New flat roof required. Anyone know rough price?

silvercar

We bought a house with a leaky flat roof. The roof was once a garage, now a room. We decided that flat roofs always need replacing so replaced it with an angled pitched roof. New beams, more insulation and a higher internal ceiling. Cost £4,000 but has added value to the house as the room felt dingy before as the ceiling was too low.

I know a good roofer in Herts BTW; good but not cheap!

hezb

The average cost of felt roofing (depending which part of the country you live in !!) is £18-£22 a square meter prices may have gone up since 2005. My Husband used to own a Roofing firm with his brother but has now gone into building!! And that is what he used to charge.

hope this has helped!

martin200_2

I had a felt flat roof garage which was leaking. Looked around and found a flat roof sealant called EPDM flat roof membrane. The company I contacted advised me I could do it myself. They supplied in kit form all I needed to do the work, plus a very good installation DVD showing exactly how to do it. I did the work and found it much easier then anticipated.

Take a look at: https://www.rubberfix.co.uk

Abuba_2

Have you ever looked at GRP (glass reinforced plastic) roofing. Companies are now doing it as an alternative to felt...and it often comes witha lifetime guarantee

true_prices

machofairy wrote: »

We are in the process of buying a house. The attached garage needs a new flat felt roof. Its size is roughly 13' x 7'. Anyone know what price. roughly? I seem to be unable to find an online quote without the roofers actually visiting the site.

Thanks in advance.

approx £360 to £460 depending on what roof is made out of.Hope that helps.

Captain_Mainwaring_2

ormus wrote: »

my roof is about the same size as yours.
i priced up all the stuff from wickes to do it myself. then found a chap who did it for 250 quid. with the bitumen burner kettle thing in my front garden.

great job, never leaked since.
thats about 2 or 3 yrs ago now.

Wow, two or three years, as long as that? You could use Tesco's pizza bases and they would last 3 years.

You get what you pay for - and £250 doesn't pay for very much.

I love to hear people say that they will reroof themselves, particularly cold system - and any amateur who wishes to try and torch a roof without ever having done it .........

true_prices

Any Of You People Know How To Felt,your Ans Make Me Wonder If Any Of You Work.

SquatNow

Replacing a felt roof on a garage should be cheap and you don't have to plan to cvoer up the interior of the house while you do the owrk... you can leave the garage exposed to the elements.

Any competant DIYer should be able to repair or replace a flat.... there will be plenty of online guides with photos. A little more effort will allow you to gently angle it or replace with something like coregated plastic sheeting. The big advantage of that is that it will let in daylight without allowing people to see inside.

geoffky

my dads just had his done by a roofer for 500 quid

top_roofer

machofairy wrote: »

We are in the process of buying a house. The attached garage needs a new flat felt roof. Its size is roughly 13' x 7'. Anyone know what price. roughly? I seem to be unable to find an online quote without the roofers actually visiting the site.

Thanks in advance.

I usually charge £60 POUND A METRE FOR FLAT ROOFING BUT DONT USE FELT OR FIRESTONE RUBBER . I ONLY USE GRP SYTEM .FELT ROTS RUBBER PERISHES AND CAN BE BROKEN DOWN BY SUN RAYS +PENTIRATED BY CAT CLAWS WINDOW CLEANERS ECT