Roof Repairs in
Bangor
Bangor's terraces take the weather straight off the Menai Strait. We survey the roof for free, photograph exactly what has failed, and quote a fixed price the same day or the day after: repair or replacement, whichever is honestly the right call.
Minutes from Bangor over the Britannia Bridge · 5.0 from 13 Google reviews
5.0 Google rating
13 reviews
Three generations
family roofing team
25-year guarantee
on every new roof
Free survey
written findings, no charge
24/7 call-out
storm damage & leaks
We Are On Bangor Roofs Every Week
Bangor is one of our closest and busiest patches. Our yard is at Brynsiencyn on Anglesey, which puts the city a short run over the Britannia Bridge and along the A487: close enough that we can get to a leak in Hirael or Upper Bangor quickly, and close enough that returning to finish a detail is never a problem.
The city's housing stock is unusually varied for its size. Long Victorian and Edwardian slate terraces run down through Hirael and the High Street area, larger stone villas and student houses sit up in Upper Bangor around the university, and post-war estate housing with concrete tiles fills Maesgeirchen and Penrhosgarnedd. Add the flat-roofed extensions bolted onto most of them over the last forty years and you have four or five completely different roofing problems in one small city.
Because we work here so regularly, we know what to expect before we get the ladder off the van: which terraces have shared valleys that were never lined properly, which streets lose ridge tiles first in a westerly, and which estates are now at the age where the mortar bedding has simply given up.
Response Times To Bangor
Bangor is one of the quickest calls we make. Free surveys in the city are normally available within a few days, and often sooner if water is actively coming in.
Storm damage and active leaks are covered by the 24/7 call-out service. Call-outs are typically £150 to £250 depending on time of day and location, agreed on the phone before we set off. We make the roof safe and watertight first, then quote the permanent repair as a fixed price.
Our own scaffold towers travel with us, so small Bangor jobs, a slipped slate, a gutter length, a flashing, do not wait on a scaffolding firm's diary.
What Bangor Customers Ask For Most
- Slipped and cracked slates refitted after a gale off the Strait
- Full slate roof replacements on terraces where the nails have finally gone
- Flat roof replacement and repair on rear extensions and dormers
- Lead flashing and chimney work on Upper Bangor stacks
- Guttering and uPVC fascia and soffit renewal on rain-soaked north elevations
- Pre-purchase roof surveys for buyers and landlords across the city
Roof leaking in Bangor right now?
07538 586813Bangor Property Types We Know Well
Victorian slate terraces (Hirael, High Street, Glanrafon)
Original Welsh slate on close-boarded or battened roofs, usually with no underfelt. Shared valleys and party-wall flashings between neighbours are where most of the water gets in.
Upper Bangor stone villas and HMOs
Larger, steeper roofs with chimney stacks, dormers and complex lead detailing. Many are let, so landlords need defects evidenced in writing and closed out quickly between tenancies.
Estate housing in Maesgeirchen and Penrhosgarnedd
Concrete interlocking tiles with mortar-bedded ridges and verges. The tiles have years left; the bedding and the felt at the eaves generally do not.
Rear extensions and dormers
Felt, EPDM and fibreglass flat roofs over kitchens and box dormers. These produce more Bangor call-outs than the main roofs above them.
Roofing Services Available In Bangor
Every service below is available across Bangor and the surrounding area, each starting with the same free survey and fixed-price quote.
Roof Repairs in Bangor
Leaks traced, slipped slates and cracked tiles put right: fast.
Slate Roofing in Bangor
Reclaimed Welsh slate specialists, plus new and artificial slate.
Roof Replacements & New Roofs in Bangor
A full new roof, fixed price, guaranteed for 25 years.
Flat Roof Repairs in Bangor
EPDM, GRP fibreglass, felt and liquid systems repaired properly.
Guttering & Downpipes in Bangor
Stop water running down your walls: new guttering fitted.
Chimney Restoration in Bangor
Cast caps, repointing, rendering and full stack rebuilds.
Also available in Bangor
- Tiled Roofing
- Flat Roof Replacement
- Lead Work
- uPVC Fascia & Soffit
- Roof Structures & Loft Conversions
- Skylights & Velux Windows
- Asbestos Roof Removal
- Home Improvements
Why Choose North Wales Roof Repairs In Bangor
Local, not passing through
We are based on Anglesey, minutes from the city. If something needs looking at again we come back; we are not a firm that works Bangor for a season and disappears.
Rated 5.0 by 13 Google reviewers
Customers repeat the same points: on time, tidy, no mess left, and the options explained properly with plenty of photographs before anything was agreed.
Slate is what we do
Bangor is a slate city and reclaimed Welsh slate is a specialty of ours. Repairs match what is already on the roof instead of standing out from the street.
Free survey, fixed price, guaranteed
No charge to look, a fixed price rather than a day rate, workmanship guaranteed, and 25 years on a new roof.
