Roofers on the Wirral coast · since 2003
The gale comes in off the sea. Your ridge stays on.
A Wallasey family firm for the roofs that face the Irish Sea: storm repairs, ridge tiles, chimneys, bay roofs and flat roofs, with a written fixed quote that already has the scaffold in it.
- 4.9 from 212 Google reviews
- Storm line 7 days
- NFRC member
From a yard on Gorsey Lane since 2003
Roofs that face the weather first.
Wallasey takes the wind before anywhere else on the Wirral. It comes across Liverpool Bay with nothing in the way, over the promenade at New Brighton and up the terraces behind it. Most of our work is on those streets: Victorian and Edwardian terraces with Welsh slate and a little lead roof over the front bay, the inter-war semis behind the front, and the bungalows out towards Moreton and Leasowe. We know where each of them leaks.
- Years on Wirral roofs
- 23
- Roofs mended, made safe or renewed
- 3,100+
- Guarantee on every re-roof
- 10 yrs
- Storm line, every day
- 7amto9pm
After a windy night
Storm-damage quick check.
Tick what you can see from the street, the garden or the loft. The drawing shows the part that is probably failing, and we tell you how soon to ring and what it usually costs.
What we do
Everything above the top-floor ceiling.
From one slipped slate after a windy night to a whole terrace re-roofed. We do our own leadwork, so nobody waits on a subcontractor.
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Storm repairs
Made safe and sheeted the same day on the storm line, then mended properly once the wind drops. Written up for your insurer.
£135 call-out -
Ridge and verge
Ridge tiles lifted, re-bedded and pointed, or swapped to a mechanically fixed dry ridge that a north-westerly cannot get under.
From £55 per metre -
Slipped tiles and slates
Welsh slate matched from reclaim, concrete tiles matched by profile, and every fixing on that slope checked for salt and rust.
From £150 -
Chimneys and leadwork
Stacks repointed, flaunching renewed, pots secured, and flashings and soakers dressed in new Code 4 lead.
From £350 -
Bay roofs
The little lead or felt roof over a Victorian front bay, the one that leaks into the front room. Renewed in a day or two.
From £650 -
Flat roofs
EPDM rubber or GRP fibreglass on rear returns, kitchen extensions, dormers and garages, with a proper fall so it drains.
From £85 per m² -
Gutters, fascias and soffits
Cleared of moss and the sand that blows in off the beach, mended, or renewed in uPVC or aluminium, front and back.
From £70 -
Re-roofs
Stripped to the rafters, new breathable membrane and battens, and re-covered in slate or tile with the scaffold in the price.
From £6,400
Living by Liverpool Bay
What the Irish Sea does to a roof.
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Rain that travels sideways
In a north-westerly the rain hits the slope flat on, and it finds every lifted tile and every gap in the verge. Inland it would run off. Here it is driven in.
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Salt in the fixings
Spray carries a mile inland. It rusts nails and tile clips until slates slide one by one, which roofers call nail sickness. We fix with copper and stainless, never plain steel.
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Gusts under the ridge
The ridge is the first thing a gale gets under. Old mortar bedding cracks, the wind lifts a tile, then the next. A screwed-down dry ridge does not care.
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Sand in the gutters
Off Harrison Drive and the Leasowe dunes, sand blows into gutters and sets with the moss. Then the gutter overflows down the wall and the damp comes in the bedroom.
Prices, 2026
What things usually cost.
Starting prices for a terraced or semi-detached house in Wallasey and the north Wirral, including VAT. Your written quote is fixed, and access is always in it.
| Job | From |
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| Storm call-out, made safeTarpaulin, loose tiles taken down or fixed, and the first hour on the roof. Seven days, 7am to 9pm. | £135 |
| Roof check with a photo reportEvery slope, the ridge, stack and gutters, photographed and emailed the same day. Taken off the bill if we do the work. | £85 |
| Slipped or broken tiles, up to fiveMatched by profile or from reclaimed Welsh slate, ladder access. | from £150 |
| Ridge re-bedded and pointedMortar to match. A dry-fix ridge, screwed down rather than bedded, from £70 a metre. | from £55 per metre |
| Chimney repointed, new flaunchingPots re-bedded or capped. Tower or roof ladder included; full scaffold priced in your quote. | from £450 |
| Lead flashing renewedCode 4 lead at a stack or an abutment, dressed, wedged and sealed. | from £350 |
| Bay roof re-coveredLead or torch-on felt on a Victorian or Edwardian front bay. | from £650 |
| Gutters cleared, front and backTerraced or semi-detached, downpipes flushed, before and after photos. | from £70 |
| Fascias, soffits and gutters reneweduPVC or aluminium on a terraced house, front and back, old boards taken away. | from £1,850 |
| EPDM rubber flat roofRear returns, extensions and garages, new deck where needed. Minimum job £1,250. | from £85 per m² |
| Re-roof, terraced house, concrete tileStrip, membrane, battens, dry ridge and verge, scaffold and skip included. In Welsh or Spanish slate from £9,800. | from £6,400 |
| Re-roof, three-bed semi, concrete tileAs above, on a hipped or gabled semi behind the promenade. In slate from £12,500. | from £8,200 |
Recent jobs
Street by street, across the north Wirral.
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Wallasey Village
Edwardian semis: both ridges re-bedded and the gable verges dry-fixed after the January gales.
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Seacombe
Six houses on one terrace off Poulton Road, slipped slates back and gutters renewed, one scaffold for the lot.
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Liscard
A run of stacks repointed and three sets of pots re-bedded before they came down.
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Moreton
A bungalow off Pasture Road stripped and re-covered in interlocking tiles, new membrane under.
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Birkenhead
A Claughton Road terrace re-slated in reclaimed Welsh slate, front and back.
