Emergency & Storm Damage Roofing in Holloway, London

Move valuables and anything electrical away from the drip, put a bucket or bowl under the worst of it, and switch off the lights or sockets if water is near fittings. Do not climb on the roof, because a wet roof is dangerous, especially at night. Then ring 07883 305739, which is open 24 hours a day, so a real person can take details and start finding a partner roofing company. Take photographs of the damage for your insurer if it is safe.

The line is open 24 hours, so you will reach someone at any hour who can log the details and start looking for a partner roofing company. Whether a roofer climbs up in the dark depends on the weather and on what is safe, because nobody should be on a wet or windy roof without need. We will give you a straight answer on what is possible and when, rather than a promise we cannot keep.

A make-safe is a temporary repair intended to stop water entering the building: sheeting an opening, securing loose slates or ridge tiles, or sealing a failed flashing. It is not the finished repair. The partner company should explain clearly what is temporary and what will be needed to repair the roof properly, and give you a written quote for the permanent work once the roof is dry.

Yes. The partner company photographs the damage and describes it plainly in the written quote, which is usually the evidence an insurer asks for. They never exaggerate or invent damage, because a record only helps if it is honest. Keep any fallen slates or tiles, take your own photographs from the ground if it is safe, and do not climb up yourself. Your insurer decides what is covered.

It depends on what has failed, how hard it is to reach and whether scaffolding is needed. Published 2026 London guides put slipped or broken tiles at roughly £180 to £650, a flashing repair at £250 to £780 and a flat roof patch at £250 to £1,000, with scaffolding at £500 to £1,200. These are guides only. The partner company puts the actual price in writing after surveying the damage.

Wind exposes weaknesses that were already there. Slates held by corroded nails, ridge tiles on cracked mortar, and flashings with failing fixings all hold in calm weather and go in a gale. Long wet spells then drive water through any gap. A roof that fails in a storm often shows the same weakness elsewhere, so the survey should check the surrounding area, not only the visible damage.

Yes, usually with a temporary repair that stops the leak, such as sealing a split or a failed upstand, followed by a proper repair when conditions allow. Wet weather limits what can be fixed down properly, so a flat roof may need a short-term cover first. Our flat roof repair and replacement page explains the systems used for permanent work and how to decide between repair and re-cover.

Shared roofs and party walls are common in Islington, so a failure on one property can affect another. The partner company will advise on who is responsible and what access is needed, and may recommend informing a neighbour or freeholder. The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 can apply to some permanent works. A make-safe can often be done quickly even while the longer discussion about responsibility continues.

Yes, the line covers Holloway, Finsbury Park, Highbury and Barnsbury, with Tufnell Park and the wider London Borough of Islington nearby. We are based at 20 Seven Sisters Road, London N7 6AG. Ring 07883 305739 with your postcode, and we will tell you what the partner network can do and roughly when. If an address is outside what the partners can reach, we say so rather than leaving you waiting.

An independently owned partner roofing company does the work, not an in-house crew of ours. It makes the roof safe, gives you a written quote for the permanent repair, does the work, then invoices you and takes payment directly. We handle no payment or invoices, we text you the company's name before anyone arrives, and if something goes wrong you ring 07883 305739 and we chase it. See our process.