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Published trade price guides put a full roof replacement in Yorkshire at roughly £4,500 to £10,000 for most houses, with terraces at the lower end and large detached houses above it. The real answer depends on the size and pitch of the roof, the covering you choose, how much timber needs replacing, the leadwork and the scaffold. Prices in Leeds, York and Harrogate tend to sit above those in Hull, Doncaster or Grimsby, mostly because of scaffold, parking and access rather than the roofing itself.

Roofline quotes every roof individually and itemises the quote so you can see what you are paying for. The quote is free. Our roof cost guide explains what drives the price on each type of Yorkshire house.

Yes. We are based in South Yorkshire and work across West, South, North and East Yorkshire, including Hull, plus Teesside and the towns on the south bank of the Humber. For a repair we group jobs by area so a call-out to Scarborough or Grimsby is not a special trip. For a re-roof the distance makes no difference at all: the scaffold, materials and team come to you wherever you are. See the full list of areas we cover.

A full re-roof on a terrace usually takes three to five working days. A three-bed semi takes four to seven, and a large detached house five to ten, weather permitting. Back-to-backs and through terraces in Leeds and Bradford can take a little longer because of access. We strip the roof in sections and sheet it up each night, so your home is never left open.

Replacing a roof like-for-like does not normally need planning permission, unless the house is listed or in a conservation area, and Yorkshire has hundreds of them, from the whole of central York to Saltaire, Haworth, Robin Hood's Bay and the Old Town in Hull. Building Regulations are different: re-covering most of a roof counts as renovating a thermal element, so your council's Building Control needs to know and the insulation may need to be brought up to current standards. We explain this in our re-roofing and Building Regulations guide.

Because mortar on its own is not a fixing. Since the 2014 revision of BS 5534, the British Standard for slating and tiling, ridge and hip tiles have to be mechanically fixed, with screws or clips, rather than relying on mortar. Mortar-only ridges crack as the roof moves and the mortar dries out, then the tiles work loose. Roofline fits dry ridge systems or mechanically fixed ridges that meet the standard. See our plain-language guide to BS 5534.

Quite possibly. Most post-war semis across Yorkshire were covered in concrete interlocking tiles on bitumen felt, and both are now 60 to 75 years old. The tiles often look acceptable from the ground while the felt underneath has gone brittle and the nails have corroded. A free inspection will tell you whether you have years left or whether a re-roof now will save you repeated repair bills.

Yes. Roofs in Scarborough, Bridlington, Whitby, Redcar, Cleethorpes and along the Holderness coast take salt-laden wind that corrodes fixings and flashings faster than inland, and the pantiles that are traditional there rely on good fixing and pointing at the verges. We specify stainless or coated fixings on the coast as a matter of course and pay extra attention to ridges, verges and leadwork.

Roofing in Yorkshire means planning for rain. We only strip what we can re-cover the same day, and any open area is sheeted and weighted down before we leave. If the forecast is bad we will tell you and adjust the programme rather than rush the work.

For a re-roof and most repairs above single-storey height, yes. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require safe access, and scaffolding is the safe way to do roofing properly. It appears as its own line on your itemised quote so there are no surprises. In city centres and on terraces with no rear access we will also tell you about any permit or parking cost up front.