Roofing for Farnham’s businesses, landlords and managing agents — planned maintenance, condition surveys, flat roofs, and dilapidations, delivered with full RAMS, CDM compliance and minimal disruption to your operation.
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📞 Call Now: 0125 244 7622We provide commercial roofing across Farnham and Surrey — planned preventative maintenance, roof condition surveys, flat-roof replacement, industrial roofing and dilapidations work. Every project comes with RAMS, insurance and CDM documentation before work starts, out-of-hours scheduling to protect your business, and itemised VAT invoicing on 30-day terms. Call 0125 244 7622.
Commercial roofing differs from domestic work less in the roof itself than in everything around it: the documentation, the disruption planning, the procurement, and the stakeholder chain. If you own, lease or manage a commercial building in Farnham — a shop, office, restaurant, warehouse or industrial unit — the roof is a business asset with its own risk and compliance profile, and it needs a contractor who understands that.
When you don’t need us: if your premises is a leasehold unit in a larger block and the roof is communal, the freeholder or managing agent usually holds responsibility — check your lease before commissioning work. We’ll tell you honestly if a roof has years of life left and needs maintenance rather than replacement; over-selling a re-roof to a business is as wrong as it is to a homeowner.
Farnham’s commercial property is concentrated in a few recognisable areas, each with its own roofing character. The town-centre retail and hospitality around The Borough, Castle Street and Downing Street sits largely in the conservation area, much of it in period buildings with pitched tiled or slated roofs and complex leadwork — where any work must respect conservation constraints and material-matching through Waverley Borough Council. The office and mixed-use stock has a high proportion of flat and low-pitch roofs, the workhorses of commercial roofing and the most common source of the leaks we’re called to.
Out towards the Weydon Lane and Water Lane areas and the trading estates on the town’s edge, the stock shifts to industrial units — profiled metal and asbestos-cement sheet roofs, some dating back decades. These bring their own considerations: cut-edge corrosion, sheet fixing failure, rooflight degradation, and the asbestos question that governs how any older industrial roof must be approached. Covering GU9, GU10 and surrounding postcodes, we work across all of it.
We attend, assess the roof and your operational constraints, and establish what the job actually requires — repair, replacement or planned maintenance.
Before work starts you receive RAMS, proof of insurance, and CDM construction-phase documentation where applicable. Nothing begins without the paperwork in place.
You get a clear, itemised quote and a work programme built around your business — out-of-hours, weekend or phased where disruption must be minimised.
We carry out the work to programme, manage access and safety, and keep you informed. For occupied premises we protect your operation throughout.
Completion sign-off, itemised VAT invoice on agreed terms, and workmanship guarantee. Planned-maintenance clients move into their inspection schedule.
| Work | Typical duration |
|---|---|
| Roof condition survey + report | 1 day on site, report within a week |
| Commercial flat-roof repair | 1–2 days |
| Flat-roof replacement (small commercial) | 3–7 days depending on area |
| Industrial sheet repair | 1–3 days by extent |
| Planned maintenance visit | Half to full day, scheduled |
Programmes are built around your trading hours; out-of-hours and phased working extend elapsed time but protect your operation. Weather can affect membrane and coating work.
Commercial access is a planning exercise in its own right. Scaffold, mobile towers, mast climbers or roof access hatches are specified per building and always itemised — and for town-centre premises around Castle Street and The Borough, pavement scaffold and any road-space needs go through Waverley Borough Council, which takes lead time on the narrow conservation streets. We plan access to keep your entrances, fire exits and customer flow clear.
Minimising business disruption is central to how we programme commercial work. For a shop or restaurant that means out-of-hours or phased working; for an office, coordinating with your facilities team; for an occupied industrial unit, sequencing to keep operations running. We agree all of this in writing before we start so there are no surprises for your business or your customers.
Farnham’s industrial and older commercial stock brings a specific set of issues. Profiled metal roofs suffer cut-edge corrosion, where the exposed edges of coated sheets rust and spread — often treatable with cut-edge corrosion systems rather than full replacement, if caught early. Sheet fixing failure, rooflight degradation and gutter-line problems are common on ageing units. The decision between over-cladding an existing roof and stripping and replacing it is a genuine cost-and-condition judgement we’ll walk you through honestly.
Above all of this sits asbestos. Many industrial and commercial roofs built before the 2000s contain asbestos cement sheeting, and disturbing it is both dangerous and strictly regulated. Our rule is survey-first: where asbestos is suspected we do not touch it. We arrange for it to be surveyed and, if confirmed, refer you to a licensed asbestos removal contractor to deal with it safely before any roofing work proceeds. This is a legal requirement under HSE regulations and a non-negotiable part of how we approach any older commercial roof.
