Slate Roofing in Galway

Local roofers for slate roofing in Galway

Looking for slate roofing in Galway? There are 26 rated roofing contractors listed across Galway, from Ballybane and Rahoon to right across the county, each shown with its Google rating, reviews and phone number, with an average rating of 4.9. Compare them and contact a roofer directly, with no booking fees and no middleman.

What the job actually involves is set out on the slate roofing page, which covers the work itself, the materials and what to expect. What follows is specific to Galway.

What Galway Does To A Roof

Out west of the city the wind comes off the Atlantic with nothing in its way, and in Connemara the rain comes with it for much of the year. Roofs there are dealing with driving rain, which is a different problem to heavy rain: water arrives horizontally and gets in under laps and flashings that would shed a vertical downpour without trouble.

The county splits between the city and its suburbs, the towns along the bay, and the rural west where houses sit exposed on rock and bog. Galway city has a stock of older stone housing with slate; Connemara has cottages and farm buildings that have been re-roofed more than once.

Ask about laps and flashings rather than just the covering. Driving rain exposes detailing, so the useful question is how the roofer handles verges, abutments and the head of the slates. In the city, ask about scaffold access on a narrow street before you agree a price.

Contractors on the list here work out of Ballybane, Rahoon, Tuam, Cloghscoltia, Ballyglunin and Bally Bane, so most of the county is within a normal call-out.

Getting slate roofing Done In Galway

Connemara work runs to the weather, and any date given for an exposed site in winter is provisional. Around the city the constraint is more often access and parking for scaffold than the forecast.

Slate Roofing cost in Galway

Individual slate replacement runs from about €80 to €200 per visit, while re-roofing a 70 square metre semi-detached house in slate costs from about €8,000 to €14,000 and a 120 square metre detached house from about €18,000 to €35,000. For the wider picture see our slate roofing guide, and compare written quotes from a few rated Galway roofers before you decide.