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A full re-roof in East Ham on a hipped family home: stripped back to the rafters, a new breathable membrane and new treated battens, hips and valleys set out properly, then re-tiled in new red interlocking tiles on a ventilated dry ridge and dry hips. Completed October 2026 by our own team and photographed on site.
Filmed on site by our own team: the strip, the new membrane and battens, the hips and valleys, and the dry ridge.
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East Ham, East London. A hipped family home on a residential street, joined to a neighbouring property with a slate roof.
Multiple hips, valleys where the roof slopes meet, chimney stacks and a roof window, all on one pitched roof.
Stripped to the rafters, new breathable membrane, new treated battens, new red interlocking tiles, dry ridge and dry hips, lead at the junctions.
Our own team, led by owner Cornelius. No subcontractors and no call centre, one point of contact from the first visit to handover.
October 2026. Scaffold up the day of the inspection, the roof done in two days, exactly as quoted.
Covered by our company workmanship guarantee and backed by a fully insured limited company.
The owner of this East Ham house left a Google review after the job. His words, unedited, tell the story better than we can.
The problem. "My house is just shy of a 100 years old and still had its original roof. So due to wear and tear, problems naturally arose and recently the roof started to fall away."
The first call. "Being a Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police, and a Veteran of 12 years in the British Army, I'm overly suspicious and very cautious of who I do dealings with. I did an online request ... and within an hour I received a call from Cornelius, the owner of Seal Pro Roofing Ltd."
The quote. "Next morning Cornelius was at my front door and assessed the roof. He explained all issues/concerns he had, and took time to explain what work would be needed. Which was effectively a completely new roof. He didn't make me feel pressured in any way and gave me a realistic/fair price."
The job. "He told me it would take 2 days, and that's exactly how long it took. He had the scaffolding arranged/installed the same day as his assessment, job started the very next morning and finished the next evening."
The team. "The dozen or so roofers we met throughout the 2 days were very professional, polite and continued to tidy up behind them and taking great care when walking through our home. Cornelius was present at the beginning of the job, during and after to assess his teams work, critiquing it himself to ensure everything was done to the highest standard."
The verdict. "My neighbours were impressed with the end result, approached Cornelius, and now I see Seal Pro Roofing Ltd working on my neighbours house ... I simply can't fault them in anyway. Great job!"
The house is nearly 100 years old and was still on its original roof, which had started to fall away. This full re-roof in East Ham was on a roof with a lot going on: several hips running down from the ridge, valleys where the slopes meet, chimney stacks, a roof window and a join onto the neighbour's slate roof. Every one of those details is a place where water gets in when a roof is rushed.
Cornelius called back within an hour of the enquiry, inspected the roof the next morning, explained exactly what it needed and why, and put a fair, fixed price in front of the owner with no pressure. The scaffold went up the same day. Our own team started the next morning and had the whole roof stripped and rebuilt from the rafters up by the following evening: two days on the roof, as promised.
On a simple two-slope roof, tiling is mostly straight runs. On a hipped roof like this one, every hip and every valley means cut tiles, angled battens and a junction that has to shed water perfectly for decades.
A valley is where two slopes pour their rain into one channel. It carries more water than any other part of the roof, so if it is narrow, badly lapped or blocked with mortar and debris, it overflows under the tiles. A hip is the opposite: an external corner, exposed to wind from two directions, where loose hip tiles are one of the most common storm call-outs we get.
That is why the setting out in the photo on the left took the time it did. The battens are cut in to the hip and valley lines first, the valleys are formed, and only then does the tiling start. Get that right and the roof looks crisp and stays dry. Get it wrong and no amount of new tiles will save it.
Every photo below was taken on site by our own team, in the order the work happened.
The tiles are what you see. These are the three parts underneath that decide whether a new roof lasts.
The membrane is the second line of defence under the tiles. A modern breathable membrane stops wind-driven rain getting through but lets moisture from the house escape, so the loft does not run with condensation and the rafters stay dry.
BS 5534, the British Standard for slating and tiling, requires ridge and hip tiles to be mechanically fixed rather than held by mortar alone. Every ridge and hip tile here is clipped and screwed. No mortar to crack, no tiles working loose in a gale.
A ventilated dry ridge lets air move through the top of the roof. Air that moves carries moisture out with it, and a roof space that stays dry is one that does not rot. Lead at the hip and ridge junctions closes the one gap a dry system cannot.
Most homes in East Ham share a wall and a roof line with a neighbour. That changes how a re-roof has to be planned.
If your East Ham roof has slipped tiles, a sagging line or damp patches in the loft, ask us to look at the whole roof, not just the bit that is leaking. It is the cheapest way to find out whether a repair will do.
Everything is new, top to bottom: breathable membrane, treated battens set to gauge, hips and valleys formed properly. On top, the roof is re-tiled in brand new red interlocking tiles with a ventilated dry ridge and dry hips, lead at the junctions, and every detail around the chimneys and roof window cut and fitted by hand.
The owners had one team, one fixed written quote and one point of contact from start to finish. No subcontractors turning up on day three, no surprises on the invoice.
Cornelius owns Seal Pro Roofing, has over 27 years on the tools and handles every enquiry himself. You speak to him at the first call, he quotes the job and he is the person you deal with until it is signed off.
Tell us about the roof and we will arrange a free inspection and a fixed written quote. If a repair will do the job, we will tell you that instead of selling you a new roof.
Tell us about the job, we usually reply within the hour.
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