Garage roof replacement in Teesside

The most patched roof on the property

Garage roofs get patched more than any other roof on Teesside's homes, and it is easy to see why: out of sight, flat or nearly flat, and always second in line behind the house. By the time most get proper attention, the felt has been sealed and resealed, the deck underneath is sponge, and the contents, the car, the tools, the freezer, are one heavy shower from a bad week.

A proper replacement is refreshingly simple: strip the old covering, inspect and renew the deck, lay EPDM rubber with correct edge trims and falls. A single garage runs £900 to £1,400, a double £1,200 to £1,800, and the work typically takes a day. Twenty-plus years of forgetting about it is the point.

Corrugated and asbestos cement roofs

Older garages and prefabs across Billingham, Thornaby and the post-war estates still carry corrugated sheet roofs, and a share of them are asbestos cement, the grey, weathered sheets common until the 1980s. Asbestos cement in good condition is low-risk left alone, but a leaking, cracked or drilled roof needs handling properly: controlled removal, wrapped disposal at licensed facilities, and documentation. Quotes state plainly whether the roof is suspected asbestos and exactly how removal and disposal are handled, no vague allowances.

Pitched conversions

Where a flat garage roof has failed repeatedly, a pitch conversion, a simple timber structure with a tiled or sheeted slope, ends the flat-roof cycle permanently and usually transforms how the garage looks. It costs more than a membrane (£2,000 to £3,500 typically) and makes sense where the garage is prominent or the flat roof has been a repeat offender. Both options are priced side by side so the choice is yours with numbers.

Integral and attached garages

Garage roofs attached to the house, the integral garages on Ingleby Barwick and Wynyard new-builds and the linked garages on the 1930s semis, share detailing with the house: abutment flashing, shared gutters, sometimes a bedroom floor above. Leaks here matter more, and the survey treats them with the same seriousness as the main roof.