// The price
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.
// you can only ever have two
// 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
// What you're actually buying
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
The condition we priced against — photographed and logged. You can hold our number to what we found.
// 02
Materials by name: sheet gauge, coating system, insulation U-value, fixings. Never "similar or equal".
// 03
Start date, phasing, weather allowance, completion. You'll know how long we're on your site before we arrive.
// 04
Edge protection, access, running lines, RAMS — included and priced, not an extra that appears later.
// 05
Strip-off disposal, site cleanliness and a clean handover — in the number, not in the small print.
// 06
Manufacturer-backed cover, lodged on completion — not just our word for it.
// Comparing quotes?
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
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
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
A manufacturer-backed warranty survives the installer. An installer's own promise is only worth what their business is worth in year twelve.
// 04
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
Strip-off from an industrial roof is tonnes of material. Disposal is either priced in, added later, or left in your yard.
// 06
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
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
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.
// 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
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
It starts with the survey — boots on your roof, and a fixed price on paper before anything else happens.
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