What to charge / Roofers · Checked 29 September 2026
Checkatrade and MyJobQuote both put UK roofers at £35 to £45 an hour or £280 to £360 a day in 2026, although MyJobQuote’s tile guide gives a lower day rate of £200 to £275. Checkatrade notes that standard repairs are more often priced per job than by the hour, and scaffold hire is a separate cost. This page sets out job prices, the costs a roofing quote has to carry, and a calculator for your own rate.
Rates
| Rate | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| An hour, Checkatrade and MyJobQuote | £35 to £45 [1][2][3][4] | Same range in Checkatrade’s repair guide and MyJobQuote’s leak guide. MyJobQuote’s roof repair guide says £30 to £45. An older Checkatrade tile guide, last updated February 2025, gave just £18 to £25. |
| A day for one roofer | £280 to £360 [1][2] | Checkatrade and MyJobQuote’s leak guide. Checkatrade’s repair prices are quoted before VAT. |
| A day, MyJobQuote tile guide | £200 to £275 [5][6] | Depends on where in the country you work. Homebuilding & Renovating put it at around £200 in April 2024. |
| Emergency call-out before any repair | £150 to £300 [3][2] | For out-of-hours or same-day work. MyJobQuote’s leak guide says storms and antisocial hours add £100 to £300 to the bill, sometimes more on a bank holiday. |
| A day for a two-roofer team | £560 to £720 [2] | Larger or more complex jobs often need two roofers on the roof together. |
Job prices
What customers are typically quoted, from published UK price guides. Use them as a check on your own quotes, not a fixed price list.
| Job | Typical price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Replace one to six broken or missing tiles | £75 to £400 [9] | Which? Trusted Traders survey. Labour and materials, excluding VAT |
| Replace 5 to 10 broken tiles | £150 to £350 [3] | MyJobQuote average total cost. VAT not stated |
| Put in a new ridge tile | £80 to £300 [9] | Which? Trusted Traders. Labour and materials, excluding VAT |
| Ridge tile repair or repointing | £200 to £550 [3] | MyJobQuote average total cost |
| Minor roof leak repair | £150 to £400 [3] | MyJobQuote average total cost |
| Lead flashing repair or replacement | £250 to £700 [3] | MyJobQuote average total cost |
| Roof valley repair | £300 to £900 [3] | MyJobQuote average total cost |
| Pitched clay plain tile repair | £110 to £160 per m² [1] | Checkatrade, for areas up to 3m². Excluding VAT, access equipment and removal of damaged coverings |
| Bitumen flat roof repair | £100 to £140 per m² [1] | Checkatrade, for areas up to 3m². Excluding VAT and access equipment |
| Clear gutters front and back | £75 to £350 [9] | Which? Trusted Traders. Labour and materials, excluding VAT |
| New felt flat roof on a single garage (6m x 3m) | £1,400 to £3,500 [9] | Which? Trusted Traders. Felt without boards, existing structure kept. Excluding VAT |
| New roof, average three-bedroom house | £7,000 to £21,000 [9] | Which? Trusted Traders. Labour and materials, excluding VAT |
| Strip and retile a 3-bed semi (80m²) | £10,000 to £15,000 [10] | Federation of Master Builders guide, quoting Novello Chartered Surveyors |
| Roof replacement, national figure | £4,000 to £19,000 [8] | Checkatrade says most homeowners spend in this range, with an average of £8,000. Its table is plus VAT |
The Which? prices come from a November 2025 survey of 11 Which? Trusted Traders and cover labour and materials but not VAT. Checkatrade’s repair and replacement tables are also before VAT. MyJobQuote does not say whether its prices include VAT.
Your numbers
Start from what you want to earn, add what the business costs to run, and divide by the hours you can actually charge for. Travel, quoting, paperwork and chasing payments are not chargeable hours, so be honest about them.
The starting numbers are examples, not a recommendation. Change them to match your year. The result is before income tax and National Insurance, and before VAT if you are registered.
Before you set a price
Pricing well
A caller who says a few tiles have slipped may have a failed valley, rotten battens or cracked flashing underneath. A price given over the phone is a price you will struggle to hold. Get up there, or at least on a ladder with a camera, and quote from what you have seen.
Access can cost more than the repair itself. Checkatrade puts a single scaffold at around £625 a week, and some councils charge for a licence on top. Listing it on its own line explains why a small job is not a small bill, and lets the customer see what they are paying for.
Rain and high wind stop roof work. Put in writing that the job may move if the weather turns, that the roof will be left watertight overnight, and whether your price is fixed or depends on the days worked. It saves an argument when a three-day job takes five.
State how long your workmanship guarantee lasts, what it covers and what it does not, such as storm damage or work by others. Customers compare roofers on this as much as on price, and a clear written guarantee lets you charge properly for doing the job right.
A storm call at night or a leak on a Sunday takes you away from planned work and your evening. MyJobQuote says out-of-hours and same-day call-outs often cost £150 to £300 before any repair starts. Tell the caller your call-out charge before you set off.
After a storm the phone rings while you are already on a roof. Those callers ring the next roofer if nobody picks up. An out-of-hours answering service can take the details so you can call back the jobs worth having.
A good rate only helps if the customer reaches you. Most callers who hit voicemail ring the next name on the list. If you miss three calls a week and two in five would have become a £300 job, that is about £1,559 of work a month going to someone else. See what a missed call costs, or how While You Work answers calls for roofers while you are on a job.
Questions
Checkatrade and MyJobQuote’s leak repair guide both say £35 to £45 an hour in 2026, and MyJobQuote’s roof repair guide says £30 to £45. In London MyJobQuote puts it at around £38 to £44 an hour. Most repairs are still quoted as a price for the job.
Checkatrade and MyJobQuote give £280 to £360 a day for one roofer, while MyJobQuote’s tile guide gives £200 to £275 depending on the region. When a job needs two roofers, MyJobQuote says daily labour can reach £560 to £720.
Which? Trusted Traders quoted £75 to £400 to replace one to six broken or missing tiles, including labour and materials but not VAT. MyJobQuote gives £150 to £350 for 5 to 10 tiles. Scaffolding or access equipment can add to either figure.
MyJobQuote says out-of-hours or same-day call-outs often cost £150 to £300 before any repair begins. Its leak repair guide says storms and antisocial hours add £100 to £300, and its London guide gives an average of around £250.
Checkatrade puts a single scaffold up to 10m high at around £625 a week, and £700 to £1,300 for erecting, removing and hiring scaffold for a re-roof. For a small repair, MyJobQuote says a tower scaffold costs £65 to £120 for a week.
Which? Trusted Traders quoted £7,000 to £21,000 to replace the roof on an average three-bedroom house, excluding VAT. Checkatrade gives an average of £8,000, with most homeowners spending £4,000 to £19,000 plus VAT. The FMB says labour is around 40% of a new roof budget.
Figures checked on 29 September 2026. Price guides change, so check the source before you rely on a figure. Where a source says whether a price includes VAT, the page says so; where it does not, treat the figure as unconfirmed on VAT.
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