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New Brighton
A sandstone stack on Seabank Road repointed in lime, new lead flashing dressed in.
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Egremont
Tall houses near the promenade: bay roofs re-covered in lead and fascias renewed.
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Leasowe
A semi on Reeds Lane re-roofed in grey interlocking tile with a dry ridge and vented eaves.
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Wallasey
Gutters dug out of moss and sand, re-aligned to fall, and one cracked joint replaced.
How it goes
From your call to a dry loft.
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Ring, text or send a photo
The storm line answers seven days. A photo from the street tells us a lot.
Reply the same day
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We come and look
Ladder, pole camera and a walk round the back, usually within three working days. Same day if water is getting in.
Within 3 working days
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A written, fixed quote
Itemised: tiles, lead, scaffold, skip and labour. The price on the quote is the price you pay.
Within 48 hours
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The work
Scaffold up with the council licence sorted if it sits on the pavement, roof sheeted every night, photos by text.
One day to two weeks
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Signed off
Photos of the finished roof, your guarantee, and for a re-roof the CompetentRoofer certificate for Building Control.
On the last day
4.9 from 212 Google reviews
What the neighbours say.
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★★★★★
Half our ridge was in the back yard on the Saturday morning. They had it sheeted by two and rebuilt as a dry ridge the week after. It has been through two big blows since without a rattle.
Lorraine, New BrightonStorm repair · January 2026
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★★★★★
Three quotes, and Breakwater’s was the only one that put the scaffold licence in writing. What it said on the quote is what we paid, to the pound.
Gary and Michelle, Wallasey VillageRe-roof · September 2025
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★★★★★
Damp on the chimney breast for two winters. They found the lead had split behind the stack and had it done in a morning.
Anne, LiscardChimney and lead · March 2026
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★★★★★
Tidy, polite, and they bagged every bit of the old gutter. Texted me photos because I was in work.
Steve, SeacombeGutters and fascias · November 2025
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★★★★★
Our kitchen extension roof had been patched three times by someone else. New rubber roof, proper fall, not a puddle since.
Priya, MoretonFlat roof · June 2025
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★★★★★
The bay over our front room leaked every time it rained hard. New lead, two days, and they cleared the gutters while they were up there.
Joe, BirkenheadBay roof · October 2025
Who comes out
Four of us, all local.
- Kev DoyleFounder and roofer. On Wirral roofs since 2003, and still on them most days.
- Ryan DoyleRoofer and leadworker. Chimneys, bays and anything with lead.
- Marcus CraneRoofer. Flat roofs, gutters, fascias and the storm line van.
- Jo DoyleOffice. Quotes, bookings, insurers and the phone on a stormy Sunday.
- NFRCMember of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors
- Competent RooferRegistered to self-certify re-roofs under Building Regulations
- 10 yearsInsurance-backed guarantee on every re-roof
- £5mPublic liability insurance, certificate on request
Questions
Asked on the doorstep.
Do I need planning permission to re-roof in Wallasey?
Not for a like-for-like re-roof on an ordinary house: same shape, similar-looking tiles or slate. Inside a conservation area, such as the Magazines or Wellington Road in New Brighton, Wirral Council may expect the original material, and a listed building needs consent either way. We check at the survey and tell you which applies.
Our scaffold would have to go on the pavement. Who sorts that?
We do. Scaffold on a public pavement needs a licence from Wirral Council’s highways team, and on most terraces in Seacombe, Liscard and Egremont it has to go on the pavement. The licence is applied for in our name and its cost is in your quote.
Will you deal with my insurer after storm damage?
Yes. We make the roof safe first, then send you a report with dated photographs and an itemised quote laid out the way insurers ask for it. Most storm jobs go through home insurance without a fuss, but keep the tiles that came down until the claim is settled.
Is a dry ridge worth it on the seafront?
On an exposed roof, nearly always. A mortar-bedded ridge is held by the mortar, and salt and frost crack it. A dry ridge is screwed to a ridge batten with clips and a roll seal under it, so a gust has nothing to lift. It costs a little more than re-bedding and needs no repointing.
Why do my slates keep slipping one at a time?
On a Victorian roof near the sea it is usually nail sickness: the original iron nails have rusted through. Fixing slates one at a time keeps it going for a while; past a certain point a re-slate with the sound slates reused is cheaper over ten years. We tell you honestly which side of that line your roof is on.
Do you charge for quotes?
No. Quotes are free and written down. The £85 photo report is optional, and it comes off the bill if we do the work.
Where we work
Wallasey, and a quarter of an hour round it.
New Brighton, Liscard, Seacombe, Egremont, Moreton, Leasowe and Birkenhead, and anywhere on the north of the peninsula. Times are from the yard.
- Seacombe5 min
- Poulton3 min
- Liscard6 min
- Egremont7 min
- Wallasey Village8 min
- Leasowe10 min
- New Brighton10 min
- Birkenhead10 min
- Bidston9 min
- Moreton12 min
- Oxton15 min
- Upton15 min
Free quotes
Tell us about your roof.
Written and free. A photo from the street often saves a visit.
- Storm line, 7 days, 7am to 9pm07700 900 512
- Office0151 496 0418
- Emailoffice@breakwaterroofing.co.uk
- The yard, visits by appointmentUnit 6, Gorsey Lane, Wallasey CH44 4AH
Office open Monday to Friday, 8 to 5
| Monday | 8am to 5pm |
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| Tuesday | 8am to 5pm |
| Wednesday | 8am to 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am to 5pm |
| Friday | 8am to 4:30pm |
| Saturday | 9am to 12pm |
| Sunday | Storm line only |
Thanks. That’s with us.
We will ring you before 6pm today with a time to come and look.
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