Roofer Llanelli cost
Roofer Llanelli cost calculator
How much should you expect to pay a roofer in Llanelli? Nobody can tell you from a web page. What a page can do is show you the ranges the big UK cost guides publish, so you walk into the conversation with a sensible number in your head.
Choose a job below. A few of them ask one more question, such as the kind of house or the shape of the roof. Then you get the range, a note on what it includes and a link to the guide.
Typical UK prices for fourteen roofing jobs
Where a guide gives a middle figure, it is shown. Where it gives only a low and a high, that is all you will see.
Every figure here is a typical UK guide price read from the published guide named with it. Not one is a quote for your roof. What your own job comes to depends on the size and height of the roof, how easy it is to reach, the materials and what turns up once the old covering is lifted. Most of the guides give their prices before VAT.
The whole price list in one table
| Job | UK guide price |
|---|---|
| Fixing a roof leak: A small leak or a few tilesWhat the guide calls a minor repair, such as fixing a small leak or replacing a few tiles. | £100 to £300 |
| Fixing a roof leak: A larger leak or several tilesWhat the guide calls a moderate repair, such as dealing with a larger leak or replacing several tiles. | £500 to £1,000 |
| Replacing up to five broken tiles or slatesUp to five tiles replaced. The low figure is where the tiles are easy to find and reach. The middle figure needs a roof ladder and cement bedding. The high figure is for awkward access with scaffolding and tiles that are hard to match. | £170 to £500typical about £225 |
| Replacing up to six ridge tilesUp to six ridge tiles replaced along the top of the roof. The guide gives £180 as the average. | £140 to £225typical about £180 |
| Chimney repointingRepointing one chimney stack. The low figure is a small chimney on a low roof. The high figure is a chimney in the middle of a semi-detached house, with scaffolding over the ridge. The guide's average is £750. | £300 to £1,000typical about £750 |
| Chimney stack rebuild: Part of the stackA partial rebuild of a chimney stack. | £600 to £1,000 |
| Chimney stack rebuild: Everything above the roofFully rebuilding the part of the chimney stack that stands above the roofline. | £1,000 to £3,500 |
| Clearing blocked gutters: Small terraced houseCleaning about 5 metres of gutter on a small terraced house. | £50 to £120 |
| Clearing blocked gutters: Medium semi-detachedCleaning about 15 metres of gutter on a medium semi-detached house. | £100 to £150 |
| Clearing blocked gutters: Detached four-bedCleaning about 20 metres of gutter on a detached four-bedroom house. | £130 to £165 |
| Clearing blocked gutters: Three-storey houseCleaning about 15 metres of gutter on a three-storey townhouse with a gutter vacuum. | £165 to £300 |
| New guttering and downpipesReplacing a 15 to 20 metre run of guttering with three downpipes, supplied and fitted. The guide says most three-bedroom houses need about that much. | £650 to £1,700typical about £1,000 |
| New fascias and soffits on a three-bed semiA full uPVC roofline on a three-bedroom semi: fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes. The source is a roofing firm's guide that reports the range from another UK cost guide. | £1,800 to £3,500 |
| Dry verge on a semi-detached houseFitting a dry verge system to the gable edge of a semi-detached house, materials and fitting included. Scaffolding may be extra. | £750 to £1,000typical about £875 |
| Roof moss removal by hand, with treatment: Small roofMoss scraped off a small roof by hand and a biocide treatment applied afterwards. | £520 to £975typical about £750 |
| Roof moss removal by hand, with treatment: Average roofMoss scraped off an average-sized roof by hand and a biocide treatment applied afterwards. | £600 to £1,125typical about £860 |
| Roof moss removal by hand, with treatment: Large roofMoss scraped off a large roof by hand and a biocide treatment applied afterwards. | £680 to £1,275typical about £980 |
| Roof surveyA roof survey with a report. The guide's average is £375. It puts a simpler roof inspection at about £260. | £300 to £500typical about £375 |
| Re-felting a flat garage roofRe-felting an average flat garage roof. Repairs to the timber underneath, and removing any asbestos sheeting, are extra. | £1,000 to £2,000typical about £1,500 |
| Flat roof replacementReplacing a standard flat roof. Checkatrade's roof replacement guide gives the same range for a flat roof of 32 square metres, so expect less for a small extension. | £2,800 to £7,500 |
| New roof on a house: Gable roof (two slopes)Replacing a gable roof of 64 square metres. The same guide puts a typical three-bedroom semi at around £12,000 and the UK average for all roof replacements at around £8,000. | £7,000 to £16,250 |
| New roof on a house: Hip roof (slopes on all sides)Replacing a hip roof of 64 square metres. The guide says slate and more complex shapes sit at the top of the range. | £9,250 to £18,000 |
Every figure here is a typical UK guide price read from the published guide named with it. Not one is a quote for your roof. What your own job comes to depends on the size and height of the roof, how easy it is to reach, the materials and what turns up once the old covering is lifted. Most of the guides give their prices before VAT.
