Hastings and St Leonards
Hastings Old Town, West Hill, the town centre, St Leonards-on-Sea, Ore, Silverhill, Bohemia, Hollington, Baldslow, Fairlight and Bexhill.
Service Areas · Hastings
Roofing Specialists
in Hastings
Salt air, sea wind and steep terraced hillsides make Hastings hard on roofs. We survey properly, explain the cause and quote it in writing.
Free surveys for homeowners · 25-year pitched guarantee · £1m cover
Leaking in Hastings right now?
We run 24/7 emergency cover. A £150 call-out gets a roofer to the property to make it safe and stop the water, with the repair priced before any further work.
Call 07414 676354Emergency line answered day and night
60+ years of family roofing knowledge
£1,000,000 public liability cover
24/7 emergency call-out available
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- 60+
- Years combined experience
- 3
- Generations of roofers
- 25 yr
- Pitched roof guarantee
- 15 yr
- Flat roof guarantee
- £1m
- Public liability
Local Coverage
Roofing work across Hastings and St Leonards
Hastings sits at the eastern end of our coverage, and we work across the whole town — the Old Town and West Hill, the Victorian seafront terraces of St Leonards, and the residential hillsides at Ore, Silverhill, Bohemia, Hollington and Baldslow, out towards Fairlight and Bexhill.
It is a town built almost entirely of Victorian and Edwardian housing: tall bay-fronted terraces, converted flats, stucco seafront blocks and steep tile-hung slopes in the Old Town, with pockets of interwar and post-war housing further inland. Slate and clay tile dominate, and a great deal of it is on original fixings.
What makes Hastings different is the sea. Salt-laden air corrodes nails, fixings and flashings faster than inland, wind coming straight off the Channel lifts anything loose, and driving rain finds gaps that a sheltered roof would never expose. We are a family firm of nine with over 60 years of combined experience, and we specify for those conditions rather than against a catalogue.
Areas referenced on this page include Hastings Old Town, St Leonards-on-Sea, Ore, Silverhill, Hollington, Bohemia, West Hill, Baldslow, Fairlight, Bexhill. Not listed? Call 07414 676354 and we will tell you straight away, or see everywhere we work.
Response times
Same-day response to most Hastings enquiries during opening hours, with survey dates usually within days. Emergencies covered 24/7 for a £150 call-out.
Property types we know well
Victorian bay-fronted terraces, seafront blocks and converted flats, tile-hung Old Town properties, interwar semis and modern estate housing.
What Hastings calls us about
Storm-lifted slates and ridges, corroded flashings, chimney leaks on terraces, tired flat roofs and spray foam removal before sale.
Services
Roofing services available
in Hastings
Every service is available in Hastings and St Leonards, quoted in writing after a proper survey rather than estimated from the pavement.
New Roof Installations in Hastings
Slate and clay tile renewals on Hastings terraces, specified with non-ferrous fixings for coastal conditions.
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Roof Repairs & Maintenance in Hastings
Slipped slates, corroded flashings and chimney leaks on terraces, traced back to the real point of entry.
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24/7 Emergency Repairs in Hastings
24/7 cover for Channel storm damage — made safe on the first visit, permanent works priced afterwards.
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Flat Roofing Systems in Hastings
Rear additions, dormers, balconies and garages in felt, EPDM, single ply and GRP with 15-year plus manufacturer cover.
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Spray Foam Removals in Hastings
Complete removal and deck reinstatement so a Hastings property can be surveyed and mortgaged again.
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Roof Inspections & Surveys in Hastings
Free for existing homeowners; £150 pre-purchase surveys on Victorian coastal stock, deducted from your quote if you proceed.
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Leadwork & Lead Welding in Hastings
Hand-dressed and welded lead to parapets, valleys, chimneys and bay roofs across the seafront terraces.
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Chimney Removals in Hastings
Redundant terrace stacks removed with the structure supported and the roof made good and weathertight.
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Moss Removal in Hastings
Hand-scraping and biocide for the damp, shaded north slopes on the hillsides above the town.
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Why Us
Why use Harding & Co. in Hastings
You get roofers, not a sales team — written guarantees, published survey and call-out pricing, and staged payments agreed before we start.
Family firm, three generations
Mark Harding began with his grandad at thirteen. The nine-strong team carries over 60 years of combined roofing experience.
Specified for coastal exposure
Non-ferrous fixings, mechanically fixed ridge and verge where appropriate, and flashings sized for salt air and Channel wind.
25 and 15 year guarantees
25 years on new pitched roofs and 15 years on flat roofs, plus the manufacturer-backed guarantee on flat systems.
£1,000,000 public liability
Full cover on every Hastings job, with details supplied alongside your written quote.
Free homeowner surveys
No charge to have the roof looked at and explained. Pre-purchase surveys are £150 and refunded against your quote if you go ahead.
Staged payments, written first
Typically a 30% deposit on a new pitched roof once scaffolding is up, then staged through the job. Nothing large up front.
Local Conditions
Roofing problems specific to Hastings
A Channel-facing town of tall Victorian terraces on steep ground produces failures you do not see inland.
