber for years if they are looked at regularly. The ones that suddenly turn into £10,000 emergencies are almost always the ones that have not been checked for a decade or more. We even run a free reminder service – if you want, we will text you every spring and autumn and book the free check for you automatically. Hundreds of customers are on that list now and they say it is the best thing they ever signed up for, because a £180 visit today can stop a £5,000 leak tomorrow.
Can you match my existing roof tiles or slates?
Yes, almost always, and we are famous for it. Glasgow has only about a dozen common tile and slate types that have been used over the last hundred and thirty years, and we keep big stocks of every single one in our yard in Hillington. We have:
-Original Scottish slates salvaged from older roofs (grey Ballachulish, Highland, and Easdale)
-Reclaimed Welsh Penrhyn slate for the West End villas
-Redland 49, Marley Modern, and Russell Thistle concrete tiles in every colour
-Marley Ludlow, Redland Renown, and Cambrian slates for 1980s–2000s houses
-Rosemary and Acme clay plain tiles in red, brown and brindle
-Sandtoft pantiles and double Romans for the south-side bungalows
When we come out we bring samples and hold them up against your roof so you can see the match with your own eyes. If we cannot find an exact colour match (very rare) we can usually source compatible second-hand ones from demolition jobs, or we will re-lay the best of your old ones on the hidden back slopes and use perfect new ones on the front and sides so nobody can’t tell the difference. Customers are always amazed when they look up after the job and the repair just disappears. We would rather spend an extra day hunting the right slate than leave you with a patchwork roof that ruins the look of the house.
Do you fix gutters and downpipes too?
Absolutely – in fact we fix, replace, clean and realign thousands of metres of guttering every year. While the scaffold is already up for a roof job it makes sense to sort the gutters at the same time, and we give big discounts when everything is done together. We fit every type:
-Traditional cast-iron look-a-like uPVC in black, white, brown or anthracite grey
-Genuine cast-iron restoration on older or listed properties
-Deep-flow and square-line systems for houses that get heavy rain
-Seamless aluminium guttering for big commercial jobs
Common problems we see every day are gutters that have sagged and no longer slope to the downpipe, joints that have split, brackets that have rusted off the wall, or downpipes that are blocked with twenty years of leaves and footballs. We can usually fix small problems the same day we are checking the roof, often for £150–£400. A full replacement round a normal semi-detached house is £850–£1,600 including the scaffold that is already there. We also fit gutter guards and leaf screens so you never have to climb up and clean them again. People love that because it means the next time Storm Whatever hits Glasgow, the water goes where it is supposed to instead of overflowing and running down the walls.
These three questions – how often to check, matching materials, and gutters – are the ones that turn a one-off repair customer into someone who stays with us for life. Once people realise we will pop round twice a year for free just to keep an eye on things, that we can make a repair invisible, and that we can stop the gutters pouring water into their porch every winter, they relax and trust us completely. We have families in Bearsden, Newton Mearns, Clarkston and all over who have been on our free inspection list for fifteen years, and their roofs are still perfect because small problems were caught early.
One couple in Milngavie phoned in a panic because half their ceiling came down after heavy rain. We found the gutter had been blocked for years and water had been running behind it, rotting the soffit. New gutters, new soffits, and a small plaster repair – £2,300 instead of the £22,000 they were expecting for a new roof. Another lady in Pollokshields had a single slipped slate on her tenement that was letting water in. We matched the original 120-year-old Scottish slates from our yard, replaced six of them, and the building looks exactly the same as the day it was built. She sent us Christmas cards for five years afterwards.
So if you’re wondering whether your roof just needs a little care or a lot, whether we can keep it looking original, or whether we can finally stop your gutters overflowing every winter, the answer to all three is a big yes. At Glasgow Roofmasters we don’t just fix roofs when they fail – we help you keep them perfect for decades with regular checks, perfect matches, and proper guttering. And we do it all with the same friendly Glasgow service we have been giving for more than twenty-five years.
