Cost to replace flat garage roof

[Wetwipe]

I have a ramshackle 7x4m garage. Roof was completely knackered.

Felt & board was completely stripped. New board laid & felt torched on top. Cracking job.

Roofer and labourer took just over a day to complete. Cost all in was £800 which included a skip

[darreni]

Wetwipe said:

I have a ramshackle 7x4m garage. Roof was completely knackered.

Felt & board was completely stripped. New board laid & felt torched on top. Cracking job.

Roofer and labourer took just over a day to complete. Cost all in was £800 which included a skip

That sounds very cheap.

The guys that did mine(post above) were there for 3 days ( 2 blokes).

My garage is attached to the house & the gable end has PVC facias that had to be removed & then refitted after the roof was completed.

They did a great job though, local firm, recommended by a number of friends & turned up when they said they would, took just about as long as they said they would & house red the original quote despite having to do a couple of extra bits.
And most importantly, I have a dry garage!

[Wetwipe]

darreni said:

That sounds very cheap.

The guys that did mine(post above) were there for 3 days ( 2 blokes).

My garage is attached to the house & the gable end has PVC facias that had to be removed & then refitted after the roof was completed.

They did a great job though, local firm, recommended by a number of friends & turned up when they said they would, took just about as long as they said they would & house red the original quote despite having to do a couple of extra bits.
And most importantly, I have a dry garage!

My garage is detached. Was a really simple job to be fair. Some joists were soaked and the even put DPM between the new boards at the joists to stop rotting. Like you, I now have a nice dry garage!

The lads who did the work price jobs on the basis of a reasonable day rate hence the good price and the fact they get all my work.

[Wacky Racer]

Whilst you are at it, why not (if possible) introduce a small lean (say 10 degrees) by raising the end nearest to the house, so the water drains away instead of pooling for hours.

I can never understand why anyone would have a flat roof by choice.....95% of roofs in Malta are flat, despite the island having some of the worst thunderstorms in Europe during winter.

[Wetwipe]

Wacky Racer said:

Whilst you are at it, why not (if possible) introduce a small lean (say 10 degrees) by raising the end nearest to the house, so the water drains away instead of pooling for hours.

I can never understand why anyone would have a flat roof by choice.....95% of roofs in Malta are flat, despite the island having some of the worst thunderstorms in Europe during winter.

I agree. My detached started life as a flatty. At some time someone decided to lose a couple of courses of bricks from one side and refit the joists. Not exactly aesthetically pleasing but it does the job.

[Slyjoe]

We've been offered a ruberised system to re-do our roof, does it have an advantage over the Felt? (Its a few hundred quid more expensive) I've not been around when they've quoted and the missus didnt ask the right questions.
So I turn to Mr Roofer of PH

[darreni]

Slyjoe said:

We've been offered a ruberised system to re-do our roof, does it have an advantage over the Felt? (Its a few hundred quid more expensive) I've not been around when they've quoted and the missus didnt ask the right questions.
So I turn to Mr Roofer of PH

My office widow used to look out over a large flat roof ( that covered a shop below us).
They had a rubber type roof installed about 5 years ago & it now has abot 40 patches on it ( they look almost like inner tube patches) & the shop below have mentioned many times that it still leaks like a sieve, and still have to put buckets on the shop floor during heavy rain.

[roofer]

Slyjoe said:

We've been offered a ruberised system to re-do our roof, does it have an advantage over the Felt? (Its a few hundred quid more expensive) I've not been around when they've quoted and the missus didnt ask the right questions.
So I turn to Mr Roofer of PH

It's a single layer system, likely fitted by chancers who have done a half day course. Without knowing the full spec of both systems, it's hard to say, but Firestone rubber can be bought for £4.50 m2 , HT Felt will be approx £10 M2, so I'm struggling to see why the rubber is dearer in your instance.

Any elastomeric felt system installed correctly will out perform rubber.

[Slyjoe]

roofer said:

It's a single layer system, likely fitted by chancers who have done a half day course. Without knowing the full spec of both systems, it's hard to say, but Firestone rubber can be bought for £4.50 m2 , HT Felt will be approx £10 M2, so I'm struggling to see why the rubber is dearer in your instance.

Any elastomeric felt system installed correctly will out perform rubber.

Excellent - thank you Its what my spidey sense was telling me anyway.
Felt it is then.

[roofer]

Slyjoe said:

Excellent - thank you Its what my spidey sense was telling me anyway.
Felt it is then.

Make sure it's an HT felt. If you can tear it, it's crap from the DIY sheds.

[Tommy F]

Hoink how did the roof job go? I live in Newcastle and want a similar job doing. Who did you use and were results good?

Cheers

[paulwirral]

darreni said:

Wetwipe said:

I have a ramshackle 7x4m garage. Roof was completely knackered.

Felt & board was completely stripped. New board laid & felt torched on top. Cracking job.

Roofer and labourer took just over a day to complete. Cost all in was £800 which included a skip

That sounds very cheap.

The guys that did mine(post above) were there for 3 days ( 2 blokes).

My garage is attached to the house & the gable end has PVC facias that had to be removed & then refitted after the roof was completed.

