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Roofing & exterior guides.

Roofs, gutters, chimneys, render and brickwork. 2 guides.

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How roofing materials really compare, which suits which roof and what to ask before you sign, taken from the makers' own guidance and the roofing trade bodies rather than from sales copy.

Each guide links to what the work costs, and ends with a way to get quotes from local roofers.

The guides.

The rules, problems and choices behind roofing & exterior jobs.

  • A red brick wall partway through repointing: on the left the joints are raked out square and empty, on the right they are filled flush with pale cream lime mortar, with a narrow pointing iron, a board holding a lump of lime mortar and a folded hessian sheet on a scaffold board below

    Lime mortar repointing

    Whether your walls need lime, how to tell what's there, and how the work should be done.

  • A new flat roof on a single-storey brick rear extension, seen from above: a smooth grey membrane in one sheet with aluminium edge trims, a domed rooflight in the middle and a downpipe at the corner, with a lawn and fences beyond

    Flat roof types

    Felt, EPDM, GRP, liquid, single ply and asphalt: how each works and which suits your roof.

What the jobs cost.

Prices, what moves them and who to hire, in our cost guides.

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