Flat Roofing Specialists Across Devon
Garages, extensions and dormers covered in GRP fibreglass, EPDM rubber, felt or liquid systems. Installed properly, fully guaranteed, and built to outlast the roof it replaced.
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Flat Roofs That Last, Not Ones You Patch Every Winter
Flat roofs have a poor reputation and most of it was earned by cheap felt laid badly forty years ago. Modern flat roofing is a completely different proposition. A properly installed GRP or EPDM roof will comfortably last 20 to 30 years and needs almost nothing doing to it in that time.
We cover flat roofs across the whole of Devon, from garages and porches to kitchen extensions and dormers. We will tell you honestly whether your existing roof can be overlaid or whether it needs stripping back to the deck, because laying a new covering over trapped water only buys you a couple of years and hides the problem underneath.
Where a flat roof sits over a heated room, we build it up as a warm roof with the insulation above the deck. That meets current building regulations and stops condensation forming underneath, which is what quietly rots a lot of extension roofs from the inside. Every flat roof we install is backed by our guarantee, and we are fully insured.
Our Flat Roofing Services
Whatever the building and whatever the budget, there is a flat roofing system that suits it. Here is what we install across Devon.
GRP Fibreglass Roofing
A seamless fibreglass layer laid by hand over the whole roof, with no joints for water to find. Tough enough to walk on and typically good for 25 to 30 years.
EPDM Rubber Roofing
A single sheet of rubber membrane laid in one piece, so most roofs end up with no seams at all. Stays flexible in cold weather, fits quickly and needs virtually no maintenance.
Felt Roofing
Modern torch on felt bears no resemblance to the felt of thirty years ago. Laid properly in three layers it is still a reliable, cost effective covering, and it remains the best value option on outbuildings.
Liquid Roofing Systems
Cold applied liquid membranes that seal around pipes, upstands and awkward detailing where sheet systems struggle. The right answer on complicated roofs with a lot going on.
Flat Roof Replacement & Overlay
We will tell you straight whether your roof can be overlaid or whether it needs stripping back to the deck. Overlaying a wet deck only hides the problem for a season or two.
Flat Roof Repairs
Splits, blisters, ponding water and failed seams repaired quickly anywhere in Devon.
Garage Roofs
The flat roof we replace most often. Usually a single day on site, and a new GRP or EPDM covering will comfortably outlast the garage underneath it.
Extension Roofs
Flat roofs over kitchen and living extensions, built up warm with insulation above the deck so they meet current building regulations and do not sweat underneath.
Dormer Roofs
Small, awkward and full of tricky junctions where the dormer meets the main roof. Detailed properly so those joints stay watertight.
Other Services
Roof Emergency?
We answer 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If your roof is leaking right now, call us and we will get to you as fast as we can.
Appointment
Let's Take a Look at Your Flat Roof
Tell us about the roof and we will arrange a convenient time to come and assess it. No pressure, no obligation, just an honest recommendation and a clear written quote.
- Honest Assessment
We check the deck properly before recommending anything. If your roof can be overlaid we will say so, and if it cannot we will explain why rather than just quoting for the bigger job.
- The Right System for the Roof
GRP, EPDM, felt or liquid. We recommend whichever genuinely suits your building, your budget and how the roof will be used.
- Clear Written Quote, No Hard Sell
You get a transparent written quote with no hidden extras. The price we agree is the price you pay, and you are under no obligation to proceed.
Make an Appointment
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F. A. Q's
Common Questions About Flat Roofing
Flat roofing throws up more questions than most jobs, largely because so much bad work was done in the past. Below are the ones we hear most often. If yours is not covered, call us and ask.
It depends entirely on the system. A well installed GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubber roof will usually give you 25 to 30 years. Modern three layer torch on felt is more like 15 to 20. The old single layer felt roofs that gave flat roofing its bad name were lucky to manage 10.
Both are excellent and both will outlast felt by decades. GRP gives a hard, seamless finish you can walk on, so it suits balconies and anywhere with foot traffic. EPDM is a single flexible sheet with no seams on most domestic roofs, copes better with movement in the structure and goes down faster. We will recommend whichever suits your roof rather than whichever we prefer.
Sometimes, and it is cheaper when it is possible. But only if the existing deck is completely dry and sound. If water has got into the boards, overlaying traps it, the deck carries on rotting underneath and you are back where you started in two or three years. We check properly first and tell you honestly which it needs.
A warm roof has the insulation above the deck rather than between the joists below it. Where a flat roof covers a heated room, such as a kitchen extension, current building regulations effectively require this build up. It also prevents condensation forming under the deck, which is what quietly rots a lot of older extension roofs from the inside out.
Flat roofs are never truly flat. They are laid to a slight fall so water runs off. Ponding usually means the fall was never set correctly, the deck has sagged, or the outlet is blocked. Standing water will find any weakness eventually, so it is worth sorting rather than ignoring.
Tired of Patching the Same Flat Roof?
A modern GRP or EPDM roof will see out the next 25 years without asking anything of you. Call JD Roofing Solutions Ltd for a free assessment anywhere in Devon.