Understanding Roof Repair Costs in Aberdeen – Make an Educated Decision
Due to factors such as environmental conditions and the life span of materials, maintenance and repair is an integral part of ensuring your roof protects your property.
The following guide is provided to help in understanding the estimated costs associated with maintaining a roof.
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| Required Works | Cost Estimate | Required Timeframe |
|---|---|---|
| Replacing 1 tile/slate | £100 | 1 hr |
| Replacing 10 tiles/slates | £400 | 4 hrs |
| Replace 4 sections of zinc ridge | £400 | 4 hrs |
| Replace valley | £300 – £500 | 0.5 day |
| Replace sideslip | £350 – £550 | 0.5 day |
| Renew skew | £300 – £800 | 1.5 days |
| Install new chimney can and vent | £400 | 4 hrs |
| Gutter cleaning | £200 – £600 | 0.5 day |
| New garage flat roof | £2000 – £4000 | 2 days |
| Pointing works | £80 per sqm | 2 hrs – 2 days |
| Install new soffits and fascias | £2500 – £4000 | 2–4 days |
To get a full understanding of the costs associated with your property, get in touch with Stork now to discuss with an expert. All customers are provided expert guidance with written quotations provided as standard.
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The Roofer’s Dictionary
Want to fully understand what your quote says? Although we strive to make all our communications and quotations as clear as possible, all of our customers should always feel free to ask us questions. But to help you with some of the more common roofing terminology, please read on.
- Battens, thin strips of wood positioned on the roof to enable fixation of slates/tiles.
- Cement Skew, a mortar fillet made from cement and positioned between the roof and skew stones.
- Chimney Haunching, the cement used to fixate chimney cans atop the chimney crown, built with curved edges to enable water to run off.
- Fascia, decorative boards along the underside edge of a sloping roof.
- Flashing, protective sheeting (generally lead) to protect joints.
- Gable, the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a property’s ridged roof.
- Hip, a hip roof has all sides sloping downwards to the walls with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof.
- Ridge, the roof apex.
- Side slip, the zinc protective insert where a dormer window meets the main roof.
- Skew stones, stones at the side of a roof which project above the roof itself, and are used to separate tenements or at gable ends.
- Soffit, decorative board used to seal the gap between the fascia board and the property wall.
- Strike Scaffolding, the scaffold is struck, or removed, once it has served its purpose.
- Valley, the point where two sloping roof sections meet, generally protected through a zinc insert.
