Roofers in Limerick city and county
Limerick is more inland than the rest of our patch, so the roofs fail differently. Less salt, less wind stripping, but a lot of tall Georgian stock in the city with parapet gutters and lead that nobody has touched in thirty years.
Managing a rented property or a block? We do reports for landlords and agents. Ask about it.
Parapet gutters, lead and tall slate roofs
The Newtown Pery grid and the older terraces around it were built with hidden gutters behind a parapet. When those fail, water goes straight into the wall rather than onto the ground.
Box and parapet gutters lined in lead, cracked at the joints or patched with bitumen
Slate roofs three and four storeys up, which means proper scaffold on every job
Chimney stacks in exposed brick that have gone soft and need rebuilding from the roofline
Rainwater goods running internally, where a blockage shows up as damp on a landing wall
Valleys between adjoining buildings with no clear ownership until someone checks the deeds
Lead on a parapet gutter needs expansion joints. A single long run bedded solid will crack again within a couple of winters, whatever it cost.
Where we work in County Limerick
City, the suburbs and out to the county towns. Free survey, no call-out charge.
Estate roofs and village property
Concrete tile estates in Raheen, Dooradoyle and Castletroy at re-covering age
Attic conversions where the dormer cheeks and roof window flashings leak
Thatch and conservation-sensitive property around Adare, where any change needs checking
Farm buildings and sheds in the county wanting profiled metal rather than tile
Extensions where a flat roof meets a pitched one and the abutment was never leaded
Adare and parts of the city are architectural conservation areas. Like-for-like is normally fine, but changing the covering is not. We flag it before you commit to anything.
Every job on this list, anywhere in Limerick
Roofing in Limerick, asked and answered
Why is damp showing on my upstairs wall but the ceiling is dry?
That is the classic parapet or box gutter failure in older Limerick property. Water gets through the lead lining and runs down inside the wall head instead of dropping into the room. It is fixed at the gutter, not on the wall.
Do you need scaffold for a four storey city roof?
Always. Nothing above two storeys gets done off a ladder, and on the Georgian terraces the scaffold usually needs a road or footpath licence from Limerick City and County Council. We arrange it and it is in the quote.
Do you do reports for landlords and letting agents?
Yes. We survey, photograph the roof and give a written condition report with priced options split into urgent, needed this year and can wait. Agents use them to justify spend to owners.
Can you re-roof a house in Adare?
Usually yes, like for like. Adare is an architectural conservation area, so replacing slate with slate is normally exempt while changing to a different material or profile is not. We tell you which side of that line your job falls on.
Give us the Limerick address and we will survey it
Free survey, photo report, and a fixed written price before anyone starts work.