Roof Repairs in Laois
Laois Roof Repairs Found Properly, Fixed Properly
Most roof repairs in Laois go wrong for one of two reasons. Either nobody can find where the leak is actually coming from and they end up guessing — chasing a stain on a ceiling that's travelled three feet from the actual hole in the roof.
Or the repair gets done in a rush, the cheapest way possible, and it's back leaking again by the following winter.
We do neither. When we come out to look at a roof repair in Laois, we take the time to actually trace the problem to its source — checking flashing, valleys, ridge tiles, felt and the slates or tiles themselves before we say what's wrong.
Then we fix that, properly, with materials that hold up. Not a temporary patch that gets you through till the warranty's run out.
We cover every part of County Laois. Portlaoise, Portarlington, Mountmellick, Abbeyleix, Stradbally, Mountrath, Rathdowney — wherever you are, we'll come out, have a proper look and give you a fixed price before anything starts.
Common Roof Repairs We Carry Out in Laois
What Happens When You Call Us About a Repair
We come out and inspect the roof properly — not a glance from the ground. If we need to get up there, we will.
We'll show you what we find, including photos of the damage where it's not easy to see for yourself, so you understand exactly what you're paying for and why.
You get a fixed price before we touch anything.
Most repairs are completed in a single day.
If it's more involved, we'll tell you that upfront and give you a realistic timeframe — not an optimistic one designed to get you to say yes.
Covering All of County Laois
We're based in Laois and we work across the full county. There's no corner of Laois we won't travel to — from the larger towns to the rural parishes in between.
Portlaoise · Portarlington · Mountmellick · Abbeyleix · Stradbally · Mountrath · Rathdowney · Durrow · Ballylinan · Ballyroan · The Heath · Borris-in-Ossory · Clonaslee · Rosenallis · Castletown · Timahoe · Killenard · Emo · Graiguecullen
What Does a Roof Repair Actually Cost in Laois?
It's the question every homeowner wants answered before they even pick up the phone, and it's the one most roofers dodge. You'll see "free quote" plastered across every roofing website in Laois, but try getting an actual number out of most of them before they're standing on your property, and you'll get nowhere. That's not transparency, it's a sales tactic — get you to commit to a visit first, then control the conversation once they're in your house.
We'd rather you knew roughly what you're dealing with before you ring us, because a homeowner who understands the cost of the job they need is in a far better position to make a decision than one who's flying blind.
For context, a small, straightforward repair — replacing a handful of slipped or cracked slates, resealing a short section of flashing, or refitting a couple of ridge tiles that came loose in a storm — generally falls somewhere between €150 and €350. That's typically a job we can complete in a few hours, start to finish, with one or two people on the roof.
Move up to something more involved — a damaged valley that needs stripping back and relining, a larger section of storm damage across multiple areas of the roof, or a flat roof repair where the felt has failed in more than one spot — and you're usually looking at €500 to €1,500. These jobs take longer because there's more to assess properly: checking the timber underneath hasn't been compromised, making sure the surrounding area isn't about to fail next, and using materials that will actually hold rather than just patching over what's visible.
Anything beyond that — a roof that's had multiple separate problems develop over years of neglect, or repair work on a large commercial or agricultural building — needs a proper site visit before we'll put a number on it, because at that point the variables are too significant to estimate from a description over the phone.
Roof Repair Questions We Get Asked in Laois
It happens a lot, and it's usually one of two things — either it was a genuine quick fix to buy you time before a proper repair, which is fine as long as you're told that's what it is, or it's a corner being cut to get the job done faster and cheaper for the contractor. Sealant and silicone have their place, but they're not a permanent answer for flashing, valleys or felt failures. If you've had this done before and the same spot is leaking again, that's usually why.
Yes, and it catches a lot of people out. Water doesn't fall straight down once it gets under a tile or slate — it tracks along the underlay, runs down a rafter, and can travel several feet before it finds a gap in the ceiling to come through. So the damp patch you're looking at is a clue, not a map. This is exactly why a proper inspection from the roof matters more than guessing from inside the house.
We get up there. A lot of so-called inspections in Laois amount to someone standing in the garden with binoculars or a phone camera zoomed in, which tells you almost nothing about the actual condition of the felt, battens or flashing. If there's a problem, we want to see it directly, not guess at it from forty feet below.
We'll replace exactly what you ask us to if that's all you want, but we'll also tell you honestly if we think there's a wider issue. A single slipped tile is sometimes just bad luck — wind, a knock, age. But it can also be a symptom of failing battens or nails across a wider section, in which case fixing the one tile without checking the rest just means you're paying for another callout in a few months.
A genuine repair fixes the actual fault and should hold for years — new flashing properly dressed in, slates correctly nailed and bedded, a valley relined rather than resealed. Buying time is patching the symptom — sealant over a crack, a tile balanced back into place without fixing what made it move. Both have their place depending on the age and condition of the roof, but you should always know which one you're getting and why, not find out the difference when it fails again.
Older properties are a big part of what we do across Laois — a lot of the housing stock in towns like Abbeyleix, Stradbally and the rural areas around Mountrath is decades old, often with natural slate that needs to be matched and handled differently to modern concrete tile. We don't push people toward replacing slate with tile just because it's quicker for us. If the original material can be properly repaired, that's what we'll recommend.
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More Roofing Services We Provide
From a slipped slate to a full re-roof, Bone Dry Roofing handles all roofing services and guttering work across County Laois. Whatever the job, you get a fixed price upfront and guaranteed workmanship.
Roof Repairs
A leaking roof gets worse the longer it's left. We locate the source not just the symptom and fix it properly the first time. Slipped slates, cracked tiles, failed flashing, storm damage.
New Roof Installation
If repairs no longer make sense, we'll tell you honestly. We install new roofs in natural slate, concrete tile and composite — built for midlands weather and guaranteed in writing.
Flat & Felt Roofing
Most flat roof problems come down to poor installation. We repair and replace flat roofs on garages and extensions using felt, EPDM rubber and fibreglass — materials that actually last.
Gutters, Fascia & Soffits
Blocked gutters and rotten fascias both let water where it doesn't belong. We clean, repair and replace guttering systems and fit new uPVC fascias and soffits across Laois.
Chimney Repairs
The chimney stack is one of the most exposed points on any Irish roof and one of the most common sources of hard-to-trace leaks. We repoint, reflash and rebuild — no temporary silicone fixes.
Roof Inspections
Roof over fifteen years old? We carry out full inspections across County Laois and give you a written report on what we find — useful before buying a property or after storm damage.