Slatewright is a small Edinburgh roofing firm. Three roofers, twenty years on the slates between us, and a guarantee that says we'll come back if the work doesn't last.
Every project documented before, during and after. Photos uploaded as we go — customers can see progress without leaving the house.
From a single slipped slate to a full re-roof. Every quote is detailed enough to compare, every job comes with a written guarantee.
Pitched roof installations, repairs and replacements. Scottish slate, Spanish slate, concrete and clay tile. New sarking, breathable membranes, ventilated where required.
GRP fibreglass, EPDM rubber and torch-on felt. Extensions, dormers, garages and outbuildings. All with manufacturer-backed guarantees of 20 years or more.
Chimney repointing, capping, lead flashing renewal, removal of redundant stacks. Specialist conservation work where the property requires it.
Code 4 and code 5 lead. Flashings, valleys, bay roofs, dormer cheeks, soakers. Dressed to fit, hand-finished. The detail that makes a roof last.
uPVC, aluminium and cast-iron replacement guttering. Period properties matched carefully — we won't put modern plastic on a Victorian terrace.
Storm damage, slipped slates, ridge tiles, blocked valleys. We aim to be on site within 24 hours for emergencies in Edinburgh.
Every roof we lay is covered by a 20-year workmanship guarantee on top of the manufacturer's material warranty. The promise is plain: if the roof fails through fault of the work we did, we come back and fix it. No quibbles.
Written into every full re-roof contract. Honoured for 20 years.
Higher than typical for a small roofing firm. Documents on request.
NFRC-backed guarantee transfers if the property changes hands.
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Full re-slate on a Victorian terrace. Quoted accurately, finished on time, scaffolding came down clean. They came back three months later to check the lead flashings — unprompted.
Storm took out a section of slates on Burns Night. Slatewright had a man up there the next morning with a tarp, replaced properly the following week. Solid.
Honest quote. Three competitors were either much higher with no clear reason or much lower because they were going to skip the breathable membrane. Slatewright explained the difference.
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Request a quote →Domestic and small-commercial roofing. Slate, tile, flat, lead, chimney, guttering. Every job priced in writing before we start.
Full re-slates, partial replacements, slipped-slate repairs. Scottish slate where the property requires it, Spanish slate where appropriate. Sarking, membrane, ventilation and lead flashings included as standard.
GRP fibreglass for the longest-life flat-roof installs. EPDM rubber for cost-effective replacements. Torch-on felt where the substrate or use case calls for it. All with 20-year material warranties.
Repointing, capping, removal, lead flashing renewal. Conservation-area work where the stonework needs to be matched. Smoke testing and chimney lining for those still in use.
Specialist trade. Code 4 and code 5 lead, dressed by hand. Flashings, soakers, valleys, dormer cheeks, bay roofs. The bits that fail first if they're not done right.
uPVC, aluminium and conservation cast-iron replacement. Period properties carefully matched. Often paired with a fascia/soffit overhaul if the timber underneath needs attention.
Storm damage, slipped slates, blocked valleys, water ingress. 24-hour response for Edinburgh; same-week for the wider Lothians. Temporary tarping followed by proper permanent repair.
Every job documented. Before, during and after photos uploaded as we go — customers see progress without leaving the house.
Edinburgh roofer, NFRC member, founder of Slatewright Roofing & Leadwork. We sat down with James to talk about slate, lead and twenty-year guarantees.
Eight years on my own with Slatewright, but fifteen before that with a heritage firm in central Edinburgh. I started as a labourer, became the leadwork apprentice, then the leadwork foreman. By the time I started Slatewright in 2018 I'd already worked on about three thousand roofs.
Slatewright is an old craft name — the person who works the slate to fit. There aren't many of us who still do it the proper way, by hand, slate by slate. The name was a kind of statement of intent.
Scottish slate — proper Easdale or Ballachulish — is dense, hard-wearing, and the right colour for Scottish buildings. The Spanish slates that came in cheaper from the 1980s onwards aren't necessarily bad slate, but they don't match older Scottish work and they wear differently in our weather. On a re-roof of a Victorian terrace, we'd almost always recommend Scottish or a Welsh equivalent.
Every full re-roof we lay comes with a written workmanship guarantee for twenty years on top of the manufacturer's material warranty. It's backed by NFRC and transfers if you sell the house. The promise is straightforward: if the roof fails through fault of the work we did, we come back and fix it. No quibbles. We can offer that because the work is done properly to begin with.
Anything that involves cutting corners we don't cut. Customers occasionally ask if we'll skip the breathable membrane or the sarking board renewal to save money. The answer is no — those things are what makes the roof last. We'd rather not take the job than do it badly.
Edinburgh tenement re-roofs in slate. Done right, they're a hundred-year roof. You're standing on something built in 1880 and you're putting it back together with the same materials for the next generation. There's a lot to like about that.
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Reply within one business day for quote requests. Same-day for emergencies (Edinburgh).