Nationwide Roofing Southern offers reliable and high-quality roofing services across Chichester. With over 50 years of experience, we provide expert roofing solutions with free surveys and quotes.
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Nationwide Roofing Southern has been roofing across the South East for over 50 years. We are members of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors and we are CHAS accredited. Full public liability and employer’s liability insurance is in place on every job, with a certificate available on request before anyone starts. Our system warranties cover labour, materials and damage, confirmed in writing with the quote rather than afterwards. Accreditations are worth checking rather than taking on trust, whoever you are considering.
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We prioritise timely project completion with minimal disruption to your home or business, ensuring you receive dependable roofing solutions when you need them.
Our fully accredited and qualified team adheres to the highest industry standards, ensuring safe, professional roofing installations and repairs.
We use premium materials to create long-lasting, weather-resistant roofs that protect your property for years.
The Chichester district covers very different ground within a short distance. The city itself is tight, historic and largely sheltered. Out towards the harbour and down the peninsula the land is low and open, with almost nothing between a roof and the water, so fixings corrode, ridges lift and flashings work loose earlier than they would a few miles inland. North of the city the villages sit under the Downs with tree cover and shade to contend with instead. We survey for the location as much as for the building.
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A new roof starts underneath the covering. We strip back, check the battens, underlay and rafters, and put right whatever the old roof was hiding before anything new is laid. On older Chichester property that is frequently where the surprises are, which is why we say at quote stage where we think we may find them rather than presenting it later as an extra. Everything goes on to the manufacturer’s specification so the warranty stands behind it.
Roofs get replaced when the covering has aged out rather than because of one failure: slates that keep slipping, mortar gone from ridge and verge, underlay that tears at a touch. We will tell you when a roof still has years left in it. When it genuinely has not, replacing it once costs less than repairing the same roof every winter, and on a period property it is also the chance to put right detailing that was never right.
We trace a leak to where the water is getting in rather than to where it appears on the ceiling, which are often different parts of the roof. Around Chichester most of what we are called to is weather driven, and the closer to the harbour the more it tends to be corroded fixings and lifted flashings rather than the covering itself. Small repairs done early cost far less than what follows if they are left.
Flat roofs across the district sit on extensions, garages, dormers and a good deal of commercial property. We install and repair felt, single ply and liquid systems, set the falls so water reaches the outlets instead of standing, and detail the upstands and abutments properly. Flat roofs fail at their edges and junctions rather than in the middle, so that is where the work actually is.
Clay tile and natural slate through the older city property and the villages, concrete interlocking on newer development. We salvage and re-lay sound material where we can, and match size, profile and colour as closely as we can source when new is needed. On a property in a conservation area the specification may be set for you, and we work to whatever is approved. Weathered material never matches new exactly and we say so before you commit.
A green roof needs a deck that will carry the loading, the right falls, and a waterproofing layer designed to sit beneath a growing medium. Around Chichester the practical candidates are usually flat areas on extensions, garages and outbuildings, and newer development where the weight was designed in. We survey before specifying anything and will say plainly if a roof is not suited to one.
Hot melt is a monolithic waterproofing system, laid hot so that it bonds completely to the deck with no seams or laps to fail. It earns its place where a leak would be expensive and disruptive to trace, and where the waterproofing sits beneath something else: a podium deck, a roof terrace, a car park or the build up of a green roof. Because the membrane bonds fully to the substrate, water cannot track between layers, so a defect stays where it happened rather than appearing somewhere else entirely.
Around Chichester it tends to be specified on commercial property and residential blocks where the flat area is large and access for future maintenance is awkward. It is one of our own core systems rather than something we subcontract, and we survey the deck and the existing build up before specifying it.
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We keep every system in house rather than fitting the one we happen to specialise in, so the advice is about your roof and not about our kit. Across the Chichester district that runs from period property in the city to bungalows on the coast and new development on the edges:
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Chichester has an unusual spread of building types for its size. The historic core runs to brick, flint and clay tile, much of it within a conservation area or listed, where the specification can be set for you and consent is the owner’s responsibility. The coastal strip is full of bungalows and chalet properties, which carry a large roof for the size of the building and take the weather full on. Around the edges there is a great deal of newer housing on concrete interlocking tile. Each needs a different answer.
