Stoke Gifford is unusual in that it contains three completely different generations of housing within about a mile of each other. The old village around North Road, the large estates built from the 1980s onwards, and the very recent development around Cheswick Village and Charlton Hayes. Each is at a different point in its roof's life, and each fails in a different way.
We're Multiform Roofing, based in Yate, roughly fifteen minutes away. We work across Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke and Harry Stoke on roof repairs, re-roofs, flat roofing, chimney work and guttering, for homeowners, landlords and businesses alike.
The original village around North Road and the church has older properties with natural slate, stone detailing and traditional leadwork. These need a different approach entirely from an estate house, and repairs usually depend on the condition of the battens and nails underneath rather than the slate itself. See our slate roofing page for more on how that's assessed.
The bulk of Stoke Gifford's housing dates from this period, which means a great many roofs are now 25 to 40 years old. That's precisely the age when the original bedding mortar on ridge and hip tiles starts cracking, and when plastic dry verge caps along the gable ends go brittle from UV exposure and blow off.
Neither means you need a new roof. The tiles themselves usually have decades left. It's the mortar, the verges and the flashings that fail first, and those are repairs. Our roof repairs page explains what that typically costs and why scaffolding drives the price.
The newest Stoke Gifford housing is now ten to fifteen years old, which puts most of it past its NHBC warranty. Modern builds have more complex roof geometry than older houses, with more junctions, more valleys and more roof windows — and every junction is somewhere water can get in once a sealant or flashing kit fails. We get called to these more often than people expect for properties of that age.
Garages, porches, dormers and rear extensions across all three generations of housing, most originally finished in felt. Felt splits, lifts and pools water as it ages. We replace them with Firestone EPDM rubber membrane, which is jointless and lasts around 40 years.
Guttering is one of the more searched-for jobs in this area, and for good reason. The compact plot layouts on the estates mean a lot of roof water draining close to the house, so a blocked or sagging gutter shows up as damp on a wall rather than as an obvious gutter problem. Guttering, fascias and soffits is a straightforward job and much cheaper than dealing with the damp afterwards.
If you're a landlord: Stoke Gifford has a high proportion of rented property, given the proximity to Bristol Parkway, UWE and Abbey Wood. We work with landlords and letting agents regularly, and we're used to quoting in a format that works for that — clear scope, fixed price, and photographs of what we found so you can see the justification without travelling to the property.
For most Stoke Gifford properties it's a repair, not a re-roof. Anyone quoting you for a complete new roof on a thirty-year-old estate house should be able to explain exactly why. If they can't, get a second opinion.
The exception is where the felt underneath has perished. Once that's gone, water gets in whenever a tile shifts and patching stops being worth it. That's the thing to establish before you spend anything, and it's what a proper survey is for.
Fifteen minutes from our base in Yate, so for anything urgent we can usually be with you the same day. If water is coming in, call 01454 853 487 rather than filling in a form — we run a 24 hour emergency service.
We'll come out, look at the roof properly and tell you what it actually needs. Every quote is free with no obligation. If you'd rather see the problem before committing to scaffolding, we can carry out a drone roof inspection and give you photographs of exactly what's happening up there — particularly useful on the steeper modern roofs around Cheswick Village.
All work carries insurance-backed guarantees of up to 20 years through the Confederation of Roofing Contractors.
Fifteen minutes from our base in Yate. Tell us your postcode and what's happening.
Call 01454 853 487 Request a Free QuoteAlmost certainly not. Concrete tiles from that era typically last 40 to 60 years. What reaches the end of its life at thirty is the mortar bedding, the dry verge caps, the flashings and any felt flat roof. Those are repairs.
Usually yes, and it's a cheap job if caught early. But if one has gone brittle the others on that gable are likely the same age and condition, so it's worth checking the rest while someone's up there rather than doing it piecemeal.
Not worried, but worth checking. Modern roofs have more junctions and more roof windows than older houses, and sealants and flashing kits fail long before tiles do. A survey costs nothing and either sets your mind at rest or catches something before it reaches your ceiling.
Usually. Most of the estate housing uses standard concrete interlocking tiles that are still in production. Where a profile has been discontinued we source the nearest match, and on a partial repair we'll take tiles from a less visible elevation so the front of the house stays consistent.
Yes, regularly. Clear scope, fixed price, and photographs of what we found so you have the evidence without needing to visit.
Yes, and there's no obligation. Sometimes it means telling you the roof doesn't need what you thought it did.
We also cover Bradley Stoke, Filton, Winterbourne and Yate, along with Patchway, Almondsbury, Frenchay and Emersons Green. See the full list on our areas we cover page, or read about our roofing services across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