HSE guidance requires that where asbestos-containing materials such as cement roof sheets may be present, they are identified by survey before work begins, and that any removal likely to disturb them is carried out by a licensed contractor.Source: HSE (Control of Asbestos Regulations)
Commercial roofing is priced per project after survey, because the variables — roof type, area, access, occupancy and documentation requirements — are too wide for a simple table to capture. The ranges below are indicative starting points; a firm figure follows a site visit.
| Service | Indicative range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Roof condition survey + report | £300–£600 | Credited against booked works |
| Commercial flat-roof repair | £400–£2,000 | By extent and access |
| Flat-roof replacement | From £90/m² | Single-ply / built-up systems |
| Cut-edge corrosion treatment | Priced per metre run | Vs full sheet replacement |
| Planned maintenance contract | Annual, quoted per building | Spreads cost, prevents failures |
Worked example: A single-ply flat-roof replacement on a 180m² Farnham office, phased over two weekends to keep the business trading, with RAMS and CDM documentation: quoted per survey, typically in the £16,000–£22,000 range including access.
Purchase orders accepted, itemised VAT invoicing, 30-day terms for established clients. Nothing payable before materials are on site.
Workmanship on commercial installations is guaranteed for 10 years in writing, with single-ply and membrane systems carrying manufacturer warranties of up to 20–25 years on top depending on the specification chosen.
If a fault appears in covered work, we come back and put it right. No quibbling, no re-charge.
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Two areas where commercial clients most value a roofer who understands property: dilapidations and planned maintenance. At lease end, a schedule of dilapidations often includes roof repairs a tenant is liable to make good. We survey and quote for this work on either side — helping a tenant respond to a schedule cost-effectively, or a landlord establish what’s genuinely owed — and provide the documentation the negotiation needs. Getting the roof element of a dilapidations claim right can be worth thousands either way.
Planned preventative maintenance is the other. Rather than waiting for a commercial roof to fail and facing a large reactive bill at the worst moment, a maintenance contract schedules inspections and clearance that keep the roof watertight and spread cost predictably. For managing agents and owner-occupiers protecting a building asset, it also produces the documented maintenance history that supports asset value and, where relevant, reserve-fund planning with 5- and 10-year cost forecasts.
"Replaced the flat roof over our offices in two weekend phases so we never lost a working day. RAMS and all the documentation up front, itemised invoice, 30-day terms. Handled like professionals."
"They surveyed our unit’s asbestos-cement roof, wouldn’t touch it, and referred us to a licensed firm before doing the roofing. Exactly the right way to handle it — I trusted them immediately."
"We use them for planned maintenance across three commercial properties. Scheduled inspections, no surprises, and a documented history for each building. Takes the roof off my worry list."
Yes. Before any commercial job we provide risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), proof of public liability insurance, and where the project falls under CDM 2015, the relevant construction-phase documentation. This is supplied as standard before work begins, not on request.
Yes. For retail, hospitality and office premises in Farnham we can schedule work outside trading hours, at weekends or in phases to keep your business running. We plan access and noise around your operation and agree the schedule with you in advance.
We survey first. Many older industrial and commercial roofs contain asbestos cement sheeting. Where we suspect asbestos we do not disturb it — we arrange a survey and, if confirmed, refer you to a licensed removal contractor before any roofing work proceeds, in line with HSE requirements.
Yes. We offer planned preventative maintenance for commercial clients — scheduled inspections and clearance that keep a roof watertight and spread cost predictably rather than facing large reactive bills. This suits managing agents and owner-occupiers protecting a building asset.
Yes. We provide written roof condition surveys with photographs and a prioritised action list, useful for asset management, pre-acquisition due diligence, dilapidations and budget planning. Surveys can include 5- and 10-year cost forecasts for reserve planning.
Dilapidations are end-of-lease obligations to return a property to an agreed condition. For roofs this often means repairs a tenant is liable for. We survey and quote for dilapidations work on both landlord and tenant sides, and provide the documentation needed to support or respond to a schedule of dilapidations.
We work to purchase orders, provide itemised VAT invoices, and offer 30-day payment terms for established commercial clients. We're comfortable with managing-agent and multi-stakeholder billing arrangements common in commercial property.
Planned maintenance, surveys, flat roofs and dilapidations — documented, insured, and planned around your business.
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