Roofing Problems Specific To Bangor
Roofs fail differently in different places. These are the conditions that decide how a roof in Bangor wears out, and what a repair here has to be built to survive.
Book the free surveyWind funnelled along the Menai Strait
The Strait channels westerly wind straight at the city's exposed elevations. Verges, ridges and the top course of slate take the brunt, and a roof that survives ten winters can lose a run of slate in a single night.
Terraces with shared valleys
Where two terraced roofs meet, the valley often carries the water of both. When the lead is short, patched or replaced with tape, the leak appears inside one house and the cause sits over the boundary of the other.
Roofs at the end of their nail life
Much of Bangor's slate went on well over a century ago. The slate is frequently still good while the nails have rusted through, which is why so many city roofs can be stripped, re-battened, felted and relaid with the original slate rather than replaced outright.
Student lets and absentee owners
A leak in an occupied family home gets reported in a day. In a let property between tenancies it can run for months, so by the time anyone looks the ceiling, insulation and sometimes the joinery have gone too.
How We Work In Bangor
Step 1; You call or send the form
Tell us where you are and what the roof is doing. Emergencies are dealt with on the phone there and then; everything else is booked for a survey at a time that suits you.
Step 2: Free survey on site
We get on the roof safely, inspect the covering, flashings, ridge, valleys, verges and guttering, and look inside the loft where access allows.
Step 3: Written findings and photographs
You see photographs of every defect and a plain written account of what is causing the water ingress, what is secondary damage and what is simply age.
Step 4: Fixed-price quote
Back to you the same day as the visit or the day after. A fixed price for the work described, not a day rate, with access equipment included.
Step 5, Work done, tidied and guaranteed
A deposit secures your date. We turn up when we said, work clean, take everything away and hand over completion photographs. Workmanship guaranteed; 25 years on a new roof.
Free survey & quote
Always free anywhere we cover, including Bangor, with written findings and photographs.
Fixed price
Quoted as a fixed price, not a day rate. Access equipment included in the figure.
Guaranteed work
Workmanship guaranteed on all jobs. 25 years on new roofs; flat-roof warranties per manufacturer system.
Bangor Roofing Questions
The questions we are asked most by customers in Bangor: coverage, timing, cost and what happens out of hours.
Ask us directly on 07538 586813Do you cover Bangor?
Yes: Bangor is one of our most regular working areas. We are based at Brynsiencyn on Anglesey, a short run over the Britannia Bridge, and cover the whole city including Upper Bangor, Hirael, Glanrafon, Maesgeirchen and Penrhosgarnedd.
How fast can you get to Bangor?
Quickly. It is one of the shortest journeys we make, so free surveys are normally a few days away at most. For an active leak or storm damage the 24/7 call-out service applies and we will give you a realistic time on the phone.
What does a roof repair cost in Bangor?
It depends entirely on what has failed, which is why the survey is free and the quote is fixed. We look at the roof, photograph the defect and give you one figure for the work described: not a day rate that grows while we are on site.
Do you offer emergency roofing in Bangor at night or at weekends?
Yes. The emergency call-out service runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call-outs are typically £150 to £250 depending on the time of day and your location, agreed before we travel.
Can you match the slate on a Bangor terrace?
Usually. These roofs were built in Welsh slate and reclaimed Welsh slate is a specialty of ours, so a repair blends in rather than announcing itself from the street.
Do I need a full new roof or will a repair do?
That is what the survey answers honestly. If the battens are rotten and the nails have corroded through, patching it wastes your money and we will say so. If the roof has years left, we repair it and tell you roughly how long you have.
Do you work for Bangor landlords and letting agents?
Yes. Landlords get the same written findings and photographs as homeowners, which is usually what is needed to evidence a defect and close it out between tenancies.
Do you carry out chimney restoration in Bangor?
Yes: chimney restoration including cast caps, repointing, rendering and full stack rebuilds. Bangor has a lot of exposed Victorian stacks and they take the worst of the weather off the Strait.
How long will a new roof in Bangor take?
A typical terraced or semi-detached roof is measured in days rather than weeks, and the programme is set out in the quote before you commit. New roofs carry a 25-year guarantee.
Near Bangor
We work Bangor as part of a wider round across North Wales, so if you are just outside it we are almost certainly passing anyway.
See every area we coverWhere To Find Us
North Wales Roof Repairs
High St, Brynsiencyn, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll LL61 6AX
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Free Roof Survey
Anywhere In Bangor
Tell us the street and what the roof is doing. We will come out, get on it safely, photograph what we find, and send a fixed-price quote the same day or the day after.
- Free survey and written findings with photographs
- Fixed-price quote same day or the day after the visit
- Workmanship guaranteed; 25 years on a new roof
- 5.0 from 13 Google reviews
Emergency in Bangor?
07538 58681324/7 call-out, typically £150–£250 depending on time of day and location.