They did a great job though, local firm, recommended by a number of friends & turned up when they said they would, took just about as long as they said they would & house red the original quote despite having to do a couple of extra bits.
And most importantly, I have a dry garage!

I think I'll get back in the game , I used to do a single garage , strip and re board with ply and 2 layers of ht torch on , remove the rubbish , clean up and be back in my yard by 3pm by myself , 2 blokes means ones talking and ones listening !

[Hoink]

Tommy F said:

Hoink how did the roof job go? I live in Newcastle and want a similar job doing. Who did you use and were results good?

Cheers

In the end I just fixed (bodged) the leak myself...

So far so good though!

[Lecket]

Thread resurrection.

I've got a semi-detached (to neighbour's) flat roof garage. 3.3m by around 5.8m (19sq.m). Felt covering, which is circa 30 years old! There is a 3" dip at the front of the garage that is around 1.5m x 0.5m and ideally it's like just that section replaced, it's currently pooling water, very rotten underneath and leaking slightly.

Roofer just been around and quoted £4,800 for a whole new roof, including bitumen and felt covering, plus new wooden boards underneath as they're rotten too, will also add a 30mm lip/extension next to the neighbour's side so they can seal it properly.

Now i'm not expecting 2014 prices, and have a few other firms coming around later in the week, but that's certainly at the top end of what I was expecting to pay!

Thoughts?

[Bluesgirl]

I had the flat roof on my (detached) garage replaced two years ago - bitumen, felt and joists repaired, plus a length of guttering and upstand repair. Similar dimensions to yours and the total cost was £2,200 + VAT. I'm in Surrey.

[Aluminati]

Lecket said:

Thread resurrection.

I've got a semi-detached (to neighbour's) flat roof garage. 3.3m by around 5.8m (19sq.m). Felt covering, which is circa 30 years old! There is a 3" dip at the front of the garage that is around 1.5m x 0.5m and ideally it's like just that section replaced, it's currently pooling water, very rotten underneath and leaking slightly.

Roofer just been around and quoted £4,800 for a whole new roof, including bitumen and felt covering, plus new wooden boards underneath as they're rotten too, will also add a 30mm lip/extension next to the neighbour's side so they can seal it properly.

Now i'm not expecting 2014 prices, and have a few other firms coming around later in the week, but that's certainly at the top end of what I was expecting to pay!

Thoughts?

For £252 m2, I would expect an insulated green roof installed with deckchairs supplied to enjoy it. They’re taking the piss.

Even if I did it in Bauder or Langley, I couldn’t get it that expensive !

[Lecket]

Thanks both, useful and that was my thought! Wondering if they don't really want the job, so price high! Another chap coming around this afternoon to quote.

[Douglas Quaid]

Aluminati said:

Lecket said:

Thread resurrection.

I've got a semi-detached (to neighbour's) flat roof garage. 3.3m by around 5.8m (19sq.m). Felt covering, which is circa 30 years old! There is a 3" dip at the front of the garage that is around 1.5m x 0.5m and ideally it's like just that section replaced, it's currently pooling water, very rotten underneath and leaking slightly.

Roofer just been around and quoted £4,800 for a whole new roof, including bitumen and felt covering, plus new wooden boards underneath as they're rotten too, will also add a 30mm lip/extension next to the neighbour's side so they can seal it properly.

Now i'm not expecting 2014 prices, and have a few other firms coming around later in the week, but that's certainly at the top end of what I was expecting to pay!

Thoughts?

For £252 m2, I would expect an insulated green roof installed with deckchairs supplied to enjoy it. They’re taking the piss.

Even if I did it in Bauder or Langley, I couldn’t get it that expensive !

It’s actually closer to £210 per metre without the vat. You may not be aware but the roofer doesn’t pocket the vat, that just goes straight to the vat man.

It is a high price though even without the vat.

[Lecket]

Douglas Quaid said:

Aluminati said:

Lecket said:

Thread resurrection.

I've got a semi-detached (to neighbour's) flat roof garage. 3.3m by around 5.8m (19sq.m). Felt covering, which is circa 30 years old! There is a 3" dip at the front of the garage that is around 1.5m x 0.5m and ideally it's like just that section replaced, it's currently pooling water, very rotten underneath and leaking slightly.

Roofer just been around and quoted £4,800 for a whole new roof, including bitumen and felt covering, plus new wooden boards underneath as they're rotten too, will also add a 30mm lip/extension next to the neighbour's side so they can seal it properly.

Now i'm not expecting 2014 prices, and have a few other firms coming around later in the week, but that's certainly at the top end of what I was expecting to pay!

Thoughts?

For £252 m2, I would expect an insulated green roof installed with deckchairs supplied to enjoy it. They’re taking the piss.

Even if I did it in Bauder or Langley, I couldn’t get it that expensive !

It’s actually closer to £210 per metre without the vat. You may not be aware but the roofer doesn’t pocket the vat, that just goes straight to the vat man.

It is a high price though even without the vat.

Yes, should have said that price was INC VAT.

[cayman-black]

lol, was just reading this thread and thinking these prices are cheap 2014!