Roofing prices are hard to pin down because no two roofs are alike. A repair to one slipped tile and a full re-roof of a three-storey terrace share a trade and little else. This page gathers the typical UK ranges for the jobs people ask about most, so you can see roughly where a quote sits before you compare it with another. Every figure comes from a published third-party cost guide, named and dated where it appears, and none of them is a price from Empire Roofing Bath. They describe the national picture. Bath adds its own pressures, from awkward access and scaffold on steep terraces to heritage materials and the care that listed buildings demand, and those can move a price above the national range. Each row below links to a fuller page on that job, where we go through what the money buys. The short route to a price for your own house is a survey, after which you receive a fixed figure in writing.
How to read a price range
A range such as "£5,000 to £12,000" is not a mistake or a hedge. It reflects real differences between jobs: the size of the roof, the covering, how many hips, valleys and dormers there are, how high the eaves sit and what is found when the old covering comes off. The low end usually belongs to a small, simple roof with easy access, and the high end to a large or complicated one. Your own roof can sit outside the range altogether.
Two habits help when you read cost guides. First, check what the figure includes. Some give a rate for labour only, some include materials, and few include scaffold, skips or repairs to the timbers underneath. Second, note the date. Prices drift, and a guide from several years ago will understate today's costs.
When you compare quotes, compare the scope before the total. A lower figure may leave out new battens (the thin timbers the covering is fixed to), a breathable underlay, lead at the chimney or a skip. Those omissions come back as extras, or as a second visit by a second roofer. Our guide to choosing a roofer shows how to line quotes up like for like.
Everything quoted in the sections that follow is a typical UK range from the source named beside it. Empire Roofing Bath does not publish a price list, because a fixed price depends on what is found on the roof. The route to one is described in the last section.
Repairs and storm damage
Most roof work begins with a repair, and repair prices climb steeply with the extent of the damage and the difficulty of reaching it. Repair figures here are taken from the 2026 MyBuilder roof repair guide, and they describe typical UK jobs, not our own pricing.
| Repair | Typical UK range |
|---|---|
| After a storm | £500 to £1,500 |
| Major structural repair | £2,500 and above |
| Minor job: one leak, several tiles | £100 to £300 |
| Medium-sized repair | £500 to £1,000 |
Your fixed quote follows the survey. To see the causes behind these numbers, and the repairs that fall into each band, see roof repair cost. If the problem is an active leak, our page on the cost of fixing a roof leak narrows it further.
Access is the swing factor. A slipped tile low on a back extension can be reached from a ladder. The same tile up by the ridge of a tall house calls for scaffold or a tower, and that can cost more than the repair. Matching also counts: a salvaged slate or a hand-made clay tile for a weathered roof costs more than a modern equivalent, and is the reason a small job on an older house can exceed the national band.
Stopping the water comes first on a leaking roof, since that protects ceilings and timbers. The permanent repair is priced afterwards, once the cause is known.
Replacing a roof: pitched, slate and flat
A new roof is the largest single figure most people see. These come from MyBuilder's guides to new roofs, slate and flat roofs (2026), and again they are typical UK ranges.
| Job | Typical UK range |
|---|---|
| Pitched roof, whole house | £5,000 to £12,000 |
| Two-slope gable roof | £5,000 to £8,000 |
| Hipped roof with extra cutting | £8,000 to £12,000 |
| Fitting natural slate (rate per m²) | £100 to £180 |
| Flat roof replacement | £2,800 to £7,500 |
Scaffold adds about £1,125 on the same source's figures, and clearing the waste runs between £100 and £1,000. Those items matter on a Bath terrace, where scaffold may need to cross a basement area or stand on the pavement.
The pages that go deeper are roof replacement cost, slate roof cost and flat roof cost. Between them they cover what is renewed, what is kept and what to ask a roofer.
Size is not the only driver. Re-roofing a large part of the house brings Building Regulations into play, and the roof may then need a thermal upgrade, which adds insulation to the bill. Our map of the rules that apply to roof work in Bath sets out when that happens.
Chimneys, ridges, lead and gutters
The smaller details of a roof are often where repairs are needed, and each has its own typical range. The sources are the MyBuilder and MyJobQuote guides named in the rows (2026), and each is a typical UK range.
| Detail | Typical UK range |
|---|---|
| Chimney repair (MyBuilder) | £500 to £2,000 |
| Chimney flashing repair (MyBuilder) | £250 to £1,200 |
| Chimney leadwork patch (MyJobQuote) | £150 to £250 |
| Dry ridge system (MyBuilder) | £40 to £60 per linear metre |
| Guttering (MyBuilder) | £30 to £70 per metre |
| Flat lead roof (MyBuilder) | £150 to £200 or more per m² |
For the detail behind each, see chimney repair cost, lead roofing cost, ridge repair cost and guttering cost. Lead gutters tucked behind a parapet are covered on the page about box gutter relining cost.
The ridge is a good example of how the cost of a fix has changed. BS 5534:2014 stopped treating mortar alone as a fix for ridge and hip tiles, so a repair that once meant fresh mortar may now mean mechanical fixings or a dry system. We cannot give a sourced figure for re-bedding in mortar, so treat any quote for it as a conversation to have with the roofer, not a number to check against this page.
Scaffold again changes the picture. Small jobs at height look out of proportion for this reason: a plain chimney patch is put at about £250 where no scaffold is needed, against £550 to £650 where it is (MyBuilder, 2026).
Windows, conservatories, garages and the rest
The remaining jobs vary most from house to house. The table gives typical UK ranges from the MyBuilder guides named in each row (2026).
| Job | Typical UK range |
|---|---|
| Roof window fitting, labour (window extra) | £350 to £600 |
| Pitched roof on a garage | £2,500 to £4,500 |
| New conservatory roof | £2,000 to £10,000 and beyond |
| Flat roof on a single garage | £700 to £1,000 |
| Roof inspection | £150 to £500 |
| Roof cleaning, pitched | £450 to £850 |
The full pages are roof window cost, conservatory roof cost, garage roof cost, roof survey cost and roof cleaning cost.
Two further jobs deserve a mention. Asbestos cement garage roofs have their own handling rules, and MyBuilder's 2026 guide puts asbestos removal at about £2,000 on average. Both are set out on the page about asbestos removal cost. Spray foam removal, from lofts where foam was sprayed under the slope, runs at £20 to £50 per m² and averages about £1,500 on MyBuilder's 2026 figures. It is covered under spray foam removal cost, and it is a job where a survey is essential, because the cost depends on the state of the timber behind the foam.
Commercial roofs are different again. The figures available for them are thin, so we price commercial work on survey, and our page on commercial roof cost explains what drives the price, without quoting a rate.
Why Bath work can cost more
National figures describe national houses. A Bath house is more likely than most to bring costs that a general guide does not capture.
Access and scaffold
Terraces with basement areas, narrow lanes and steep hillsides make scaffold harder to erect, and a scaffold that stands on the pavement may need a licence from the council, with its own fee and conditions. Our answer on the scaffold licence covers the process. Scaffold is also a fixed cost, so a small repair at height carries a large share of it.
Heritage materials
On an older house the new covering should match the old: slate for slate, and stone tile for stone tile. Reclaimed slate or hand-made tiles cost more than new factory products, and they take longer to sort, cut and lay. On at least one Bath terrace the Trust backed natural Welsh slate over an artificial substitute, which shows what is expected on significant buildings. See Bath's houses and their roofs for what each era tends to use.
Hidden parts
Parapet gutters, valleys and flashings are lead work, and lead work is skilled and slow. On such a house the timbers beneath may also need attention once the covering is lifted.
Consent
If a house is listed, work needs consent from B&NES Council before it starts, and the paperwork takes time. Bath is a World Heritage Site throughout, while about half the city lies inside the conservation area. Check where your street falls.
Weather
Bath's roofs are repaired outdoors, and a wet week can stop work. Our page on roof work in wet weather explains what that means for the schedule and the price.
From a range to a fixed price
A range is a way of judging whether a quote is plausible. It cannot tell you what your roof needs, because the answer depends on things only visible on site. The step that closes the gap is a survey.
The survey from Empire is free and brings back pictures of the roof itself, which lets you see each fault. A fixed written price follows, itemised by what is renewed, what stays, the materials, the scaffold and the building control side. If a repair will serve, a repair is what we price. See Empire Roofing Bath for how to arrange one. The workmanship is covered by a 10-year guarantee, issued in writing.
Two practical points keep a fixed price fixed. Ask what happens if something unexpected turns up once the old covering is off, such as rotten timber. A fair answer names the likely cases and how they would be priced. And ask what is excluded. A short list of exclusions is a good sign, and a missing list is not.
Our page on what a quote should list shows the other lines to look for. Once the quotes are in, go back through them with this page open and compare the scope line by line. The numbers in the table matter less than the answers to what each firm has decided to renew.
