What a roof repair in Dublin usually involves
Most repairs we do are on houses built between the 1930s and the 1980s: concrete interlocking tiles on the estates in Raheny, Tallaght, Lucan and Swords, and natural slate on the older red-brick terraces in Clontarf, Drumcondra and Rathmines. The faults repeat. A tile slips because its nib or nail has gone. The bitumen felt under the tiles perishes and tears at the eaves, so wind-driven rain gets past it. Mortar on the ridge and around the chimney cracks out. Lead flashing lifts or splits. On slate roofs the nails rust through, called nail sickness, and the slates slide one at a time.
A proper repair means finding the actual entry point, often a metre or two uphill from the wet patch on the ceiling. We check from the attic first, then the roof, and replace what has failed with matching materials: concrete tiles, natural slate, new lead for flashings and valleys, and ridge mortar or a dry-fix ridge where mortar keeps failing.
What affects the price
Every repair is priced after a free roof check. What moves the quote:
- Extent of the damage: one slipped tile is a short visit; a run of tiles with torn felt underneath, or a valley to strip and re-lay, is most of a day.
- Access and height: most houses are done from ladders; a steep slate roof three storeys up, or a job over a conservatory, may need a tower, which is priced separately.
- Material and season: slate and lead take longer than concrete tile, and after a winter storm a wet week can mean tarping first and finishing once the roof is dry.
Labour, materials and access are all in the price you agree before any work starts, and there are no hidden charges.
The free roof check comes first
The visit costs nothing. A roofer goes up, photographs the fault and anything else likely to cause trouble, and you get your quote with photos of what we find and no hidden charges. If the roof is near the end of its life, we tell you and you get a re-roof quote to compare, but nobody pushes you into it.
Why homeowners call us back
Temo started Oisin Roofing & Guttering because too many roofers turned up late, did not answer the phone, arrived in unmarked vans and left poor work behind. We have completed over 1,700 roofs across Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare, and on more than 200 roofs in Clontarf we fixed the problem first visit 85% of the time. Repairs are guaranteed, we are fully insured, and we tidy up before we leave.