Roofers in Luton, five miles down the road

Local roofers in Luton, not a call centre

Doyle Homes is a family roofing business with over 25 years' experience, based at 59 Union Street in Dunstable. Luton is on our doorstep and its roofs have been a big part of our work for years. When you ring, you speak to the people who will survey and quote your roof, not a switchboard.

Hugh O'Shea or one of the team carries out a full assessment of the roof, talks you through what they find and puts a detailed quote and timetable in writing. The quote is free, it carries no obligation, and we will beat any written quote for the same work.

Luton roofs and what goes wrong with them

Luton's housing tells you a lot about its roofs. The terraces around High Town, Bury Park and the streets off Dunstable Road are mostly Victorian and Edwardian, with slate or clay roofs, shared chimney stacks and lead valleys that have been patched more than once. The 1930s semis out towards Stopsley, Round Green and Leagrave carry plain or interlocking tiles on hipped roofs, and by now many have original felt that has gone brittle under the tiles.

Then there are the post-war estates such as Marsh Farm, Lewsey Farm and Farley Hill, where concrete interlocking tiles and mortar ridges dominate. Concrete tiles lose their surface and gather moss, and mortar ridges and verges crack after a few hard winters. Flat roofs on rear extensions, garages and dormers are everywhere, and plenty of them are on their second or third layer of felt.

Roofing services in Luton

We cover every part of a domestic roof, and commercial roofs too. The jobs we do most often in Luton are below; each has its own page with the detail.

Roof repairs

Slipped tiles, loose ridges, failed lead and leaks traced back to where the water gets in. See roof repairs in Luton.

New roofs and re-roofs

A full strip and re-roof in tile or slate, with rotten timbers replaced, breathable membrane, new battens and lead. See new roofs.

Flat roofs

Felt, fibreglass and rubber flat roofs on extensions, garages and dormers, new or repaired. See flat roofing in Luton.

Chimneys, lead, fascias and guttering

Chimney repointing and rebuilds, lead flashings, uPVC fascias and soffits and new guttering, often done while the scaffold is already up. See chimney repairs and fascias and soffits.

What roofers in Luton charge, and how to compare quotes

Any honest price depends on three things you can only see on site: how big the job is, what the roof is covered in and how we get up there. A ridge re-bed reached from a tower is a small job; a terrace re-roof needs scaffold front and back and a skip permit. That is why we survey before we price, and why the quote is in writing with the materials and the timetable spelled out.

When you compare quotes, check they cover the same work: the same tiles or slates, membrane, battens, lead, scaffold and waste. Then send ours alongside the others. Our price promise is simple: we will beat any written quote for the same scope of work, and ours comes with a 20 year written guarantee.

Flat roofs on Luton extensions, garages and dormers

Luton has a lot of flat roofs: rear kitchen extensions on the terraces, garage roofs on the semis and box dormers added to make room upstairs. Most were finished in felt, and felt that has been re-covered two or three times hides a deck that is often soft underneath. We open it up, check the deck and replace what has rotted before laying new felt, fibreglass or rubber, so the new roof is not sitting on a problem.

Every flat roof we lay is backed by the same 20 year written guarantee as our pitched roofs.

When to ring roofers in Luton straight away

Some faults will not wait. Water coming through a ceiling, tiles on the pavement after a storm, a chimney pot leaning or lead flapping in the wind all need making safe quickly, before they cause more damage or fall on someone. Ring 01582 807949, tell us what you can see, and we will make the roof safe first and price the permanent repair once we can see the whole picture.

What Luton customers say

One Google reviewer had their roof done in Luton and wrote that from start to finish we were professional, knowledgeable and easy to deal with, with the job finished on schedule and the site left spotless. A customer in LU2 wrote that the roof was done in a matter of days, from scaffolding to finish, despite freezing weather. Their reviews are quoted in full below, with a link to where they were left.

Why choose us as your roofers in Luton

• All work is backed with a 20 year written guarantee
• Over 25 years' experience as a family business
• Fully insured, with a risk assessment before every job
• We will beat any written quote for the same work
• Rated 4.91 from 62 reviews on TrustATrader and 4.7 from 23 on Google
• Five miles from Luton, so we are close when you need us

Areas of Luton we cover

We cover every Luton postcode, LU1, LU2, LU3 and LU4: the town centre and High Town, Bury Park, Biscot, Stopsley, Round Green, Wigmore, Vauxhall Park, Farley Hill, Leagrave, Marsh Farm, Lewsey Farm, Sundon Park and Limbury. Next door we cover Dunstable and Houghton Regis from our base, and out to Harpenden, Hitchin and Leighton Buzzard. Type your postcode into the checker below and it will tell you straight away.