Pick up the phone or send us a message today. Let us add you to the free twice-a-year check list, come out and make sure everything is safe and sound, and sort any little jobs before they turn into big ones. Your house deserves it, your bank balance will thank you for it, and we would love to look after another Glasgow roof the way we have looked after thousands before. The kettle is on, the ladders are clean, and we’re only ever one call away.
In short, if you want the company that Glasgow people rate as top-tier for every kind of roof – slate, tile, flat, lead, fibreglass, emergency repairs, full replacements, chimney work, guttering, you want Glasgow Roofmasters. We have the skill, the stock, the guarantees and the honest prices to look after any roof in the city, and we have been proving it every single day for more than a quarter of a century. Whether your roof is one year old or one hundred years old, whether you need a five minutes for a quick look or five weeks for a major project, give us a call. We would love to keep another Glasgow roof safe, dry and looking good for the next generation. That is what top-tier really means to us.
Glasgow Roofmasters
236 Sauchiehall St
Glasgow
G2 3HQ
Phone: 0141 266 0600
What makes us top-tier is very simple: we only employ proper time-served roofers who care about their work. Every man and woman on our teams has served a full apprenticeship and keeps learning new skills every year. We have slaters who can hand-dress Scottish slate like it was still 1890, tilers who lay rosemary clay tiles so straight you could use them as a spirit level, flat-roof specialists who fit fibreglass and rubber systems that stay watertight for decades, and leadworkers who can weld and boss lead so neatly it looks like jewellery. We turn down shortcuts and we never send labourers up on a roof to “have a go”. When you book Glasgow Roofmasters, proper tradespeople arrive in the dark-blue vans, with clean boots, good manners and all the right tools for your job.
We also believe top-tier service means being easy to deal with from the very first phone call. Our office team answers the phone seven days a week, and if it is an emergency we can have a crew with you in under an hour anywhere inside the M8. We give free surveys and fixed-price written quotes that do not change unless you ask for extra work. We turn up on the exact day we promise, we protect your garden and your ceilings, we clean up every evening, and we do not leave until you are happy and the roof is perfect. That is why we have hundreds of five-star reviews and why big property companies keep giving us contracts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds – they know we deliver every single time.
People also choose us because we are completely open about prices and materials. We will sit down with you and show you samples of the exact tiles, slates, felt or fibreglass we plan to use, explain why we picked them, and tell you how long they should last. We keep big stocks of common Glasgow tiles and slates in our yard so we can start most jobs within a few days and we never delay a job waiting for materials. Everything we fit comes with long written guarantees that are backed by independent insurance, so even if something happened to our company tomorrow your guarantee would still be safe.
One of the questions we get asked more than any other is: “How long does a new roof last?” The honest answer depends on what kind of roof you choose, how well it is fitted, and how the famous Glasgow weather treats it, but here are the real-life figures we see every day. Traditional Scottish slate, when it is fixed properly on new breathable felt and good timber, will comfortably last 80–120 years. Many of the roofs we are asked to repair still have their original Victorian slates that are over a hundred years old and could go on for decades more if the felt underneath is renewed. Modern concrete interlocking tiles – the big grey or brown ones you see on most newer houses – normally give 50–70 years of trouble-free life. High-quality clay plain tiles or rosemary tiles last about the same, often with the colour still perfect after half a century. When it comes to flat roofs, a proper three-layer torch-on felt system should reach 25–35 years, while modern GRP fibreglass roofs are now lasting 40 years and more with almost no maintenance. Even a budget single-layer felt repair on a garage or extension, if it is laid on a warm deck with good falls, will easily see 15–20 years. The most important thing is that the roof is fitted by people who understand ventilation, expansion and how water moves – that is why roofs laid by Glasgow Roofmasters always reach or beat those ages.
The second question that almost every customer asks is: “Do I need to replace the whole roof or can you just repair it?” Nine times out of ten the answer is that a good repair will keep you going for many years and save you thousands of pounds. We will never push you into a full new roof unless it is truly needed. When we come out for a free survey we climb right up and check every tile, every piece of flashing, the felt, the timbers, the chimneys and the gutters. We take photos and show you exactly what is wrong and what can wait. If only a few tiles are slipped, or a small area of felt has failed, we can often fix just that section and give you a ten- or fifteen-year guarantee on the repair. We keep spare slates and tiles from almost every estate in Glasgow so we can usually match what you already have perfectly. Even if half the roof is poor we can sometimes do a partial re-roof – just the worst side or the back elevation – and blend it in so nobody can tell. We only ever recommend stripping the whole roof when the underlying felt is rotten right across, when more than a third of the tiles or slates are cracked or missing, when the roof timbers have widespread rot, or when the roof is simply at the end of its natural life and keeps costing you money in repairs. Even then we will always give you options: a full replacement for the longest life, or a cheaper overlay system if money is tight right now.
That honest approach is why families trust us with their home, why landlords give us all their properties to look after, and why surveyors and architects recommend us without hesitation. We would rather save a customer £8,000 today with a repair that lasts than sell them a new roof they do not yet need. When the day does come that a full new roof is the right answer, you already know and trust us to do it properly.
Being top-tier also means looking after the little things that matter. We send you a text the evening before to confirm we are coming. The crew leader phones when they are thirty minutes away. We bring our own toilet so we never need to use yours. We lay down boards and tarpaulins to protect your plants and driveway, and we sweep the street with magnets at the end of every day to collect any old nails. If we spot a cracked gutter or loose verge while we are up there we point it out and usually fix it free of charge because we hate coming back for tiny jobs. Neighbours often stop to ask for cards because they like the way we work.
How much does a new roof cost in Glasgow right now?
In 2025, with materials and wages where they are, this is what we charge every single day for a full strip and re-roof, including scaffolding, skips, new felt, battens, tiles or slates, leadwork and rubbish removal – everything you need:
-Small mid-terrace house or cottage (50–70 m² of roof): £4,900–£6,900 for good-quality concrete tiles, £6,400–£8,900 if you want natural or reclaimed slate.
-Standard 3-bedroom semi-detached (80–110 m²): £7,400–£10,800 for tiles, £9,800–£14,200 for slate.
-Larger 4/5-bedroom detached or house with dormers (120–180 m²): £12,500–£19,500 depending on shape and material.
-Top-floor tenement flat (one or two sides): £3,800–£6,200.
-Flat roofs: three-layer torch-on felt £90–£120 per square metre, GRP fibreglass £135–£185 per square metre.
These are the prices we actually give customers when we visit, not “starting from” prices that suddenly jump once we are on site. VAT is included, the quote is fixed, and the only time it ever changes is if you decide you want extras such as dry-ridge, roof windows or upgraded insulation. We are happy to work to a budget too – if you only have £6,000 we will tell you exactly what we can do for that money instead of trying to push you into spending more.
Do we give free quotes?
Yes, always, and we really mean free. You can phone, text, WhatsApp, Facebook message or fill in the form on our website any time, day or night. We will arrange a visit within a day or two (or the same day if it’s urgent). One of our surveyors comes out, climbs the ladder, takes photos, measures everything and then sits down with you. We show you samples of the tiles, slates or flat-roof systems we recommend, explain the choices, and leave you a full written quote that is valid for two months. If you book the job, perfect. If you decide not to go ahead, that is also perfect – you never owe us a penny for the visit or the quote. We would rather walk away than pressure anyone.
How long does it take to replace a roof?
A normal family house takes us between five and nine working days from the moment the scaffold goes up until it comes down again and the street is swept clean. Here’s the usual timetable:
-Day 1: Scaffold up, strip one side, cover with big tarpaulins overnight.
-Day 2: Strip the second side, repair or replace any rotten timber, fit new breathable felt and battens across the whole roof so the house is watertight again by evening.
-Days 3–7: Lay the new slates or tiles, fit new lead valleys and flashings, new ridges and verges.
-Final day or two: Point chimneys, clean gutters, remove scaffold, sweep for nails with a magnet and hand you the keys back.
A simple bungalow or tenement flat can be finished in three to five days. A big house with lots of chimneys, dormers and valleys might stretch to ten or twelve days. We work Monday to Saturday and only stop if the rain is absolutely torrential or the wind is dangerous. Even then, the house is always left safe and dry every night. Once we start your job, we do not disappear to another site – your roof gets finished before we move on.
Will we damage your garden or your ceiling?
No, we won’t. We treat every house like it is our own family’s home. Before we even put a ladder up we lay heavy boards or plywood sheets across flower beds, lawns and paths so the scaffold feet and our boots never touch your plants or grass. We stretch catch-nets and tarpaulins along the whole length of the house so that old slates, tiles and nails fall into the nets instead of onto your roses or your car. At the end of every single day we sweep those nets, pick up every scrap, and run a big rolling magnet over the grass and driveway to collect any tiny nails that might have escaped. Inside the house we hang dust sheets from the loft hatch and lay protective boards across the attic floor so nothing drops through onto your bedroom or landing ceiling. In more than twenty-five years and thousands of roofs we have never once had to pay out for a damaged ceiling, and the only time plants have ever been harmed is when the customer asked us to trim them back because they were touching the gutter. Your garden and your ceilings are safe with us.
Do you need to move out while the work is done?
Almost never. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you can stay in the house the whole time. Yes, it will be noisy for a few days – you’ll hear banging, the radio playing, and the lads shouting to each other – but the house stays warm, dry and secure every single night. As soon as we strip one side of the roof we cover it with huge reinforced tarpaulins that are clipped and weighted down so no rain gets in, even in a gale. By the end of the second day the new underlay and battens are on and the house is more watertight than it was before we started. You can sleep in your own bed, cook in your kitchen, and watch television without any problem. The only time we ever suggest someone moves out for a night or two is if the house has a very old lath-and-plaster ceiling that is already cracked and we have to replace a lot of rotten timber – in that case there can be a bit of dust and vibration. Even then, most folk just go to their daughter’s or book a cheap hotel for one night and come back the next day. Families with babies or elderly relatives sometimes choose Premier Inn for a couple of nights because they want total quiet, but that is their choice, not because we make them leave.
Can you fix or replace my roof in the rain?
Yes, we work in the rain every week – this is Glasgow, after all! We carry massive 10-metre by 8-metre tarpaulins in every van so the moment we lift the first slate we can cover the whole open area in minutes later. Water does not get into your loft. For emergency leaks we can be on your roof in the middle of a storm, making the house safe the same hour you phone. For full re-roofing jobs we slow down a little in heavy, constant rain because it is safer and the new materials go on better when it’s dry, but we never stop completely. Felt and battens can go on in light rain, fibreglass flat roofs can be laid in the wet (the primer actually likes a damp surface), and we can strip, repair timbers and get the roof covered again even if it is pouring. The only side at a time. If the forecast is terrible for a whole week we might shift your start date by a few days so we can work faster and give you a better finish, but once we begin we keep going. The lads wear proper waterproofs, the tools are looked after, and the house stays dry. Customers are always amazed when they look out the window in the rain and see the crew still up there getting on with it, radio blaring, having a laugh.
Those three worries – garden, ceilings, moving out, and working in the rain – are completely normal, but after a quarter of a century doing this job all over Glasgow we have it down to a fine art. We have replaced roofs on tiny cottages in Croftfoot where the garden is only three metres wide, on big villas in Pollokshields with prize-winning roses, on tenement flats where the only access is through the close and up the stairs, and on new-build houses with brand-new carpets the owners were terrified about. Every single time the garden looked the same when we left (often better, because we power-wash the paths), the ceilings stayed perfect, the family stayed in their own beds, and the rain didn’t stop us finishing on time.
We even had one lady in Giffnock who was convinced she would have to board her three cats and stay with her sister for two weeks. We started on the Monday morning, and by Wednesday afternoon she sent us a selfie of the cats sleeping on the bed while we were tiling above them – she couldn’t believe how little disturbance there was. Another customer in Bearsden recorded the noise level inside his living room while we were stripping the roof: 58 decibels – quieter than a normal conversation. That’s the kind of care we take.
Do we work on flat roofs?
Yes, and we do a lot of them – probably thirty or forty every month. Glasgow is full of flat-roof extensions, bay windows, garages, tenement back courts, 1960s houses, modern apartments and commercial buildings, so flat roofing has always been a big part of our work. We fit every modern system you could want:
-Traditional three-layer torch-on mineral felt (the green or grey stuff you see everywhere)
-Single-ply EPDM rubber that comes in one big sheet and is glued down
-GRP fibreglass that sets rock-hard and never needs painting
-Hot-melt rubberised systems for big commercial jobs
-Genuine rolled-lead flat roofs on listed buildings or high-end dormers
We carry all of them in stock and every fitter on our flat-roof teams is trained and certified by the makers – Firestone for rubber, Cromar or Langley for felt, and the Lead Sheet Training Academy for lead. Customers often tell us they phoned three or four roofers and got told “we only do pitched roofs” or “we’ll just slap some felt on it”. With us you get proper flat-roof specialists who know how to build proper falls, fit edge trims that never lift, and detail outlets so the water actually leaves the roof instead of sitting there and rotting everything. Whether it is a tiny porch two metres square or a 400-square-metre school roof, we treat it the same – properly.
What guarantee do you give?
We give long, straightforward, insurance-backed guarantees that actually mean something. Here is exactly what you get in writing the day we finish:
-Natural slate roofs – 20-year guarantee (often 30 years if we also renewed the timbers)
-Concrete or clay tile roofs – 15-year guarantee
-Traditional three-layer torch-on felt flat roofs – 15–20 years
-GRP fibreglass flat roofs – 25-year guarantee
-EPDM rubber flat roofs – 20–30 years depending on the maker
-All leadwork and chimney flashing – 20 years
-Dry-ridge and dry-verge systems – 15–20 years
Every single one of those guarantees is backed by an independent insurance policy from Guarantee Protection Insurance, so even if Glasgow Roofmasters was not here in twenty years’ time (and we plan to be), you or the next owner can still claim. We also give you a simple one-page certificate you can keep with your house papers. If anything ever goes wrong that is our fault – a leak, a slipped slate, a lifted trim – we come back and fix it free, no arguing. In twenty-five years we have never once refused a genuine guarantee claim, and that is something we are very proud of.
Do I need planning permission or a building warrant?
The good news is that in almost every normal house in Glasgow you need neither for a straightforward roof replacement. Here are the simple rules we explain to every customer:
You NEVER need planning permission just to replace an existing roof with the same type of covering (slate for slate, tiles for tiles, felt for felt).
You only need planning permission if you are changing the shape of the roof (adding big dormers, raising the ridge height) or changing to a completely different material that looks very different (for example, putting bright-red Spanish tiles on a grey tenement). Even then it is usually allowed anyway.
You DO need a building warrant for most full re-roofs or big flat-roof replacements, but it is only paperwork and costs between £200 and £450 depending on the job value. We fill in the whole form for you, send it to Glasgow City Council or East Renfrewshire or wherever you are, pay the fee upfront, and get the warrant issued before we start work. You never have to deal with the council yourself. Once the job is finished the building inspector pops round for ten minutes, signs it off, and you get a Completion Certificate that is gold dust when you sell the house.
