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Roofing Contractor Melton Mowbray | Tate & Sons Roofing
Local roofers Melton homeowners trust — repairs, re-roofs, chimneys and guttering, done properly the first time by a directly employed team that knows Leicestershire.
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Who We Are
About Tate & Sons Roofing, Melton Mowbray
The Local Roofing Team Melton Mowbray Counts On
A roof rarely waits for a convenient moment to start playing up. When yours does, you don't want a sales pitch — you want a clear explanation, a fair price, and a team that turns up when it said it would. That's the standard we work to across Melton Mowbray and the wider Melton Borough, working from our base at 13 Cromwell Road, from a single cracked ridge tile to a full re-roof on a period property in the Vale of Belvoir.
We're a local firm in the truest sense. Our roofers know the streets running off Nottingham Road and Burton Street as well as they know the lanes winding out into the Wolds, and most of our work comes the way it always has in a market town — one neighbour telling another. That word-of-mouth across LE13 and the villages around it keeps us honest, because your name is only ever as good as the last roof you finished.
A Roofing Business Built on Doing It Properly
Tate & Sons started with a frustration shared by a lot of homeowners: too many roofing jobs were patched up to look fine for a season, only to fail again the moment the weather turned. We set out to do the opposite — fix the underlying cause, use the right materials for the job, and leave a roof that genuinely lasts.
We've stayed deliberately hands-on rather than chasing volume, which means the person who prices your job is part of the same team that carries it out. There's no anonymous call centre and no disappearing act once the deposit clears — the same familiar faces come back for any aftercare, and they stand behind the work long after the scaffold comes down.
Our roofers are directly employed and trained in-house, and our work is fully insured with both public liability and employer's liability cover, backed by a 10-year workmanship guarantee. We treat your property with the same care we'd want for our own: tidy sites, protected gardens and driveways, and a proper clean-up before we leave.
Meet the Team
A roof is only ever as good as the people who fit it, so we've been careful about who carries our name up the ladder. Our roofers are directly employed and trained in-house — not a rotating cast of subcontractors drafted in to hit a deadline. That continuity tells: the same familiar faces return for any aftercare, and they take real pride in a job they'd be happy to put their name to.
Between us we bring over 40 years of combined experience across just about every roof type you'll find around here, holding NVQ Level 2 and 3 qualifications in Roofing Occupations and valid CSCS cards.
- James Tate — Founder: James founded Tate & Sons on a simple conviction — fix the cause, not just the symptom — and still surveys many jobs personally, with a particular eye for heritage slate and lead work on the area's older properties.
- Daniel Oakland — Site Manager & Lead Roofer: Daniel runs the day-to-day on site, keeping crews, materials and timelines on track, and specialises in full re-roofs and modern flat-roof systems such as EPDM rubber and GRP fibreglass.
- Janice Whitmore — Office Manager: Janice is the voice most customers hear first. She keeps quotes, scheduling and aftercare on track, chasing the small details so nothing slips between the survey and the final inspection.
Whoever you deal with — from the first phone call to the final inspection — you'll get the same straightforward, no-nonsense approach. We'd rather earn your trust than push a sale, and our team is chosen and trained with exactly that in mind.
What We Do
As a full-service roofing contractor in Melton Mowbray, we've built genuine depth right across the trade rather than dabbling at the edges. Whatever the problem, there's a strong chance we handle it in-house with our own people.
Roof Repairs and Emergencies
Leaks have a knack for arriving at the worst possible time. We deal with the lot — emergency repairs, storm damage and leaking roofs through to slipped tiles, failed flashings, tired lead and porous mortar. A good share of what gets reported as a roof leak actually starts somewhere else, so we trace the water back to where it's really getting in — including ridge tile rebedding, one of the most common faults on older Melton terraces.
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Re-Roofing, New Builds and Specialist Systems
When a roof has reached the end of the road, we carry out full re-roofs and replacements alongside new-build and pitched-roof construction. We work in traditional slate and clay tile to suit the town's older and character homes, and in concrete, corrugated and metal systems where they're the right call — plus dry-ridge and dry-verge upgrades, flat roofing and solar panel roof prep.
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Chimney Services
A neglected chimney is one of the most common sources of damp and leaks in older Melton homes. We carry out stack repairs, rebuilds and removals, repointing and lead flashing renewal, and chimney pot installation, cowls, bird guards and weatherproof capping — and we'll tell you honestly what the stack needs, and what it doesn't.
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Guttering, Fascias and Soffits
Good rainwater management protects the whole building, not just the roof. We install and replace guttering, fascias and soffits, handle valley gutter repairs, restore traditional cast-iron gutters on period homes, and fit aluminium, zinc and UPVC roofline systems where a lower-maintenance modern option makes more sense.
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Commercial and Industrial Roofing
For business premises we take on commercial and industrial roofing, repairs, flat-roof systems and planned maintenance, all built around keeping a building watertight with as little disruption as possible. For a commercial client the real cost is downtime, not just the roof — so we work to schedules that respect it.
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Drone Surveys and Maintenance
Our free drone surveys let us inspect a roof safely and show you exactly what's going on up there — no guesswork, and no scaffolding just to take a look. You see the same footage we do. Add roof cleaning, moss and algae removal, roof coatings and bird proofing for solar panels, and it's a full maintenance service.
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Roofers Who Know the Vale of Belvoir
Local knowledge isn't a marketing line for us — it changes the work. Melton's Georgian and Victorian streets need sympathetic tile and slate detailing, while the ironstone and brick homes through the villages call for roofers who understand traditional construction rather than treating every job as a blank sheet.
We work right across the borough: Asfordby, Old Dalby and Nether Broughton, Frisby on the Wreake and Wymondham, the Vale of Belvoir villages of Long Clawson, Harby and Stathern, Waltham on the Wolds up on the tops, and Bottesford out towards the county boundary. Out across the Wolds, exposed plots take a real battering from the wind — and knowing the area lets us anticipate the trouble before it starts.
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Why People Choose to Move Forward With Us
Choosing a roofer comes down to trust. You're inviting a team onto your home or business and relying on them to be honest about what does — and doesn't — need doing. We earn that trust the same way every time: a clear, no-obligation quote in plain English, a fair price with nothing added on later, and a finished job backed by a 10-year] workmanship guarantee.
There's no hard sell. If a repair will sort it, we'll tell you so. If a roof genuinely needs replacing, we'll show you the evidence — usually straight from a drone survey — and let the facts make the case. That straightforwardness is exactly why so much of our work comes from repeat customers and personal recommendations.
Get in Touch
Whether you've spotted a leak, you're weighing up a full replacement, or you simply want a professional opinion on the state of your roof, we're ready to help.
Tate & Sons Roofing, Melton Mowbray
13 Cromwell Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0AD
Call: 01664 490955
Email: [email protected]
Call us today or request your free drone survey, and let's get your roof sorted properly — first time.
Head Office
Tate & Sons Roofing Nottingham
57 Cyril Avenue,
Nottingham
NG8 5BA
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