We provide commercial roofing across Cambridge for offices, industrial units, retail premises and business parks — from flat-roof repairs and single-ply systems to full replacements. We work around your operations to keep disruption to a minimum, and survey for asbestos before any work on older roofs.
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📞 Call Now: 0122 366 6465Commercial roofing in Cambridge covers flat roofs, industrial units, offices and retail — single-ply, felt and asphalt systems, repairs and full replacements. We work around your business hours to minimise disruption and always survey for asbestos before disturbing older roofs. Call 0122 366 6465 for a free commercial survey.
Commercial roofs are a different discipline from domestic — larger, usually flat, often over occupied premises, and frequently containing materials that need careful handling. We cover the full range for Cambridge businesses.
Most commercial roofs in Cambridge are flat, and we install and repair the full range of commercial flat-roof systems: single-ply membranes (PVC, TPO and EPDM) for large areas, reinforced bituminous felt, and mastic asphalt. For a leaking commercial flat roof, we can often overlay or repair rather than fully replace, extending the roof's life at lower cost and less disruption.
We assess drainage, insulation and the deck as part of any commercial flat-roof work, since ponding and poor insulation are common and expensive failings on older commercial roofs.
For industrial units and warehouses around Cambridge's business and science parks, we handle profiled metal roof sheeting, box-profile and composite panels, rooflight replacement, gutter and downpipe work at scale, and cut-edge corrosion treatment that extends the life of an ageing metal roof without full replacement.
We also carry out planned and reactive maintenance for facilities managers, keeping commercial roofs watertight and compliant across a portfolio of units.
A commercial roof is usually over a working business, so we plan the work around your operations — out of hours, in phases, or in agreed zones — to keep you trading. We handle the health-and-safety documentation, access and edge protection that commercial work demands, and coordinate with your facilities team throughout.
Clear method statements, risk assessments and scheduling mean the work happens with the least possible impact on your business.
Any commercial roof built or refurbished before the year 2000 may contain asbestos, and on older Cambridge industrial units, warehouses and commercial premises it is common. Asbestos cement sheeting, roofing felts, gutter linings and flashings all used asbestos, and disturbing them without the right precautions releases fibres that pose a serious, well-documented health risk.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires that the presence of asbestos is identified before work begins that could disturb it, and that any licensed asbestos work is carried out only by a licensed contractor. This is not optional or a formality — it is a legal duty on the person managing the building, and getting it wrong carries both a health risk and serious legal consequences.
Our approach is survey-first. On any older commercial roof we establish whether asbestos is present before we disturb anything, working from your existing asbestos survey and register where you have one, or advising you to commission a refurbishment-and-demolition survey where you do not. Where licensed asbestos removal is needed, we refer you to a licensed asbestos removal contractor to carry out that specific work safely and legally, and we coordinate our roofing around it. We do not cut corners on asbestos, because the risk is real and the law is clear.
This survey-first discipline protects your staff, your contractors and your legal position, and it is a standard part of how we approach commercial roofing on Cambridge's older building stock.
Cambridge is one of the UK's fastest-growing commercial centres, and its roofscape reflects that. The science and technology clusters — Cambridge Science Park off Milton Road, St John's Innovation Park, the Cambridge Business Park and the Biomedical Campus at Addenbrooke's — bring modern commercial and laboratory buildings with large flat and single-ply roofs that demand specialist maintenance.
Around the edges of the city, the industrial and trade estates — the units off Cowley Road, the Newmarket Road retail and business area, and the older industrial premises across the city — include a great deal of pre-2000 building stock. These are exactly the roofs where asbestos cement sheeting is common and where our survey-first approach matters most.
In the city centre and along the main retail streets, commercial roofing means working sensitively above shops, offices and hospitality premises, often on older buildings within conservation areas where the roof must be repaired discreetly and to a standard the setting demands.
Across all of these, we provide commercial roofing that keeps Cambridge businesses watertight, compliant and trading — with the safety discipline and minimal-disruption approach that commercial work requires.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires that asbestos is identified before any work that may disturb it, and that licensed asbestos work is carried out only by a licensed contractor — which is why we survey older Cambridge commercial roofs for asbestos before disturbing them.
Source: HSE asbestos regulations (Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012)
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Call 0122 366 6465"Re-covered our science park unit's flat roof over two weekends — zero disruption to the labs. Excellent planning."
"Sorted the cut-edge corrosion on our Cowley Road warehouse roof rather than pushing a full replacement. Saved us thousands."
"Surveyed for asbestos before touching our old unit's roof and coordinated the whole job properly. Professional throughout."
Flat roofs fail in predictable ways. If your garage, extension or dormer roof shows any of these, it is time to look at repair or replacement.
When it is not the answer: If the deck is sound and the covering is only locally split, a repair or overlay is cheaper than a full replacement — we will tell you honestly which yours needs. Read the full guide.
Most flat roofs are low and reached from towers; scaffold is added only for extension roofs at height or with parapets. Scaffold is specified for: first-floor extension roofs, parapet detailing, and any flat roof over a storey up - always itemised in your written quote, never a hidden extra, and we arrange it.
Victorian terraces around Romsey Town and Petersfield mean rear access is tight and pavement scaffold often needs permit-controlled space. Pavement scaffold and skip permits go through Cambridge City Council; allow a few working days on streets like Mill Road, Gwydir Street, the terraces off Petersfield where space is tight.
Our flat-roof workmanship is guaranteed for 10 years, on top of the 20–25 year manufacturer material warranties on EPDM and GRP.
If a fault appears in covered work, we come back and put it right. No quibbling, no re-charge.
BS 6229, the British Standard for flat roofing, requires a minimum finished fall of 1:40 so water drains within a reasonable time — ponding that lingers beyond 48 hours is the leading cause of premature flat-roof failure.
Source: BS 6229:2018
Yes. We provide commercial roofing across Cambridge for offices, industrial units, retail and business parks — single-ply, felt and asphalt flat roofs, plus industrial metal and cladding work.
Yes. On any commercial roof built before 2000 we establish whether asbestos is present before disturbing it, as HSE regulations require, and refer licensed removal to a licensed contractor.
Yes. We plan commercial roofing around your operations — out of hours, in phases or in agreed zones — to keep your Cambridge business trading with minimal disruption.
We install single-ply membranes (PVC, TPO, EPDM), reinforced bituminous felt and mastic asphalt on Cambridge commercial roofs, and can often overlay or repair rather than fully replace.
Yes. We handle profiled metal sheeting, cladding, rooflights, large-scale guttering and cut-edge corrosion treatment for industrial units around Cambridge's business and science parks.
Commercial roofing in Cambridge is priced per project after a site survey. Single-ply runs £60–£120 per square metre; repairs start from around £300.
Yes. We provide the health-and-safety documentation, access planning and edge protection that commercial roofing demands, and coordinate with your facilities team.
Often yes. Where the deck is sound, we can overlay or repair a commercial flat roof, extending its life at lower cost and with less disruption than a full replacement.
Free surveys and written quotes across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. No obligation, no pressure — just honest advice from a local roofer.
0122 366 6465