There are only two common jobs where no warrant is needed at all:
Simple repairs that do not touch the structure (replacing a few slates, re-bedding a ridge, new flashing round a chimney).
Like-for-like replacement on a flat roof smaller than 20 m² (most house extensions and garages).
Listed buildings and conservation areas sometimes have extra rules about keeping original slates or matching lead details exactly, but we know all of those rules inside out and we sort the listed-building consent for you if it is needed.
So in everyday language: if you are just getting a new roof that looks the same as the old one, you don’t have to worry about planning permission, and we handle the quick building-warrant paperwork for you, and the whole thing is finished before you know it. Hundreds of customers every year are amazed at how little red tape there is once we explain it.
Do you remove all the rubbish?
Every single scrap. When we leave, the only thing different about your house should be that the roof is brand new. We bring our own skips or caged vans and load everything straight into them – old slates, broken tiles, rotten felt, rusty nails, bits of wood, even the empty cement bags and coffee cups from the lads’ lunch. At the end of each day the site is tidied, and on the last day we do a proper clean-up: the crew sweeps the street, runs a big rolling magnet up and down the driveway and garden three or four times to pick up any stray nails, and we even hose down the path if it’s muddy from our boots. If you have wheelie bins we’ll rinse them out if we used them for small bits. Neighbours often come out and say “you’d never know they’d been here” because the place looks spotless. We recycle whatever we can – good slates go to reclamation yards, metal goes for scrap, timber is chipped – but you never see any of it again. The skip is gone the same day we finish.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, properly and fully, and we are happy to prove it. We carry £10 million public liability insurance and £10 million employers’ liability insurance, both renewed every year with the same big UK insurer. That covers absolutely everything: if (touch wood) a slate fell and damaged your car or a neighbour’s greenhouse, if one of the crew had an accident, or if anything at all went wrong that was our fault, the insurance pays without argument. We also have separate contract works insurance that covers the job itself while we are working on it – fire, storm damage, theft of materials, anything. Before we start every single job we email or hand you a one-page certificate that shows the policy numbers, the cover amounts and the renewal date so you can see it is live. If you are a landlord or a housing association we can add you as an “interested party” on the policy at no extra cost. In twenty-five years we have only ever had two small claims (one cracked Velux and one cracked paving slab) and both were sorted within days. We are also fully registered with Constructionline, CHAS, and the NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors), so big clients and councils already know our insurance is in order.
How do I know if my roof needs replaced or just repaired?
It’s simpler than most people think. Stand in your street and look up, then go into the loft with a torch. Here are the clear warning signs we teach every customer:
-If more than one in ten tiles or slates are slipped, cracked or missing, or if whole rows are sliding, the roof is near the end.
-If you can see daylight through the roof boards in the loft, or the felt underneath is hanging in tatty ribbons, it’s time for a new roof.
-If the ridge tiles or hip tiles are loose or the cement is falling out in chunks, that’s another big clue.
-If the roof sags in the middle or has a wavy look, the timbers underneath are probably tired and need replacing.
-If you keep getting leaks in different places no matter how many times someone “fixes” it, the roof has simply reached the end of its life.
On the other hand, if the leaks are only in one or two spots, the felt is still black and springy, most of the tiles or slates are sound, and the timbers are dry and strong, then a good repair will easily buy you another ten or fifteen years. We see this all the time – a £900 valley repair or £1,800 partial re-roof on the back slope saves a customer £9,000 and keeps the house perfect until the kids have left home. When we come out for a free survey we will tell you exactly which side of the line your roof is on, show you the photos, and never push you into more work than you actually need.
Why is there a damp patch on my ceiling?
Nine times out of ten it is not the tiles or slates themselves letting water in – it is one of the hidden details that has failed. The most common culprits we find every week are:
-Cracked or lifted lead flashing round the chimney or where the roof meets a wall.
-A split or perished valley (the V-shape where two roofs join).
