New roof

[jacktoyou]

Hi all, new to PH and this is my first post - so be nice!

I am needing to replace my current roof and wanted to get an idea on what I will be looking at cost wise? It's a three bed terrace. The current roof is approx 20+ years old.

Has anyone recently replaced theirs or anyone in the trade who can give me a rough estimate?

Much appreciated.

[jeebus]

I did my roof myself, cost about 1200 quid in materials and for that I changed the tiles,battens,felt,ridge,gutters,downpipes and fascia boards and I also dropped the chimney 4 courses below roof level and built it back up. I did get quoted about 3 and half grand for a roofer to do it. I did the front half one saturday then had the scaffold moved and did the other half the following saturday.

[VxDuncan]

jeebus said:

I did my roof myself, cost about 1200 quid in materials and for that I changed the tiles,battens,felt,ridge,gutters,downpipes and fascia boards and I also dropped the chimney 4 courses below roof level and built it back up. I did get quoted about 3 and half grand for a roofer to do it. I did the front half one saturday then had the scaffold moved and did the other half the following saturday.

You did that in two days? Blimey! Took me 5 to do the fascias and soffits!

Have had two quotes of around the same (£3200-£3400) to replace the roof on my 3 bed semi in the midlands. IIRC the lower one number included a discount for doing the neighbours half of the semi at the same time.

[Qcarchoo]

20 years doesn't seem very good for a roof. Is it slate or tile? If tile, are they concrete, clay, large or small? It could make a big difference.

[B17NNS]

Had a 3 bed terrace re-roofed a couple of years ago (Staffordshire).

£2200, new lathes, felt & tiles.

2 guys, started at 8am, finished by 6pm

[thebullettrain]

jacktoyou said:

Hi all, new to PH and this is my first post - so be nice!

Got no idea mate, but welcome to PH!

[jeebus]

VxDuncan said:

jeebus said:

I did my roof myself, cost about 1200 quid in materials and for that I changed the tiles,battens,felt,ridge,gutters,downpipes and fascia boards and I also dropped the chimney 4 courses below roof level and built it back up. I did get quoted about 3 and half grand for a roofer to do it. I did the front half one saturday then had the scaffold moved and did the other half the following saturday.

You did that in two days? Blimey! Took me 5 to do the fascias and soffits!

Have had two quotes of around the same (£3200-£3400) to replace the roof on my 3 bed semi in the midlands. IIRC the lower one number included a discount for doing the neighbours half of the semi at the same time.

Sorry, should have said i did the main roof on a saturday and spent the sunday doing the fascias and gutters although it isnt a very big roof i think it was about 560 tiles in total and about 14 meters of fascia each side, but i did the neighbours aswell (fascia+gutters).
I started stripping the roof at 7-30 and was putting the new tiles on at 12 o clock which is the easy bit, it's the getting them up the scaffold that is a backbreaker .

Edited by jeebus on Sunday 7th February 20:09