Roof inspection
A proper look at slates or tiles, ridges, chimneys, flashing, valleys and gutters. It's useful before you buy a house, after a storm or before winter sets in.
Roofing services
Roof Class Scotland is a family-run roofing company with 20+ years' experience. We work for homeowners across Glasgow, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Argyll and Inverclyde. We repair roofs, fix and fit gutters, clean roofs and repair slate, and we replace a roof only when it really needs replacing.
01 · Roof repairs
We repair tiled, slate and flat roofs, plus chimneys. That covers anything “from a couple of tiles needing replacing to a full brand new roof.”
Roof repair is the job we do most. A leak or a damp patch on a bedroom ceiling usually comes down to something small: a cracked slate, a slipped tile, lead flashing that has lifted or a chimney that is letting water in. We find the cause and fix it properly, so you aren't paying for a new roof you don't need.
Call us if you notice: water stains on ceilings, daylight in the loft, slates or tiles in the garden, or damp around a chimney breast.
02 · Slate roofs
Many homes in Glasgow and Ayrshire have traditional slate roofs. Often they need careful repair rather than replacing.
Natural slate can last for generations. On an older roof, the slates themselves are often still sound. The trouble comes from the parts around them: the nails holding them rust, lead flashing tires, and valleys where two roof slopes meet fill with debris and start to leak. We replace the slates that have failed, renew the leadwork and rebuild valleys so the roof keeps shedding water.
03 · New roofs
We “will only recommend a new roof where absolutely necessary.”
When a roof is beyond sensible repair, we replace it in full with slate, tile or a new flat roof.
That might be because the slates are failing across the whole roof, the timbers underneath have rotted, or the roof has been patched so many times that more repairs would cost more than they save. If we think you need a new roof, we'll show you why before you agree to anything.
04 · Flat roofs
We repair and replace flat roofs on extensions, dormers and garages.
Flat roofs fail differently from pitched ones. Water sits on the surface, so a small split, a lifted edge or a tired joint against a wall soon lets water through. We find where the water is getting in and either repair that area or put on a new flat roof if the old one has had its day.
05 · Guttering
Guttering is one of the jobs we do most often: new gutters fitted, old ones repaired, leaking joints resealed and blocked runs cleared.
Gutters that overflow or drip at the joints send water down your walls, into stonework and roughcast and towards your foundations. Over time that leads to damp inside. Often a reseal or a few new brackets will fix it. If the gutters are rusted through or sagging, a new run is the better buy.
06 · Roof cleaning
West of Scotland weather is ideal for moss and algae. Left alone, they can cause more than a stained roof.
Moss holds water against slates and tiles. It can lift them at the edges, and in winter that trapped water freezes and expands. When it washes down, it blocks gutters and downpipes, which is often why a gutter overflows. We clear moss and algae from slate and tiled roofs, clear the gutters afterwards, and point out any slates or flashing that need attention while we're up there.
07 · Inspections
Sometimes you just need to know what's going on up there before a small problem becomes an expensive one.
A proper look at slates or tiles, ridges, chimneys, flashing, valleys and gutters. It's useful before you buy a house, after a storm or before winter sets in.
Water travels before it shows on a ceiling. We trace it back to where it's actually getting in, so the repair is made in the right place.
Small jobs done early, such as resetting a slipped slate, resealing a gutter joint or clearing a valley, stop much bigger repairs later.
08 · Roofline
The roofline boards along your eaves carry your gutters and keep weather and birds out of the roof space.
We repair existing fascias and soffits where the damage is local. If the boards are rotten or failing along the whole run, we replace the roofline completely. Because the gutters fix to the fascia, we often sort out the guttering at the same time, which saves taking it down twice.
09 · Walls & stonework
As well as roofs, we cover “all aspects of roofing, roughcasting and sandstone”. That suits the many Glasgow and Clyde coast homes built in red and blond sandstone or finished in roughcast.
Cracked or blown roughcast and weathered stonework let water into walls in the same way a failing roof does. It makes sense to look at them together, especially where leaking gutters have been soaking the wall below.
10 · Building
We offer roofing, building and roughcasting services. That means the work around a roof job can be handled by the same team.
A roof job often turns up other work, such as a chimney that needs rebuilding or timber that needs replacing. Having one team for all of it keeps things simpler for you.
11 · Emergencies
Water coming through the ceiling, slates blown off in a storm, or a gutter hanging off the wall?
Our listings mention 24/7 emergency callout, and on Facebook we say we're available by phone 24 hours a day. In an emergency, the first job is to make the roof watertight and safe. Once the weather allows, we come back and do a proper repair.
Our office hours are 9am–3pm, Monday to Friday. For emergencies, we're available after hours by phone.
Roof leaking now?
07704 309217Tell us your address and what's happening, and we'll take it from there.
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Book a visit
Call Roof Class Scotland and we'll arrange a visit, find the cause and give you a written quote. We work across Glasgow, Ayrshire and the areas we cover. You can also email radicarlltd@gmail.com.