-Broken or slipped tiles right above the damp patch – sometimes only one or two.
-Blocked or overflowing gutters pouring water down the wall and under the roof edge.
-Failed cement fillet (the old-fashioned concrete strip) round a flat-roof extension or bay window.
-Condensation in the loft because the ventilation is poor and cold water is dripping off the underside of the felt.
We once had a family in Bishopbriggs who were convinced their whole roof needed replacing because they had a huge brown map on the bedroom ceiling. We climbed up, found one single cracked tile directly above the stain, replaced it and the three around it, sealed the nail holes, and the patch dried out in a week – £180 and the roof was saved. Another customer in Shawlands had damp in three rooms and was quoted £14,000 for a new roof by someone else. We fixed two failed valleys and renewed the chimney flashing for £2,400 and the house has been bone dry ever since. A damp patch is a symptom, not a death sentence – let us find the real cause before you spend big money.
My chimney is leaking – is it the flashing or the pot?
Most of the time (about 85 %) it is the flashing, not the pot. Here’s how to tell the difference:
If the leak only appears when it is raining hard or when the wind is blowing from a certain direction, and the water comes in round the edge of the chimney breast, then it is almost certainly the lead flashing that has lifted, cracked or been badly fitted in the past. This is the sheet of lead that is meant to stop water running down the chimney stack and sneaking under the slates or tiles. Over twenty or thirty years the lead moves, the mortar it is tucked into crumbles, and tiny gaps open. We see it every day.
If the water is coming straight down the inside of the flue and dripping out of the fireplace even when there is no wind, then it is usually the chimney pot, cowl or the pointing at the top of the stack. The pot might be cracked, the haunching (cement round the base of the pot) might have washed away, or the flue might be letting rain straight rain in because there is no cowl or the cowl is broken.
The good news is that both are straightforward to fix. New lead flashing and proper pointing costs £450–£850 on a normal chimney and comes with a 20-year guarantee. A cracked pot or missing cowl is usually £150–£350. We always climb up, take photos from every angle, and show you exactly where the water is getting in before we touch a thing. Half the time customers are amazed it is only the flashing and not the whole chimney that needs rebuilt.
How often should I have my roof checked?
Twice a year is perfect, once in spring and once in late autumn, and we make it dead easy for you. A proper roof check only takes us about twenty-five minutes and costs nothing if you are anywhere inside Glasgow or the close surrounding areas. We send one of our inspectors up the ladder with a camera, look at every slope, every valley, every chimney and every flat-roof detail, check the gutters are clear, and take photos of anything that needs attention. We then sit down with you (or email the report the same day) and tell you get a simple traffic-light list:
-Green – everything is fine, see you in six months.
-Amber – small things starting (a slipped slate here, a cracked flashing there) that we can fix now for a few hundred pounds before they turn into big leaks.
-Red – bigger work needed, but at least you know in plenty of time to plan the money.
Most roofs stay on green or amber for years if they are looked at regularly. The ones that suddenly turn into £10,000 emergencies are almost always the ones that have not been checked for a decade or more. We even run a free reminder service – if you want, we will text you every spring and autumn and book the free check for you automatically. Hundreds of customers are on that list now and they say it is the best thing they ever signed up for, because a £180 visit today can stop a £5,000 leak tomorrow.
Can you match my existing roof tiles or slates?
Yes, almost always, and we are famous for it. Glasgow has only about a dozen common tile and slate types that have been used over the last hundred and thirty years, and we keep big stocks of every single one in our yard in Hillington. We have:
-Original Scottish slates salvaged from older roofs (grey Ballachulish, Highland, and Easdale)
-Reclaimed Welsh Penrhyn slate for the West End villas
-Redland 49, Marley Modern, and Russell Thistle concrete tiles in every colour
-Marley Ludlow, Redland Renown, and Cambrian slates for 1980s–2000s houses
-Rosemary and Acme clay plain tiles in red, brown and brindle
-Sandtoft pantiles and double Romans for the south-side bungalows
When we come out we bring samples and hold them up against your roof so you can see the match with your own eyes. If we cannot find an exact colour match (very rare) we can usually source compatible second-hand ones from demolition jobs, or we will re-lay the best of your old ones on the hidden back slopes and use perfect new ones on the front and sides so nobody can’t tell the difference. Customers are always amazed when they look up after the job and the repair just disappears. We would rather spend an extra day hunting the right slate than leave you with a patchwork roof that ruins the look of the house.