Salt air and corroded fixings
Salt-laden air attacks iron nails, steel fixings and thin flashings far faster than inland conditions. On Hastings and St Leonards terraces this shows as slates slipping progressively, and as pinholed or split flashings around chimneys and abutments.
We renew with non-ferrous fixings and appropriately coded lead, because using standard inland specification on a seafront roof simply brings the next failure forward.
Channel storms and wind uplift
South-westerlies come straight off the sea with nothing to break them. Mortar-bedded ridges, verges and any loose slate are the first things to go, and one lifted tile quickly becomes a stripped run.
Where exposure justifies it we fit mechanically fixed dry ridge and verge systems so the roof is not relying on mortar in a wind-driven position. Emergencies are covered 24/7 for a £150 call-out.
Tall terraces, flats and shared roofs
Much of Hastings and St Leonards is converted flats, where the roof serves several households and nobody has maintained it for years. Leaks appear in a top-floor flat long after the actual defect started.
We survey the whole roof, photograph what we find and quote in writing, which makes it far easier to agree works between leaseholders or with a freeholder.
Old Town tile hanging and steep slopes
The Old Town and West Hill are full of tile-hung elevations, catslides and awkward roofs packed tightly together on steep ground. Access is a real part of the job here, and it has to be priced honestly up front.
We include scaffolding in the written quote and stage payments around it, so there are no mid-job surprises.
Seafront flat roofs and balconies
Rear additions, dormers and balcony decks across the town carry old felt that has gone brittle, split at the upstands and lifted at the edges under wind.
We check the deck as well as the covering. Where replacement is needed, felt, EPDM, single ply and GRP are all available with a 15-year guarantee from us plus the manufacturer's own cover.
Spray foam blocking Hastings sales
Spray foam has been sold widely across East Sussex and now regularly stops a sale, because surveyors cannot inspect the timber and lenders treat it as unacceptable risk.
We remove the foam completely and reinstate the deck so the roof can be surveyed again. Every removal we have carried out has been signed off by building control and independent surveyors without issue.
How It Works
From first call to
a guaranteed finish
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Call or request an estimate
Tell us what the roof is doing and where the property is. Most enquiries get a same-day response during opening hours, and the emergency line is answered day and night.
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Free survey and written quote
We inspect properly and photograph the problem. Surveys are free for existing homeowners; pre-purchase surveys are £150, deducted from your quote if you proceed.
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Scheduled works, staged payments
Dates agreed up front, scaffolding arranged, and payments staged in writing — on a new pitched roof, typically a 30% deposit once the scaffolding is up.
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Signed off and guaranteed
We walk the finished work with you, clear the site, and hand over your guarantee — 25 years on new pitched roofs, 15 years on flat roofs plus the manufacturer-backed cover.
Nearby Coverage
We also cover the areas
around Hastings
Our yard is at 48 Buckfast Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5NB, which keeps London and the South East within a practical working distance.
Questions
Hastings roofing
questions answered
If your question is not here, call 07414 676354 and speak to a roofer rather than a call centre.
Do you serve Hastings?
Yes. We cover Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea, including the Old Town, West Hill, Ore, Silverhill, Bohemia, Hollington, Baldslow, Fairlight and out to Bexhill.
How fast can you reach Hastings?
Most Hastings enquiries get a same-day response during opening hours (Mon–Sun, 9am–5pm), with survey visits arranged within a few days. Emergencies are covered 24/7.
What does roofing cost in Hastings?
It depends on the roof — size, pitch, covering, access and scaffolding. What is fixed and published is our survey and call-out pricing: free surveys for existing homeowners, £150 for a pre-purchase survey (deducted from your quote if you proceed) and £150 for an emergency call-out.
Does being near the sea change how you fix a roof?
Yes. Salt air corrodes iron and steel quickly, so we use non-ferrous fixings, appropriately coded lead and, where exposure justifies it, mechanically fixed dry ridge and verge rather than mortar alone.
Do you work on converted flats and shared roofs?
Yes. We survey the whole roof, photograph the defects and quote in writing, which makes agreeing the work between leaseholders or with a freeholder far more straightforward.
Can you replace a flat roof or balcony deck?
Yes. We install three-layer felt, EPDM, single ply and GRP fibreglass systems, each with a 15-year guarantee from us plus a manufacturer-backed guarantee.
Is emergency roofing available in Hastings out of hours?
Yes, 24 hours a day. The £150 call-out covers attendance and making the roof safe; the permanent repair is priced and agreed before we carry it out.
Are you insured to work in Hastings?
Yes — £1,000,000 public liability cover, with details provided alongside every quote.
Can you remove spray foam so my Hastings sale can go through?
Yes. We remove the foam and reinstate the roof so it can be surveyed and mortgaged again. Every removal we have done has been signed off by building control and surveyors.
How are payments structured?
Staged and agreed in writing before work begins — typically a 30% deposit on a new pitched roof once the scaffolding is up, with the balance staged through the job.
Free Estimate
Book a free roof survey in Hastings
Tell us the address and what the roof is doing. We will get a roofer out, diagnose the cause properly and send a written quote with the guarantee terms included.