Roofers Headingley

Headingley roofing: the short version

Victorian terraces, grand Edwardian villas and a heavy concentration of shared houses, all under mature trees. Headingley is roughly half an hour from Harrogate down the A61 or A658, and we are on that side of the county most weeks. The same handful of faults come up again and again on Headingley roofs, and we know which of them need a repair and which are the roof telling you it is done.

What we do for Headingley homes

Roofers in Headingley: Headingley roofing and roof repairs across LS6

Victorian terraces, grand Edwardian villas and mansions, a heavy concentration of shared student houses and modern apartments make Headingley one of the more varied roofing areas in Leeds. Around North Lane, Shire Oak Road, Cardigan Road and Headingley Lane you have three-storey slate roofs with deep valleys, multiple gables and tall stacks, and behind them long terraced rows sharing chimneys. Headingley roofers work at height, on slate, with access that needs thinking about in advance.

Slate roofs of this vintage slip because the nails have corroded, and they do it a few at a time over years. Valleys between gables split, parapet gutters block and back up into the building, and the stacks, often several per house, need repointing, new trays and proper flashings. Houses in multiple occupation carry decades of penetrations for extractors, vents, aerials and cables, and almost all of them were sealed rather than flashed. On the villas, small lead or asphalt bay and porch roofs are usually the oldest part of the whole roof.

Trees and shade make a real difference here. The mature canopy along the older roads fills gutters, hoppers and valley outlets twice a year and keeps north-facing slopes damp enough for moss to build in the laps. On a three-storey house a blocked hopper can run water down the wall for a month unnoticed. With a lot of properties rented, nobody is looking, so the first sign is often internal damage rather than a missing slate.

Harrogate to Headingley is around thirty-five minutes on the A61, and this part of Leeds is on our regular run. We work for owners, landlords and letting agents, survey free of charge, photograph everything including the parts of the roof nobody can see from the street, and put the price in writing before we start. Slate repairs, re-roofing, lead and valley work, parapet gutters, chimney repointing, bay roofs, flat roofing and rainwater goods are all covered, with the workmanship guaranteed for ten years. Ring 0113 460 1042 to book a survey.

Headingley houses and their roofs

Victorian Terraces

Big period houses in Headingley, whether still one home or now several flats, need proper scaffold and a roofer comfortable with old slate. Like-for-like replacement, stacks rebuilt where they have gone, dormers and bays sorted.

Edwardian Villas & Mansions

The Victorian and Edwardian villas in Headingley are steep slate roofs with tall stacks, timber-lined valleys and a great deal of lead. Our work here is slate repair, chimney repointing and replacing flashings that were done cheaply a generation ago.

Student HMOs

Landlords with property in Headingley tend to want two things from a roofer: a fixed written price and no hassle with access. We give both. Most of the work on lets is guttering, flashing and slipped slates, with the occasional strip and re-cover between tenancies.

Modern Apartments

Apartment buildings around Headingley run from single-ply membrane on the newer schemes to felt and the odd mansard on older ones. Getting on the roof safely is most of the planning, so we sort access first and the rest follows.

Roads we are on regularly in Headingley include Otley Road, North Lane, Cardigan Road, Hyde Park Road, Brudenell Road, Royal Park Road, Shire Oak Road, Cliff Road, Headingley Lane, St Michael's Lane, Estcourt Avenue, Estcourt Terrace, Eldon Terrace, Spring Road, Wood Lane, Becketts Park, plus the streets running off them.

Faults we are called to most in LS6

• Nail sickness on Victorian and Edwardian slate roofs
• Repairs on lets with tenants in place
• Gutters on rented houses that have not been cleared in years
• Shared flat roofs on blocks of flats
• Parapet cappings and membrane upstands failing
• Lead back gutters and flashings behind tall stacks

Recognise one of those? Ring 0113 460 1042 or book a free survey and we will come and look, normally within a few days.

Why Headingley homeowners use Harrogate Roofing

• Drone inspection where it helps — Steep or awkward roofs get flown and photographed. You see exactly what we see before you decide anything.
• Insured and guaranteed — £5m public liability, £10m employer's liability, and a ten-year written workmanship guarantee on all major work.
• Materials to match Headingley houses — Welsh slate, stone slate, clay and concrete tile matched to what is on the house already, with lead where lead belongs.
• Storm line, seven days — When the wind takes tiles off in Headingley, ring the same number. We make it safe first, fix it properly after, and photograph it for your insurer.

Around Headingley

From Headingley we also cover Kirkstall LS5, Burley LS4, Hyde Park LS6, Meanwood LS6, Far Headingley LS16, Chapel Allerton LS7, and everywhere else across Leeds and the Harrogate district.