The published guides these prices were read from
- MyBuilder roof repair cost guide
- Checkatrade roof tile replacement cost guide
- Checkatrade chimney repointing cost guide
- Checkatrade gutter cleaning cost guide
- Checkatrade gutter replacement cost guide
- Beacon Roofing Basingstoke soffits and fascias cost guide
- Checkatrade dry verge cost guide
- Checkatrade roof cleaning cost guide
- Checkatrade roof inspection cost guide
- Checkatrade roof replacement cost guide
- Checkatrade flat roof replacement cost guide
Four things that move a Llanelli roofing price
How the roof is reached
A bungalow can be worked on from a ladder or a small tower. A two-storey terrace with a rear extension in the way may need scaffolding built over it. Checkatrade's roof repair guide puts a single scaffold up to 10 metres high at around £625 a week. On a small repair, access can be the larger half of the bill.
What the roof is made of
The same guide prices repairs to natural slate at £150 to £220 a square metre and to concrete tile at £90 to £120. A lot of older Llanelli roofs are slate, so a guide figure that talks about tiles may come out low for yours.
What is underneath
No one knows the state of the felt, battens and rafter ends until slates come off. On a roof that has leaked for a while, allow for some timber to be replaced. A fair quote says how extra work will be priced if it is found.
Shared parts
Chimneys, gutters and valleys on a terrace often serve two houses. Splitting one job with a neighbour brings your share down. Doing your half alone can cost nearly as much as doing the lot.
How the figures were chosen
Every range was read from the guide's own page in November 2026. Thirteen of the fourteen jobs come from Checkatrade and MyBuilder cost guides that show a 2026 update date. The fascia and soffit range comes from a roofing firm's guide which reports it from another UK guide, and we say so in its note.
Nothing has been scaled, averaged or guessed. If a guide prices a job for one size of house only, that is the only size shown. That is why you will not find, for instance, a figure for a new roof on a bungalow.
Most of the Checkatrade tables give prices before VAT. A roofer who is VAT registered will add 20 per cent. A smaller firm below the VAT threshold will not.
Turning a range into a quote
A range tells you if a price is in the right country. It cannot tell you if it is right for your house. For that, someone has to look.
When a roofer rings, have the basics ready: the type of house, the roof covering, what you have seen and how the back is reached. Ask for the price in writing with access, waste removal and VAT each shown. Our articles on what a roofer charges in Llanelli and choosing a roofer explain what a clear quote looks like.
Common questions
How much should I pay for a roofer?
For time alone, Checkatrade's roof repair guide says UK roofers tend to charge around £35 to £45 an hour or £280 to £360 a day. Most repairs are priced as a job, though. The calculator on this page shows published ranges for fourteen of the common ones.
Are prices in Llanelli lower than these UK figures?
There is no published roofing price list for Llanelli, so we cannot honestly say. The one regional table we found, in Checkatrade's gutter cleaning guide, put Wales above most English regions for that job. Treat the UK ranges as a guide and let quotes tell you the local price.
Why does the calculator not ask for my roof size?
Because the guides do not publish a figure for every size, and we will not make one up by multiplying. Where a guide does split a job by house type or roof size, the calculator asks. Where it does not, you see one range.