Roofers in Horley (RH6)
Horley has more modern housing than anywhere else we cover, and modern roofs fail differently. They rarely wear out across the whole slope — they let go at a detail, and finding which one is most of the job.
Why a newer roof leaks
The estates around Langshott, The Acres and out towards Gatwick were built with concrete interlocking tile over felt, and on a roof that age the covering is usually fine.
What fails is the detail work: dry verges where the plastic clips have gone brittle and lifted, ridges fixed dry that have worked loose, flashings around a chimney or a soil pipe, and the junctions where a porch or a bay roof meets the main elevation. Dormers on the newer stock are another recurring one, because there are several materials meeting in a small area. None of that needs a new roof, and a firm that quotes you for one without identifying the actual entry point is not doing the survey properly.
The older streets near the centre
Nearer the town centre the 1930s streets are a different age of roof with the ordinary problems — nail fatigue, slipped tiles, mortar bedding along the hips and ridges that has let go after decades. Those are conventional jobs and they are priced conventionally: survey, written schedule, and a straight answer on whether repair is real value or whether the fixings have gone across the whole roof and it is time to do it once.
Who actually does the roofing
Roofing is a specialist trade. SG brings in roofers it has worked with for years and manages them on site — we survey the roof, price it, run the job and stay answerable for the result.
More in Horley
Everything we do in Horley is on the Horley area sheet, and the full detail of how we approach this trade is on the roofing page.
Common questions
Q.01My house is only thirty years old and it is leaking. Why?
Almost always a detail rather than the covering — a dry verge, a loose ridge, a flashing or a dormer junction. Usually a contained repair, not a new roof.
Q.02What is a dry verge and why does it fail?
The plastic capping along the gable edge on newer roofs. The clips go brittle with age and UV, then lift or come off in wind. It is a common Horley repair and a straightforward one.
Q.03Do you cover the estates towards Gatwick?
Yes, across the whole of RH6 — Godstone is a short drive north.
Q.04Should I repair or re-cover?
On the newer stock, repair is usually the honest answer. On the 1930s streets it depends whether the fixings have gone across the roof or just in places, which the survey establishes.
Thinking about roofing in Horley?
Tell us what you are planning. We come out, look at the job properly and give you a price for it.