Homes and roofs in Kensington
Kensington's housing runs from Georgian terraces off Kensington Church Street to large Victorian villas on Campden Hill and Edwardian mansion flats near the High Street. Welsh slate is the common covering, with lead valleys, mansards on many terraces and flat roofs over later back extensions.
Roofing work most asked for in Kensington
Kensington homeowners ask us for Welsh slate repairs and re-roofs, lead valley and gutter work, chimney stack repointing, dormer and mansard repairs on loft conversions, and flat roofs over rear extensions and garden rooms.
The faults we fix on Kensington roofs
Kensington's Welsh slate lasts well, but the nails that hold it rust through, so slates slip one by one. Lead valleys and abutments split with age, stacks lose their flaunching, and the flat roofs over rear extensions give out at their edges.
What your free survey in Kensington checks
On a Kensington survey we check the Welsh slate for slipped and delaminating slates, the lead in the valleys and at the abutments, the stack pointing and flaunching, the dormer and mansard details, and any flat roofs at the back. Tall roofs are flown with the drone so you see them too.
Weather and exposure
Kensington's tree-lined streets and garden squares, along with Holland Park and Kensington Gardens nearby, fill gutters and valleys with leaves each autumn. Tall chimney stacks on the bigger houses take the wind and lose their pointing over time.
Streets and postcodes we cover
We cover Kensington across W8 and W14, from Kensington High Street and Kensington Church Street to Phillimore Gardens, Campden Hill, Edwardes Square and the roads towards Holland Park.
Access and planning
Much of Kensington sits in conservation areas, so repairs are made like for like. We plan scaffold and parking with the Royal Borough's rules in mind and set the plan out in your quote.
