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// The price

Fast. Cheap. Good.
Pick two.

The oldest truth in construction — and the most honest way to talk about price. Choose any two and see what it really means for your roof.

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// you can only ever have two

// leaking again — repair no. 2 booked full crew · long days · done once phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 bay by bay · spread across budget years

// fast + cheap — our honest advice: don't

The patch job

A fast, cheap fix on a failing roof buys months, not years. The leak comes back — and brings the next repair bill, plus the damage in between, with it.

// in real terms

Upfront cost£
True 20-year cost££££ — you pay twice
Time on sitedays
Back on the roof by year 5?very likely

// What you're actually buying

Inside every
CNN quote.

Six things, priced and named, on every proposal we send. If it isn't written down, you shouldn't be paying for it — with anyone.

// 01

Survey findings

The condition we priced against — photographed and logged. You can hold our number to what we found.

// 02

The spec

Materials by name: sheet gauge, coating system, insulation U-value, fixings. Never "similar or equal".

// 03

The programme

Start date, phasing, weather allowance, completion. You'll know how long we're on your site before we arrive.

// 04

Safety

Edge protection, access, running lines, RAMS — included and priced, not an extra that appears later.

// 05

Waste & making good

Strip-off disposal, site cleanliness and a clean handover — in the number, not in the small print.

// 06

The warranty

Manufacturer-backed cover, lodged on completion — not just our word for it.

One number at the bottom. It doesn't move.

No provisional sums. No "TBC on inspection". If we missed something in the survey, that's on us — not on your invoice.

// Comparing quotes?

Good. Ask everyone
these — including us.

A cheaper number usually isn't the same job for less money — it's a different job. Seven questions that show you which one you're buying.

// 01

Is the price fixed — or are there provisional sums?

A "provisional sum" is a blank cheque with your name on it. Ask what happens to the price when they open the roof up.

// 02

Is the spec named, like for like?

Sheet gauge, coating system, insulation U-value. A quote 30% cheaper on a thinner sheet with no insulation uplift isn't 30% cheaper — it's a different roof.

// 03

Who backs the warranty?

A manufacturer-backed warranty survives the installer. An installer's own promise is only worth what their business is worth in year twelve.

// 04

What's included for safety?

Edge protection, access equipment, RAMS. If it's not in the price, it either appears as an extra — or worse, it doesn't appear at all.

// 05

Who takes the waste?

Strip-off from an industrial roof is tonnes of material. Disposal is either priced in, added later, or left in your yard.

// 06

What happens if they find more damage mid-job?

Ask for the variations policy in writing before you sign — not during week two, when the roof is open and you have no leverage.

// 07

Can you visit a roof they finished five years ago?

Anyone can show you last month's job. A roof that still looks right after five winters is the only reference that counts.

// A worked example

What this looks like
with real numbers.

Illustrative figures for a typical project — every roof prices differently, and the survey decides. But this is the shape of an honest conversation about money.

// illustrative example — not a quote or a fixed price. rates shown are examples only — your survey sets your numbers. all figures exclude vat.

// The building

A 3,800 m² distribution unit, 1990s built-up metal roof, operations running six days a week underneath.

// What the survey found

Forty-plus corroded cut edges, six failed laps, saturated insulation across two bays, rooflights brittle and past their service life.

// What they chose

Over-cladding as a single project — one crew, one programme, the critical leaking bays sequenced first so the building was watertight where it mattered early in the job. (Phasing across budget years is something we reserve for the biggest schemes — 10,000 m² and up.)

// The outcome

No interruption to operations, insulation uplift on the whole roof, 30-year manufacturer-backed system — at roughly half the 20-year cost of the patch-repair cycle they'd been stuck in.

// three routes quoted — fixed

Liquid coating & endlaps

typical life 15 yrs · example rate £45/m²

£171k

Over-cladding

typical life 30+ yrs · example rate £65/m² · chosen — one project, one programme

£247k

Full replacement

typical life 40 yrs · example rate £120/m²

£456k

Three real options, three fixed numbers, one recommendation — and the reasons in writing. That's the document you get.

// example rates, not fixed prices · figures exclude vat

// Paying for it

Structured to suit
the project.

Payment terms are agreed up front in the proposal — no surprises there either. This is how it normally works.

// projects under £100k

60 / 40

60% on instruction to secure materials and programme; the remaining 40% on completion and sign-off.

// projects over £100k

Staged

A 40–60% deposit, the balance in staged payments as the work progresses, and final payment on completion.

// maintenance plans

Your call

Lump-sum payments quarterly or bi-annually as works are carried out — or a discounted monthly retainer that spreads the cost.

// Next

Get a number that doesn't move.

It starts with the survey — boots on your roof, and a fixed price on paper before anything else happens.

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