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If a Chichester roof is leaking, losing tiles or slates, or simply old enough to be worth a look, the survey costs nothing and is the sensible starting point. We look at the roof and the loft rather than diagnosing from the ground, and put in writing what we found, what we would do and what it includes, with a price against it.
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Chichester sits on the flat coastal plain of West Sussex, a few miles inland from Chichester Harbour and the Channel. Salt-laden air still reaches the city on south-westerly winds and accelerates corrosion on metal flashing, fixings and untreated lead. South-westerly autumn gales sweep across the flat plain with little to break them and test ridge tiles, slate clips and chimney pointing on exposed properties. The South Downs to the north offer no shelter from coastal winds. Long humid spells drive moss growth on shaded slopes.
Yes. Chichester has multiple conservation areas covering most of the historic walled city, including the four Quadrants, Pallant area and several historic streets, with one of the highest concentrations of listed buildings in West Sussex including the cathedral. Conservation area rules and listed building consent are the homeowner’s responsibility and can restrict roof shape, slope, tile material and rooflight placement. We recommend checking with Chichester District Council’s planning team before any roof work begins, and we will work to whatever specification the council approves.
Chichester’s housing stock is varied. The walled city has Georgian and Victorian townhouses with natural-slate pitched roofs and lead-lined parapet gutters, plus medieval and timber-framed buildings with clay tile or peg tile. Edwardian and inter-war housing across the wider city typically uses clay tile. Newer estates around the city edges use concrete interlocking tiles, with hot melt or EPDM on flat extensions. Many older roofs need careful tile matching when replaced. Each comes with a different maintenance pattern.
After a strong south-westerly across the coastal plain, look for slipped, cracked or missing slates and tiles, dislodged ridge or hip tiles, debris in valley gutters and parapet boxes, and damp patches on top-floor ceilings or chimney breasts. Lifted lead flashing around chimneys and tall Georgian parapets is a common storm casualty on older Chichester townhouses. If you spot anything, get it covered or assessed before the next weather front arrives.
We are members of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors and we are CHAS accredited, and we carry full public liability and employer’s liability insurance on every job, with a current certificate available on request before work starts. Accreditations are worth checking rather than taking at face value, whoever you are considering: ask which body issued them and whether the membership is current. We are happy to be asked.
The quote sets out the work, the materials and what is included, in writing rather than left to a conversation. The honest part is that a roof cannot be fully assessed until the covering comes off, so on older Chichester properties we sometimes find failed timbers, decayed battens or earlier repairs that were never done properly. Where that is a realistic possibility we say so at quote stage rather than presenting it as a surprise later, and nothing additional is carried out without your agreement.
Yes. The work carries a workmanship warranty from us, and the tiles, slates or membrane carry the manufacturer’s own warranty. Those are two different things and worth keeping separate in your mind, because they cover different failures. Our full system warranties cover labour, materials and damage. The exact terms depend on the roof system specified, so we confirm them in writing as part of the quote rather than after the work is finished.
Yes, across the Chichester district and out towards the harbour and the peninsula. Properties out there sit on low, open ground with very little shelter, so they take wind and salt laden air straight off the water in a way the city itself does not. It shows as corroded fixings, lifted ridges and flashing working loose earlier than you would expect further inland, which is worth factoring into how often the roof gets looked at rather than waiting for something to fail.
Yes, and there are a great many of them across the district and along the coast. A bungalow carries a large roof relative to the size of the building, so the roof is a bigger share of both the exposure and the cost than it would be on a two storey house. Access is usually simpler in return. Chalet bungalows with rooms in the roof need more care, because insulation, ventilation and any dormers all have to be dealt with properly when the covering is replaced.
Yes, alongside domestic work. Across the Chichester district that means commercial units and larger buildings with substantial flat roof areas, which is where a system like hot melt earns its place, laid as a continuous waterproof layer with no seams to lift. It suits roofs that carry something above them too, such as a terrace or a podium deck. The process is the same whatever the size of the building: we survey the roof and what sits beneath it, then set out in writing what we found and what we would do.
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At Nationwide Roofing Southern, we are members of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) and we are CHAS accredited. Our accreditations reflect our commitment to high-quality service, strict safety standards, and lasting results. Whether it’s repairs, installations, or maintenance, you can trust our skilled team to deliver reliable roofing solutions that meet industry expectations.
