Roofing and driveways in Reading

Across Reading (RG1) it is mostly roof repairs and re-roofs on Victorian and interwar terraces and semis, flat roofs, and block paved parking, plus the flat roofs, fascias, guttering and patios that go alongside all of it. Reading 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. Reading is roughly 44 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. Reading is at the eastern end of what we cover and jobs there get booked as a run of days rather than a morning call, so they are quoted as a full piece of work. Give us a ring and we will tell you what we normally find on roofs and drives around Oracle, and what yours is likely to need before anything comes off.

It does, but in a helpful way. Reading 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 Reading needing both, doing them together is normally cheaper and always quicker than booking them apart.

Reading is around 44 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.