How do I find good tile roofers?

Start with whether they will get onto the roof and look before quoting. A tiled roof fails at the ridge, the hips, the valleys and the flashings far more often than at the tiles themselves, so a price given from the driveway is a guess. Ask what the quote covers, whether the repair is separated from any re-tiling, and whether the same people come back if it still leaks.

Can a tiled roof be repaired instead of replaced?

Usually yes. Cracked, slipped and porous tiles, failed ridge mortar and worn flashings are all repairable, and repair is the right answer while the failures are isolated. Replacement becomes the sensible option when a large share of the tiles have gone porous, when the ridge has been repointed more than once and keeps failing, or when the underlay has perished underneath the covering.

Do tile roofers also work on slate roofs?

Yes. Slate is a different covering with different fixings, but the work is the same family: cracked and slipped slates, failed flashings and details, and re-slating when the covering is finished. Both are routed to the same local team.

Tiled and slate roof work

Tile Roofers

When the rain gets in, we get to work.

Water gets in through the weakest point on a tiled roof, and that is usually a ridge joint or a tile that has gone porous rather than the one you can see from the ground. The tile roofers we route the work to read the whole roof first, then repair what is actually failing.

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What to look for in tile roofers

Almost any roofing outfit will replace the tile you point at. The difference shows up when the leak comes back after the next storm, because the tile was never the cause. Before anyone quotes you, they should be able to say where the water is entering and why.

Ask three things. Will they get onto the roof and look, rather than quote from the driveway? Does the quote separate the repair from any re-tiling? And will the same people come back if it still leaks? A price with nothing else attached is not a quote, it is a guess.

On a tiled roof the details matter more than the tile count. Ridge caps, hips, valleys and flashings are where tiled roofs fail, and they are exactly the parts a rushed job skips.

What tile roofers actually do

Most tiled roof work is not a re-roof. It is a small number of specific failures that are cheap to fix properly and expensive to keep patching. A repair that holds comes from finding the entry point, not from sealing everything that looks tired.

Valleys and flashings are rebuilt where they have failed, because a tiled roof has more junctions than most coverings and those junctions are where the water gets in.

Cracked, broken and missing tiles replaced in a matching profile and colour
Slipped and displaced tiles refixed
Ridge and hip mortar raked out and renewed rather than smeared over
Valley linings and valley mortar repaired
Flashings at chimneys, walls and penetrations renewed where failed
The roof space checked for water that has already got in
Re-tiling recommended when the covering has gone porous across the roof

Ridge work is the job most often done badly

Ridge caps are bedded in mortar, and mortar cracks with age and thermal movement. Once a cap is loose, water goes straight into the top of the roof, where it does the most damage. Hips and valleys fail in the same way.

There are two ways to deal with it. One is to rake the failed mortar out and renew the joint properly, which is slower and lasts. The other is to smear new mortar over the old, which looks finished for a season and then opens up again. If ridge work comes in far cheaper than everything else you were quoted, that is usually the reason.

Re-tiling and full tile roof replacement

Individual tiles and ridge joints are always worth repairing. The calculation changes when a large share of the tiles have gone porous, when the ridge has been repointed more than once and keeps failing, or when the underlay has perished underneath the covering.

At that point a full strip and re-tile is the cheaper answer over a few years than continued patching, and it is the moment to renew the battens and underlay as well. The new covering can go back in tile or slate, or in IBR or corrugated sheeting if you would rather not deal with tiles again. If a repair will genuinely hold, that is what we will tell you.

What tile roofers take on

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Cracked And Broken Tiles

Replaced in a matching profile and colour, so the repair does not stand out against the rest of the roof.

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Slipped And Displaced Tiles

Tiles that have moved out of place, which leave gaps and expose the underlay to direct rain.

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Porous Tile Replacement

Hail-stripped concrete tiles that look intact and absorb water instead of shedding it.

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Ridge And Hip Rebedding

Failed mortar raked out and renewed, which is slower than smearing over old mortar and the only version that lasts.

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Valley And Flashing Work

The junctions between roof planes, around chimneys and at wall lines, where most tiled roof water enters.

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Slate Roof Repairs

Cracked and slipped slates, and the fixings and details slate roofs depend on.

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Leak Detection On Tiled Roofs

Finding the entry point before anything is replaced, so the repair is aimed at the real cause.

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Tile Roof Maintenance

A condition check before the storm season, covering ridge joints, valleys and flashings.

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Full Re-Tiling

Strip and re-tile when the covering has gone porous across the roof rather than at one tile.

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Other roof repair services

Every service below is handled by the same team, so a leak that turns out to be a different problem is not a second appointment.

How urgent is your roof problem?

Choose the rating that best describes the problem. Ratings 7–10 enter the genuine emergency queue. For urgent jobs rated 1–6, Priority Booking can move you ahead by one standard booking when the next non-emergency slot is available.

10My roof has blown off and I can see the moon from my Lazy Boy in the lounge.

9Water is pouring into the house and causing active damage.

8Several rooms are leaking and buckets are everywhere.

7Water is coming through the ceiling whenever it rains.

6The leak is getting noticeably worse.

5New water stains are appearing.

4Damp patches are spreading.

3I have one small damp patch.

2Something does not look right.

1I have noticed a possible early warning sign.

Selected urgency rating: 7/10. Emergency queue

Priority Booking

Need a faster booking?

Genuine 7/10 to 10/10 emergencies always come first. If your job is urgent but does not qualify for emergency dispatch, Priority Booking can move it ahead by one place in the standard queue and secure the next available non-emergency appointment.

Standard BookingNo scheduling fee. Your report stays in the normal repair queue.Priority Booking from R1,000Move ahead by one standard booking and take the next available non-emergency slot.

How it works: this is a scheduling and dispatch fee paid to Leaky Roof Repair, separate from the repair quotation. It never moves a job ahead of genuine emergencies. We only charge it after we confirm that a priority slot is available.

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Areas we cover

Tiled and slate roof work, routed to local teams across South Africa’s major cities.

Cape TownLeaky roof repair in Cape Town → DurbanLeaky roof repair in Durban → JohannesburgLeaky roof repair in Johannesburg → PretoriaLeaky roof repair in Pretoria → East LondonLeaky roof repair in East London → BloemfonteinLeaky roof repair in Bloemfontein → Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)Leaky roof repair in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) →

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Need help with a leaking roof?

Call Pete on 081 554 9231 or send a WhatsApp message with your location and photos of the problem.

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