Chimney Repairs in South Wigston, Leicester LE18. Victorian terraces 1880s–1900s, clay plain tile, lead valleys at fatigue point, low-lying damp position. Local team, free quotes, no call-out fee. Call now for availability.
Free, no-obligation. No call-out fee. Local team.
South Wigston contains one of the densest concentrations of Victorian terrace housing in the Leicester area. The streets around Canal Street, Bassett Street and Moat Street were built in the 1880s–1900s as housing for workers at the local hosiery factories. Clay plain tile roofing, open lead valleys and lime mortar chimney stacks are now 120–140 years old.
Chimney repointing in lime mortar is essential on Victorian South Wigston terraces. Hard cement on these 120–140 year old bricks causes spalling — we use NHL mortar exclusively on pre-1920 properties in South Wigston and surrounding streets.
Repointing £150–£400. Lead flashing re-run £250–£600. All work carries a written workmanship guarantee and all prices are confirmed in a written quote before any work starts.
We are NFRC registered, carry £5m public liability insurance, and have been working across Leicester and Leicestershire since 2003. Free surveys, written quotes, and no work started without your written acceptance. Call 0116 319 1348 or use the contact section below.
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Yes. We cover all of South Wigston and the LE18 postcode area. Free survey, no call-out fee, written quote before any work starts. Call 0116 319 1348.
Chimney repointing in lime mortar is essential on Victorian South Wigston terraces. Hard cement on these 120–140 year old bricks causes spalling — we use NHL mortar exclusively on pre-1920 properties in South Wigston and surrounding streets.
Repointing £150–£400. Lead flashing re-run £250–£600. All prices are confirmed in writing after a free on-site survey. No work starts without your written acceptance.
Standard repair and installation visits are typically booked within 3–7 working days in South Wigston. Emergency call-outs are attended same-day where possible. Call 0116 319 1348 for current availability.
Yes. We are registered with the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC), carry £5m public liability insurance, and have been working across Leicester and Leicestershire since 2003. Our NFRC registration and insurance certificate are available on request.
Yes. All work carries a written workmanship guarantee — 2 years on minor repairs, 5 years on lead work and structural repairs, 10 years on full re-roofing. Provided before work starts.
From South Wigston we also cover the surrounding LE18 postcode and neighbouring Leicester areas including highfields, belgrave, stoneygate, clarendon-park. Call 0116 319 1348 if you're unsure whether we cover your specific street.
Sometimes. Damp patches on the chimney breast wall — particularly on the upper floors or in the loft — often indicate failed chimney pointing or lead flashing. Salt efflorescence (white powdery staining) on the chimney breast interior suggests moisture is tracking through the stack. A persistent musty smell from a sealed fireplace can indicate the same. None of these is conclusive — a ground-level binocular inspection and, if indicated, a scaffold-level assessment gives a definitive diagnosis.
Ground-level binocular survey on all visits; scaffold or tower access where needed. We inspect all four faces of the stack for mortar joint depth, brick condition and pot security. Pre-1920 chimneys require NHL lime mortar — hard cement on Victorian brick causes brick spalling and needs replacing within 10–15 years. We specify correctly without being asked. Written quote provided after inspection.
Repointing £150–£400. Lead flashing re-run £250–£600. Pot replacement £100–£250. Partial rebuild £600–£1,500. Full stack removal £800–£2,000. All work carries a written workmanship guarantee.
Every job starts with a written itemised quote specifying scope, materials by name, access method and guarantee period. No work begins without your written acceptance and we never add costs on site without discussion. Repair work: 2-year guarantee minimum. Lead work and structural repairs: 5-year guarantee. Full re-roofing: 10-year guarantee. NFRC registered, £5m public liability insurance, serving Leicester and Leicestershire since 2003.
We carry out free on-site surveys across all of Leicester city and the surrounding Leicestershire area. Our team is based in Leicester and covers all neighbourhoods and suburbs without travel charges or call-out fees. Surveys are typically booked within 24–48 hours and written quotes are provided within 48 hours of the survey visit. We aim to turn from initial call to written quote in under 72 hours for all Leicester locations.
Call 0116 319 1348 to book your free survey. Lines are open Monday to Friday 8am–6pm and Saturday 8am–2pm. Emergency call-outs are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no surcharge. You can also email info@roofingleicester.co.uk for non-urgent enquiries and we will respond within one working day. All enquiries are handled by our own team — we do not use call centres or third-party booking services.
South Wigston contains one of the highest concentrations of unmodified Victorian terrace housing in the Leicester area. The streets around Canal Street, Bassett Street and Moat Street were built as rapid working-class housing in the 1880s–1900s. The result is a densely built, homogeneous roofing stock: clay plain tile at 35–40° pitch, open lead valleys, lime mortar chimneys, and in many cases the original underfelt (or no underfelt at all on the oldest properties). The low-lying position of South Wigston in the Soar tributary valley creates conditions that accelerate both lead fatigue and moss growth above the rate seen on higher-ground Leicester suburbs. Lead valleys in South Wigston are at fatigue point simultaneously across the housing stock — this is not a problem that individual property owners can solve in isolation; it is a neighbourhood-wide maintenance issue on a common housing specification.
Our quoting process is straightforward and quick. Call 0116 319 1348 to book a free survey — we typically confirm a visit within 24–48 hours and can often attend within the same week for standard jobs. The survey takes 20–45 minutes depending on the scope of work, and we provide a written itemised quote within 48 hours of the visit.
The written quote specifies every element of the work: scope, materials by name, access method, guarantee period and payment terms. We never start work without written acceptance of the quote. We don't require payment in full before work starts — a reasonable deposit of 10–25% covers material ordering, with final payment on satisfactory completion. We accept bank transfer and card payment and provide a VAT invoice on all work.
Once you accept the written quote, we schedule the work and confirm a start date. For larger jobs involving scaffold, we confirm scaffold erection dates separately. We contact you the working day before the start date to confirm the team is attending. On the day, the lead roofer will introduce themselves and walk through the planned work before starting. Any unexpected findings — structural timber problems, additional lead work required — are communicated immediately with a written price before any additional work is carried out. We don't make decisions on site without your knowledge and approval.
No call-out fees. No obligation. Local roofers covering South Wigston and all of Leicester LE18.
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