Roofing and driveways in Portsmouth

Across Portsmouth (PO1) it is mostly roof repairs and re-roofs on Victorian and interwar terraces, flat roofs, and block paved parking on tight frontages, plus the flat roofs, fascias, guttering and patios that go alongside all of it. Portsmouth is mostly twentieth century and modern estate housing with a smaller older core, so on the majority of properties the roof covering and the driveway surface are a free choice. Permeable surfacing, or drainage to a soakaway rather than to the road, is the one condition that routinely applies. Every job starts with somebody coming out and looking at it, then a free written estimate, rather than a price guessed over the phone.

No. Portsmouth is roughly 36 miles from the Salisbury yard, well inside the 100 mile radius we work to, so travel is in the written estimate rather than added on afterwards. Jobs that far out tend to get booked as a solid run of days rather than fitted in around other work.

Yes. Portsmouth is mostly dense terraced housing, so the roof work there is repairs, valleys and party wall flashings more than full strips, and the drives are small and precise. Give us a ring and we will tell you what we normally find on roofs and drives around Historic Dockyard, and what yours is likely to need before anything comes off.

It does, but in a helpful way. Portsmouth is largely twentieth century and modern estate housing built to a limited number of designs, so the roof pitch, the covering and the drive layout are broadly known before we arrive. That makes the programme and the price reliable. Concrete interlocking tile is the usual covering, so a re-roof is quick, and UPVC fascias and gutters are normally the same age as the roof and worth doing at the same time while the access is already paid for. Front drives are usually big enough for block or resin, and permeable surfacing keeps you clear of the only planning condition that routinely bites.

Yes, and it is the reason a lot of people ring us rather than two separate outfits. Roofing and driveways are both done by the same team, so the scaffold, the skips and the muck away are organised once instead of twice, and there is one number to ring if anything needs sorting. On a house in Portsmouth needing both, doing them together is normally cheaper and always quicker than booking them apart.

Portsmouth is around 36 miles from the Salisbury yard, so getting out to measure and quote is quick. When we can actually start depends on the diary and, for roofing, on the weather, which is normally a few weeks out. We would rather give you a real date than a hopeful one, so ring and we will tell you where the next honest slot is.