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Roof renovation in Heemstede
Municipality of Heemstede. Survey on the roof within 3 working days, with a photo report and an insulation calculation, and that report stays yours.
In short
Roofs in Heemstede
1930s roofs with wide dormers, and zinc box gutters that give out well before the tiles.
Heemstede was largely built between 1920 and 1960, and the roofs show it. Around Binnenweg, Raadhuisstraat and in the Rivierenwijk you find steep tiled roofs with wide dormers, and behind the fascia there is zinc rather than plastic almost everywhere. That combination is what a roof renovation means here.
The tiles on those roofs are rarely the problem. What is finished is the zinc box gutter behind the fascia and the lead around the dormer cheeks, and neither is visible from the pavement. A leak that starts in a front bedroom comes from that corner nine times out of ten rather than from the roof plane itself.
On the west side, towards Groenendaal and the Glipper Dreef, the houses are larger with valleys and several roof planes. There the budget rises through the number of junctions rather than the number of square metres. So the report states, per valley and per dormer, what is there and whether it can stay.
What matters here
What matters in Heemstede
- Municipality of Heemstede, with its own conservation policy and its own desk, separate from Haarlem.
- Mostly 1920 to 1960 stock around Binnenweg, Raadhuisstraat and the Rivierenwijk.
- Zinc box gutters behind a timber fascia: the item most often first in line for replacement here.
- Wide dormers with lead cheeks, nearly always older than the tiles above them.
- Larger roofs with valleys around Groenendaal and the Glipper Dreef, where junction count drives the price.
- Generous back gardens, so scaffolding almost always stands on your own land rather than on the street.
Want to know what is actually on your roof?
The survey costs nothing, takes about an hour, and produces a report with a photo per roof plane, the condition of the deck and the insulation calculation. That report stays yours.
The local rules
Permits and conservation rules in Heemstede
For a roof in Heemstede you do not go to Haarlem: the municipality runs its own desk and its own quality policy. A dormer on the street side is judged differently from one at the back, and a roof window is rarely an issue. What applies depends on the district, and we look that up during the survey.
What we do
What we do in Heemstede
Flat roof replacementEPDM or bitumen, with the insulation going on in the same operation.
Tiled roof renewalTiles, battens and membrane off and back on, done once properly.
Zinc work, gutters and lead flashingValleys, box gutters and junctions: where a roof actually leaks.
Roof insulation during renovationFrom Rc 0.4 to 6.0, at the one moment the roof is open anyway.
Send it along and we will set it out beside ours
Send it along. We set out line by line what it does and does not cover, and that is often more useful than adding a third quote to the pile.
Indicative price per roof type
What a roof in Heemstede costs
Amounts per square metre of roof surface. What explains the spread is in the third column, and what is not included follows underneath.
| Roof type | Per m2 |
|---|---|
| Flat roof, two layers of bitumen | € 65 to € 95 |
| Flat roof, EPDM | € 80 to € 120 |
| Flat roof as a warm roof, with 160 mm PIR | € 150 to € 200 |
| Tiled roof, clay, with new battens and membrane | € 95 to € 150 |
| Tiled roof with insulation between the rafters | € 170 to € 240 |
| Zinc roof plane or large valley gutter | € 160 to € 230 |
| Natural slate roof | € 180 to € 260 |
What is not included
Scaffolding, insulation, repair of a damaged deck, roof windows, and removing and refitting solar panels. All five appear as separate lines on the quote with a quantity and a unit rate, so that you can check them and strike them.
Why there is no fixed price here
Because we have not seen your roof. What makes a roof expensive is rarely the material and nearly always the access and the number of junctions. That is why the survey is free and the report is yours: then you can check what any quote is worth, including somebody else’s.
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Questions
Questions about roofs in Heemstede
Missing your question here? Pick up the phone. About your own roof something concrete can be said; about roofs in general the page above has it covered.
The tiles still look fine. Why would the roof have to come off?
Because the tile outlasts everything under it. The battens and the membrane do not reach fifty years. Draughts in the loft, sand on the floor and a damp patch after driving rain are the three signs that the layer below has gone while the tiles themselves still have years left.
Can the dormer stay?
Usually yes. What happens then is that the junction all round is renewed and the cheeks are checked. If the dormer joinery itself is rotten, the report says so and you get a separate price for it. That is carpentry and it should not hide inside a square metre rate for roof covering.
How soon can you come and look?
Within three working days. The survey costs nothing and takes about an hour including time on the roof itself. You then get the report with photographs and measurements, whether or not you do anything with it.
Quote
Request the survey
You hear within one working day when we can come. The survey itself costs nothing and the report stays yours, including when you go on with somebody else.
Rather speak to somebody now
For a question about a quote you already have, or about what is allowed at your address, calling is faster than this form.
Start with a photo
A photo of the eaves, the gutter or the place where it leaks says more than half a form. Send it ahead and we know what we are looking at.