Roofers Near You
Across Dublin.
No matter which side of the Liffey your roof is on, the survey is free and the price comes back fixed, in writing.
Best roofers near you.
Recommended Roofing runs a page for each part of Dublin. Choose yours.
Best roofers South Dublin
Recommended Roofing's page for South Dublin roofs and the work it covers there.
Best roofers North Dublin
The same company's page for North Dublin houses, estates and commercial buildings.
Dublin City roofers
Roofing in the city itself, where older terraces and flat roofs sit side by side.
Prefer the overview? Read Recommended Roofing's Dublin page, or go to the Recommended Roofing home page.
Dublin roofs do not all behave alike.
Most people search by side of the city: roofers South Dublin, South Dublin roofers, roofers North Dublin or North Dublin roofers. Recommended Roofing covers all of them and Dublin City too, including Dublin 8 and the other central postal districts, so roofers Dublin 8 homeowners ask about are covered as well.
Ask for the best roofers in Dublin and you are really asking about a mix of buildings. The older core is full of Georgian and Victorian terraces: slate roofs with lead valleys, parapets and box gutters, where one failed detail lets water behind a whole wall. Out from the centre, the semis built between the 1930s and the 1960s are mostly clay or concrete tile with hips that take the wind.
Estates from the 1990s and 2000s are usually concrete tile on dry-ridge systems, a different set of weak spots again. Apartment blocks and commercial units have flat roofs that fail at upstands and outlets. And anything facing the sea takes salt air on top of the weather, with the east coast open to wind.
The point for you: a roofer who has only worked on one of these will price another as if it were the same. Ask what they have found on a roof like yours.
A period house with its roof edge and fascia finishedFour kinds of Dublin roof, four kinds of fault.
City terraces
Slate, lead valleys and box gutters. Leaks tend to show at the details long before the slate itself is finished. See lead flashing and chimneys.
Mid-century suburban semis
Clay or concrete tiles with hips and ridges. Felt and battens age out of sight, so look at re-felting and battening.
1990s and 2000s estates
Concrete tile on dry-ridge systems. Wind finds the ridge and verge first, which is a job for roof repairs.
Flats, extensions and units
Flat roofs fail at upstands and outlets. See flat roofs and commercial roofing.
The same eight jobs anywhere in Dublin.
Roof Repairs
Find where the water gets in and fix that, whether it is a slipped slate, a split flashing or a loose ridge.
Roof Replacement
A new slate or tile roof once patching has stopped paying, with the Lifetime Leak Guarantee on the complete roof.
Emergency Roof Repair
Water coming in or wind damage: secured at once, mended properly when the weather allows.
Re-felting & Battening
New membrane and battens under slates or tiles that still have years in them.
Lead Flashing & Chimneys
Fresh lead round chimneys, walls and valleys, and the stack itself pointed.
Roof Inspections
A report on the entire roof, written up after a look at the slope and inside the attic.
Roofers near me.
How do I find the best roofers near me in Dublin?
Judge them on what they can show, not on how close their van is parked. Ask for a written price after a survey, the guarantee in writing, proof of insurance and customer reviews you can read. The same questions apply in every part of Dublin.
Does the age of my house change what roofer I need?
It changes what the roofer needs to know. A Georgian or Victorian terrace needs someone at home with slate, lead valleys and box gutters. A 1990s estate is mostly concrete tile and dry-ridge fixings. A good survey reads the roof you have.
Can I get a survey if I live outside the city centre?
Recommended Roofing covers South Dublin, North Dublin and Dublin City. Ring 01 265 7795 or send the form and say where you are.
Tell us
where the roof is.
Give the area and a line on what the roof is doing, and we book the survey. Or ring: