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Local roofers for Bognor Regis

Looking for roofers in Bognor Regis? Top Guard Roofing & Paving is a family owned roofing company based in Arundel. We work for homeowners and businesses across the town, on anything from one loose tile to a complete new roof.

A roofer comes out, looks at the roof and gives you a free quote before any work is agreed. If the job is urgent, ring us at any hour.

Our roofing services in Bognor Regis at a glance

Brick chimney with clay pots on a roof stripped back to felt and battens

New Roof in Bognor Regis

A new roof in Bognor Regis is the right call once the old one has stopped being worth repairing. The signs are easy to list. Tiles or slates are failing on every slope. The felt underneath has perished, so rain blown in by the wind reaches the loft. One leak has been patched more than once. Daylight shows through from inside.

What a replacement includes

We strip the old covering and check the timbers. A breathable membrane goes on, then new battens, then the slates or tiles, finished with new ridges, hips and verges. Leadwork around the chimney is renewed, and fascias and soffits can be fitted while the roof is open. We build pitched and flat roofs, in slate, tile and felt.

How long it takes

Most new roofs take 3 to 5 days, depending on the size and type of roof. A visit comes first. We inspect the roof and tell you whether it needs replacing or whether a repair will do.

Roof Repairs in Bognor Regis

Roof repairs in Bognor Regis mostly follow the weather. After a night of strong wind the usual damage is a ridge tile on the lawn, tiles that have slid into the gutter, or flashing peeled back from a chimney or skylight. The next heavy rain then finds the gap.

We deal with storm damage, leaks, tiles that have moved or gone, flashing, gutters and downpipes, and we reseal joints that have opened. For anything urgent, our emergency service runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For slower faults, such as moss holding water on the tiles or a gutter that overflows, we book an inspection and a repair for a day that suits you.

A seafront town and its roofs

Bognor Regis sits on the open south coast. The town is sunnier and milder than much of the UK, with about 1,900 hours of sunshine a year, but its rainfall peaks in winter and the wind often drives it sideways.

On an exposed roof the edges do the hard work. Wind gets under the ridge, the verges at the gable ends and the bottom row of tiles at the eaves before it troubles the middle of a slope. Tiles that are nailed or clipped stay put. Ridge and verge tiles held only by old mortar are the first to go, which is why edge fixings matter so much here.

The houses come from several periods. Bognor began as a resort in the late 18th century and grew quickly once the railway arrived in 1864. The Aldwick Bay Estate was laid out from 1928, so the Aldwick side has many homes from the late 1920s and 1930s. Each period brought its own kind of roof.

Flat Roofing in Bognor Regis

Flat roofing in Bognor Regis covers extensions, garages, porches, dormers and commercial units. We fit and repair felt, rubber and single ply membrane roofs. The weak points are the edges, the joints and the outlets where rainwater drains away. If water stands on the roof for days after rain, the outlet or the fall of the roof needs attention as well as the covering. Long hours of sun also dry out old felt until it cracks. We repair what can be repaired, replace the covering once it has worn right across, and can advise on insulation at the same visit.

Roof Tiling in Bognor Regis

Roof tiling in Bognor Regis means clay and concrete tiles on pitched and gable roofs. We replace cracked tiles and fill the gaps where tiles have gone, refix ridges and verges, and retile whole roofs with new underlay and fixings. On this coast we pay close attention to how each tile is held down, because wind lifts whatever is loose. A retile is also the moment to renew the underlay, which is the second line of defence when rain is driven up under the tiles.

Slate Roofing in Bognor Regis

Slate roofing in Bognor Regis is found mostly on the older houses of the town. We repair and lay natural slate and man made slate. A slate that has slid down usually means its nail has rusted through, and where one has gone others tend to follow. We put back or replace them, matching the type and size where possible, and we lay complete new slate roofs once repair is no longer sensible. Under a new slate roof we fit a breathable membrane and new battens first.

Facias Replacements in Bognor Regis

Fascias take a lot of weather near the sea. We fit, replace and maintain fascias and soffits in uPVC and timber. Timber boards by the coast need repainting more often than they would inland, and once the paint breaks down the wood soaks up water. uPVC does away with the painting. Whichever you choose, the boards must be fixed firmly, because the gutter hangs from them and a full gutter in a storm is heavy. When we replace fascias we look at the rafter ends behind them, then refit or renew the gutters and downpipes.

Chimneys and leadwork

A chimney stack stands above the roof and catches wind and rain from every side. We repoint stacks, repair lead flashing and rebuild loose brickwork. Our chimneys and guttering page has the details of our chimney repairs in Bognor Regis.

Around Bognor Regis

We cover the whole town, postcodes PO21 and PO22, including Felpham, Aldwick, North Bersted and South Bersted, and the neighbouring villages of Pagham and Middleton-on-Sea. Chichester is about 6 miles away, and we are roofers in Chichester as well.

Questions we are asked

What should I do after storm damage?

Keep off the roof. From the ground, note what you can see and take photographs. Tiles that have been loosened can fall later, so keep people and cars away from that side of the house. Indoors, catch any water and move furniture clear. Then call us. Our emergency service is available 24/7, and urgent repairs come first.

How long does a new roof take?

Most take 3 to 5 days, depending on the size and type of roof. We tell you how long we expect yours to take when we quote.

Timber or uPVC fascias near the sea?

We fit both. uPVC does not rot and never needs painting, which is why many owners near the coast choose it. Timber can match the look of an older house, but it needs regular painting to keep salt air and rain out of the wood. We can talk through both when we visit.

Do you charge for a quote?

No. Quotes are free. We visit, inspect the roof and give you a clear price for the work.

To book a visit, call Top Guard Roofing & Paving on 01903 442348 or 07394 150273, or use our contact page. Our roofing services are available across Bognor Regis and the villages either side of it.