Do you fix gutters and downpipes too?
Absolutely – in fact we fix, replace, clean and realign thousands of metres of guttering every year. While the scaffold is already up for a roof job it makes sense to sort the gutters at the same time, and we give big discounts when everything is done together. We fit every type:
-Traditional cast-iron look-a-like uPVC in black, white, brown or anthracite grey
-Genuine cast-iron restoration on older or listed properties
-Deep-flow and square-line systems for houses that get heavy rain
-Seamless aluminium guttering for big commercial jobs
Common problems we see every day are gutters that have sagged and no longer slope to the downpipe, joints that have split, brackets that have rusted off the wall, or downpipes that are blocked with twenty years of leaves and footballs. We can usually fix small problems the same day we are checking the roof, often for £150–£400. A full replacement round a normal semi-detached house is £850–£1,600 including the scaffold that is already there. We also fit gutter guards and leaf screens so you never have to climb up and clean them again. People love that because it means the next time Storm Whatever hits Glasgow, the water goes where it is supposed to instead of overflowing and running down the walls.
These three questions – how often to check, matching materials, and gutters – are the ones that turn a one-off repair customer into someone who stays with us for life. Once people realise we will pop round twice a year for free just to keep an eye on things, that we can make a repair invisible, and that we can stop the gutters pouring water into their porch every winter, they relax and trust us completely. We have families in Bearsden, Newton Mearns, Clarkston and all over who have been on our free inspection list for fifteen years, and their roofs are still perfect because small problems were caught early.
One couple in Milngavie phoned in a panic because half their ceiling came down after heavy rain. We found the gutter had been blocked for years and water had been running behind it, rotting the soffit. New gutters, new soffits, and a small plaster repair – £2,300 instead of the £22,000 they were expecting for a new roof. Another lady in Pollokshields had a single slipped slate on her tenement that was letting water in. We matched the original 120-year-old Scottish slates from our yard, replaced six of them, and the building looks exactly the same as the day it was built. She sent us Christmas cards for five years afterwards.
So if you’re wondering whether your roof just needs a little care or a lot, whether we can keep it looking original, or whether we can finally stop your gutters overflowing every winter, the answer to all three is a big yes. At Glasgow Roofmasters we don’t just fix roofs when they fail – we help you keep them perfect for decades with regular checks, perfect matches, and proper guttering. And we do it all with the same friendly Glasgow service we have been giving for more than twenty-five years.
Pick up the phone or send us a message today. Let us add you to the free twice-a-year check list, come out and make sure everything is safe and sound, and sort any little jobs before they turn into big ones. Your house deserves it, your bank balance will thank you for it, and we would love to look after another Glasgow roof the way we have looked after thousands before. The kettle is on, the ladders are clean, and we’re only ever one call away.
In short, if you want the company that Glasgow people rate as top-tier for every kind of roof – slate, tile, flat, lead, fibreglass, emergency repairs, full replacements, chimney work, guttering, you want Glasgow Roofmasters. We have the skill, the stock, the guarantees and the honest prices to look after any roof in the city, and we have been proving it every single day for more than a quarter of a century. Whether your roof is one year old or one hundred years old, whether you need a five minutes for a quick look or five weeks for a major project, give us a call. We would love to keep another Glasgow roof safe, dry and looking good for the next generation. That is what top-tier really means to us.
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Phone: 0141 266 0600
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