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Roof repairs in Ranelagh.

Most Ranelagh roofs are old slate with newer things cut into them: a dormer from an attic conversion, a roof window, an extension at the back. The leak is usually at the join between old and new, or in lead that has been there as long as the house. Jordan surveys the whole roof for free, including what the parapet hides, and gives you a written price for the repair.

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Ranelagh repairs

Where old slate meets new work.

The slate itself is often good for years yet. What fails is the flashing round what was added, the lead that was there already, and the nails holding the slates on.

Fitting a roof window into new slate, Delta Roofing

Flashing round dormers and roof windows

A dormer or a roof window put into a slate roof leaks where its flashing meets the slate, not through the window itself. The lead round the cheeks and the head of a dormer, or the kit flashing round a roof window, is renewed and dressed into the slate, and the slates around it are refixed.

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A new lead valley with the slates going back either side, Delta Roofing

The lead behind the parapet and in the valleys

On a parapet-fronted house the front gutter is a lead trough you cannot see from the street, and the valley with next door is lead too. When either blocks or splits, the water comes into the top floor. It is cleared, the lead checked along its length, and the bad sections relined in new lead.

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New natural slate finished, seen from the ridge, Delta Roofing

Slates refixed on new fixings

The iron nails under original slate rust away long before the slate does, so sound slates slide out one after another. They are refixed with hooks or tingles and broken ones matched in natural slate. Where the felt underneath has gone as well, that slope is stripped and re-slated, keeping as much of your own slate as is worth keeping.

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ValleysThe shared lead valley between terraced roofs, relined.ChimneysTall stacks repointed, capped and reflashed in lead.Extension roofsThe flat roof on the return or the kitchen, and the junction where it meets the slate.New roof windowsFitted and flashed into the slate.
Ridge and hipsRidge tiles rebedded where the mortar has gone.
Re-slatingA slope stripped and re-slated when nails and felt have both gone.
Signs

Signs a Ranelagh roof needs looking at.

Most of these show on the top floor first. Where the mark is tells the survey where to start.

How it works

Survey. Price. Fix.

Step 1 · FreeSurvey

Jordan looks at the whole roof, from above with a drone where it helps, so the price is based on what is actually there.

Step 2 · ClearPrice

A written price before any work starts. If hidden damage turns up, Jordan shows you and prices it before going further.

Step 3 · Booked inFix

Fully qualified roofers, proper materials, and the site left clean when the job is done.

Pricing

How a Ranelagh roof repair is priced.

The price is settled on the survey, not on the phone, because what is wrong with a dormer flashing or a parapet gutter cannot be seen from the ground and cannot be guessed from a description. Jordan surveys the roof, including the slopes a parapet hides, and gives you one written price for what he finds. If the slates come off and the timber under them is rotten, he shows you and prices that before anything else is done.

  1. The flashingRenewed round a dormer or a window, or relined along a parapet
  2. How many slatesA handful hooked back, or a slope stripped
  3. What the parapet hidesLooked at on the survey, so it is in the price from the start
  4. Scaffold or notA tall house over a basement sometimes needs it; the survey says
  5. One written priceFor what the survey found, no obligation
Local

Ranelagh roofs, from Kimmage.

Delta Roofing is family-run and based in Kimmage, Dublin 12, on the far side of Rathmines from Ranelagh. It has been in business for over 20 years. The photos on this page are Jordan's own jobs, with no customer's house named: a roof window going into new slate, a new lead valley with the slates going back, and a slated extension roof with two roof windows.

One customer's Google review says what the end of a job looks like: "Jordan sent a video of the before and after." Ring the office Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:30, or the mobile, 087 645 9553, at any hour if water is coming in.

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A slated extension roof with two new roof windows, Delta Roofing
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Questions

Ranelagh roof questions.

What people ask when a dormer, a window or a parapet is the problem.

The attic was converted years ago and now the dormer leaks. Is that a repair or a rebuild?

Nearly always a repair. The dormer is sound; its flashing has lifted or was never dressed into the slate properly. The lead round the cheeks and the head is renewed and the slates refixed around it. The survey confirms it before anything is priced.

Why does the leak only show after heavy rain?

Because a parapet gutter or a valley is overflowing rather than leaking all the time. Normal rain gets away; a downpour backs up behind the blockage or the split and comes in under the slates. Clearing it is step one, and the lead is checked while it is clear.

Can the roof be redone in the original slate?

Where the old slate is sound it is lifted, kept and relaid, and the gaps made up in matching natural slate. The survey shows how much of your own slate is worth keeping.

Can you survey a parapet roof without a scaffold?

Yes. The slopes and the gutter behind the parapet are looked at from above, and the attic shows the felt and the timbers from underneath. A scaffold is only in the price when the repair needs one.

Does a new roof window mean replacing the slates around it?

Not usually. The window is flashed into the existing slate and only the slates cut around the opening are new. If that slope is losing slates on its old nails, the survey will say so, because fitting a window into failing slate is work done twice.

We are on the top floor of a converted house. Who arranges the roof?

Whoever is responsible for the building, usually the owner or the management company. Jordan surveys once and sends the written price to them, and the work is booked with whoever is paying.

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