Your Local Roofers in Stepney
Stepney sits in the middle of our patch, so we're never far away. Free quotes, no call-out charge, and straight answers — whether the problem is a Georgian parapet gutter near Stepney Green or a flat roof on an estate block off Ben Jonson Road.
Three Centuries of Roofs in One Postcode
Few places pack in as much housing history as Stepney. This is one of the oldest corners of the East End — St Dunstan's, often called the mother church of the East End, has stood at the heart of the parish for around a thousand years — and the streets show their age in layers. There are Georgian houses around Stepney Green and Arbour Square, long runs of Victorian terraces, and the big interwar and post-war council estates, the Ocean Estate among them. Pitched slate, clay tile and flat-roofed blocks often sit within a few hundred yards of each other.
Each era brings its own troubles. The Georgian and Victorian stock was mostly roofed in slate, fixed with iron nails that are now rusting through — "nail sickness", where sound slates slip one after another because the fixings, not the slates, have failed. Parapet and valley gutters hidden behind front walls block up and overflow into the rooms below. Chimney stacks have stood in the weather for well over a century, and the mortar and flaunching give up long before the brick does. On the estates the problems are flatter: aged coverings, blocked outlets and condensation under cold roof decks.
What We Handle in Stepney
We replace slipped and broken slates, and where nail sickness has taken hold we'll tell you honestly whether re-fixing or re-roofing is the better-value answer. We repoint and rebuild chimney stacks, reline parapet gutters, trace and fix leaks on pitched and flat roofs alike, and repair or replace the flat coverings on estate and infill blocks.
A large share of Stepney's homes belong to landlords and housing associations, and we're set up to work with both — prompt visits, photo reports, written quotes and guaranteed workmanship. There's more on our landlords page.
Local, Insured and Straight With You
We work in Stepney regularly, we're fully insured for public liability, and we answer the phone seven days a week. We'll never quote a new roof when a repair will do — and when a roof genuinely is finished, we'll show you the evidence before we ask you to spend a penny.
Call 020 4578 5836 for a free quote in Stepney, E1 — or send us a photo of the problem through the form on this page.