Roofer in Rotterdam.
Rotterdam is a city of flat roofs. Since the post-war rebuilding, hardly anything else has been built. I work there for private owners with an extension or a roof terrace, and for main contractors on housing and work at height.
Four simple steps
Request a quoteMeasuring and inspecting
I come out, measure your roof and look at exactly what it needs.
A keen quote
You get a clear quote with no obligation. No surprises afterwards.
We build your roof
Once you agree, we schedule the work for a time that suits you.
Handed over watertight
The roof is handed over fully watertight, with a 10-year guarantee.
Leak in Rotterdam?
Calling is quickest. Rotterdam is about twenty minutes away, so I can usually come out soon and book the visit there and then.
What I do in Rotterdam
Flat roofs and bitumen
New bituminous roofing on a house, extension, garage or commercial building.
Roof renovation
Due for replacement? I measure up, assess it and tell you honestly whether a repair will still do.
Roof leaks
Tracing the leak is part of the job. Urgent work is scheduled as soon as possible.
Roofs with solar panels
A roof made ready for panels, or repairs to roofs that already carry them.
Zinc work
Zinc gutters, rainwater downpipes and wall copings, new or repaired.
Roof insulation
Insulate during the renovation. Doing it later means opening the whole roof again.
Roof maintenance and inspection
Having a look every five years often prevents a bigger repair.
Lead work
Lead flashing at the chimney, the wall and the roof window, where leaks most often start.
Roof edges and fascia
Where nearly all wind damage begins: aluminium roof trim and new upstands.
Timber and roof decking
Replacing rotten decking under the roofing, so the new roof lies on sound timber.
Vents and roof penetrations
Roof penetrations fitted, torched in or removed, and finished watertight.
Skylights and roof windows
Fitting and replacing, with an upstand that keeps the water out.
The roofs of Rotterdam, and what that means for you
The roofscape of Rotterdam
The city falls into two kinds of roofing work. In Zuid and Prins Alexander stand whole districts of walk-up blocks and family houses from the fifties to the seventies, with roof areas of hundreds of square metres running on end to end. In Kralingen, Delfshaven and the older Noord the flat roofs are hidden instead: roof terraces, extensions on a courtyard and small areas between the pitched roofs, often reachable only through the house or across the neighbours' roof.
What that means for your roof
That difference sets the approach. A large area in Zuid can be done in strips, with material that goes up in one go. A roof terrace in Kralingen is handwork: many edges, many junctions, and everything has to come up the stairwell. In both cases I come and look first, so you know exactly what is going to happen.
How it works practically in the city
In Rotterdam it is often the access that makes a job unusual. On a block I agree in advance how the material goes up and whether a cherry picker or scaffolding is needed, so you know what will happen that day. If a permit is needed for the pavement or a lane, I arrange it. Work at height is part of the trade: access and safety are settled before anyone goes up on the roof.
What people in Rotterdam ask
Yes. A good part of my work comes through main contractors, from housing and renovation to work at height. Send the project and the schedule and I will see whether it fits.
Yes. On a roof terrace the leak is almost never in the middle of the area but at a junction: the upstand against the facade, an outlet, or the edge beneath the tiles. Tracing it is part of the job, so that is where I start.
That is agreed beforehand. Usually with a cherry picker or a ladder lift; sometimes the stairwell will do. I look at that while measuring up, so the day itself runs smoothly.
Where in Rotterdam is your roof?
Walk-up blocks and terraced houses from the fifties and sixties. Large continuous roof areas with gravel and an upstand right around the edge.
Built at speed in the sixties and seventies. Whole streets with the same flat extension, shed or lock-up garage, and therefore the same age.
Older and more spacious. Here it is roof terraces, extensions and small areas between the pitched roofs, with plenty of lead work at the junctions.
Densely built, narrow premises. The flat roofs sit behind the facade and are usually reachable only from inside; that decides half the job.
Old building next to new. From an extension behind a walk-up flat to roofing at height on the towers along the Maas.
Almost everything flat, and almost everything now due its second or third layer of bitumen.
A quote for your roof in Rotterdam, with no obligation.
Fill in the form or give me a call. You get a clear price, a 10-year guarantee on watertightness, and you are tied to nothing.