Roof Repairs across Thanet & East Kent

Roof repairs across Thanet and East Kent. Leaks, storm damage, slipped tiles and failed flashings. Local roofers, 20+ years. Rated 5.0 on Google.

Roof Repairs

Most people's first thought about their roof is a damp patch on a bedroom ceiling, and the second is how much this is going to cost. The honest answer is that a lot of roof repairs are far smaller jobs than people fear — a slipped tile, a cracked fillet, a flashing that's lifted. The expensive outcome is leaving it.

Water is patient. A small gap that lets in a little every time it rains will rot timber, soak insulation and stain plaster for years before anyone does anything about it. By then you're not paying for a roof repair, you're paying for a ceiling too.

We repair roofs right across Thanet and East Kent, and we'll always tell you if a repair is the right answer rather than pushing you towards a new roof.


What we repair

  • Leaks — including the ones nobody has been able to find. Water travels, and where it appears inside is often nowhere near where it's getting in.
  • Storm damage — lost or lifted tiles, displaced ridge and hip tiles, damaged verges. Common right along this coast after a blow.
  • Slipped and cracked tiles or slates — usually a fixings problem rather than a tile problem.
  • Failed flashings — around chimneys, abutments, dormers and roof windows. The single most common source of leaks we attend.
  • Cracked cement fillets — a legacy of decades of cement-based detailing. Replaced properly with lead.
  • Valleys — where two roof planes meet and carry the water off both.
  • Parapet and box gutters — hidden behind the front wall on Georgian and Victorian properties, and a frequent culprit in Deal, Ramsgate and Margate.
  • Flat roof repairs — splits, blisters and failed upstands, where a repair is genuinely worth doing.
  • Chimney and leadwork repairs — pointing, flaunching and soakers.
  • Emergency make-safe — getting a damaged roof watertight quickly, with the permanent repair to follow.

How we do it

We find the actual source. This is the part most people get wrong, and some roofers too. A stain on a first-floor ceiling might be caused by something three metres away and two metres higher up. Water runs along rafters, follows felt laps and tracks down battens before it drops. We work back from the damp patch to the entry point rather than just sealing whatever looks closest.

We use a drone when it makes sense. On tall, steep or awkward roofs — which is most of the older housing in this part of Kent — it's quicker, safer and cheaper than putting a ladder or scaffold up just to have a look. You get the photos too.

We repair with materials that will last. Cement fillets get replaced with lead, not more cement. Mastic is a temporary measure and we treat it as one. If we do something as a stopgap, we'll say so and tell you what the permanent fix is.

We tell you the truth about the roof. If we're up there and can see the whole roof is on borrowed time, you'll hear that — along with a rough idea of how long you've got. Equally, if you've been told you need a new roof and you don't, we'll say that as well.

We prioritise the leaking ones. Water coming into a house is urgent. We'll get to you as quickly as we can, and we can usually make something safe and watertight straight away even if the full repair needs scheduling.

Featured project

A full re-roof in Botany, Broadstairs

One of our recent Broadstairs jobs was a full re-roof in Botany, and it's a good example of what doing the job properly actually involves.

A re-roof isn't just the tiles you can see from the street. We stripped it back, fitted a breathable membrane, sorted the timber, re-tiled, rebuilt the ridges and dealt with the lead detailing. The property also had a flat-roof dormer and a new VELUX roof window fitted, so the flat and pitched elements had to tie together cleanly and stay watertight where they meet — which is exactly where a lot of roofs let water in.

It's finished, and the home underneath it is protected for decades to come.

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Tell us what you're seeing and roughly where, and we'll come and find out what's causing it. If it's a straightforward repair we'll say so — and if it isn't, you'll get an honest assessment rather than a sales pitch.

Frampton Roofing Ltd
Call Colin on 07771 269291
Email info@framptonroofing.uk
Broadstairs, Kent

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions we get asked in Broadstairs

Here are a few frequently asked questions we get from customers in Broadstairs. If you have another question in mind, please do get in touch and let us know, we'll do our best to answer!

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Our Areas of Service

Along with Broadstairs, we work across many different areas of Kent. If your area isn't listed here, please drop us a line.