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A family run roofing business, in Keswick and West Cumbria for twenty years.

Slating, tiling and flat roofs in Keswick, Cockermouth and across West Cumbria. Someone answers the phone whatever the hour.

100% recommend us — every one of 15 reviews4.7 out of 5 on Google — from 28 reviews
Call 07743 455071What we do

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A complete range of roofing work.

Domestic and commercial. If you're not sure which of these you need, that's normal — describe what you can see and we'll work it out.

Slating and tiling

Nearly every pitched roof on this coast is slate. Stripping them, re-covering them, matching them to the terrace next door and putting stone back on the ones that had it.

Flat roofs

Fibreglass, EPDM rubber and torch-on felt for extensions, dormers, garages and porches. Laid to falls so water actually leaves the roof.

Repairs and leaks

Slipped slates, cracked tiles, failed valleys, damp patches on the ceiling. We find where the water is getting in before we quote for anything bigger.

Chimneys and leadwork

Repointing, flaunching, chimney removal and rebuilds, plus lead flashings, valleys and soakers cut and dressed on site.

Gutters, fascias and soffits

The cheapest part of the house to look after and the one most often left. Clearing, repairing and replacing gutters, downpipes, fascias and soffits.

Storm damage

Emergency call-outs, tarpaulins and temporary covers when the weather comes in off the Irish Sea. We work with insurers and can supply photos and reports.

Every roofing service we do

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Give us a call. Looking at it costs you nothing.

We come out, get on the roof, and tell you what's actually wrong — not what's easiest to sell you. The price we quote is the price you pay, in writing, before anyone lifts a slate. A standard re-roof is normally done inside two days.

Get a quote07743 455071
Doing this since
2006
Typical re-roof
2 days
Call-out cost
Nothing
Phone answered
24 hours

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Jobs round here.

Our own photographs, off our own jobs. The van you can see is the one that turns up.

A roof stripped to the rafters and re-covered with blue breather membrane and new treated battens, the old stone slates still in place along the eaves and fresh lead dressed into the chimney.
Two roofers in branded jackets leaning into the back of the Riverside Roofing tipper on a street of pebbledashed semis, with fells behind the houses.
Three roofers stripping a semi-detached roof on a clear day, with scaffolding up and the company van parked at the kerb.
A finished rubber flat roof on a rear extension, laid in one sheet with a black trim along the parapet, the old slate roof of the house behind it.
A roofer cutting away rotten boards on a flat roof and laying fresh OSB decking over the joists, with new sheets stacked on the van in the yard below.
A finished rubber flat roof seen from above, laid in one unbroken sheet to the edge trim, with the garden and sheds below.
Two roofers rolling a sheet of EPDM rubber out flat across new boards on an extension roof, with the street and houses opposite behind them.
A red sandstone terrace being re-roofed behind scaffolding, with the Riverside Roofing tipper van in front.
A slate roof stripped back at the eaves, showing perished felt and rotten, crumbling timbers underneath the bottom courses.
Scaffolding around a pale blue rendered house with a newly finished tiled roof.
A finished hipped roof in new slate with lead-dressed hips and ridge, the old stone chimney stack standing above it against a clear sky.
Two roofers standing on a newly laid rubber flat roof, refitting slates on the pitched roof where it meets the extension.
Slating part way up a roof, the new courses laid to the chimney and blue breather membrane still showing on the side yet to be covered.
The company van loaded with pallets of new tiles outside a house with the roof stripped back.
The Riverside Roofing tipper parked outside a brick semi with a tower scaffold up against the gable and a roofer working at the eaves.
The Riverside Roofing tipper on a driveway loaded with banded pallets of slate, seen from the flat roof being worked on.
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What people round here say.

“Bryan and his team fitted a new slate roof on my house and did a fantastic job. Brian explained fully what the work entailed and answered all of my questions. They are professionals and I would highly recommend them.”

Amanda Wright

New slate roof — , 30 November 2020

“I contacted Riverside roofing with an emergency issue at my holiday let. He ( Bryan) returned my call immediately, offered to go to the property in less than an hour to assess the problem, without any charges for looking at the problem. Absolutely fantastic service, with customer service to match, reliable with a positive attitude. I thoroughly recommend Riverside Roofing.”

lisa McAleavey

Emergency call-out to a holiday let — Google, 24 August 2024

“Excellent service. I phoned on Monday & they were able to start work on my badly leaking roof on the Friday. Job finished on the Saturday. Thank you to Brian & the lads. Highly recommend this company.”

Joanne Whitehead

Badly leaking roof — Google, 21 November 2022

“Fantastic service. Prompt, friendly and 100% professional. Explained everything clearly and got job started and finished with remarkable quality. ( a visiting friend is a roofer and ‘remarkable quality’ are his words) left yard clean and tidy. Team singing and happy on job- really cheered us up. CWould recommend to anyone. Thanks guys!!!”

Lucy Wills

Roof damage repair and installation — Google, 28 November 2022

“Great job done on guttering, quick and efficient, very friendly”

malcolm cavanagh

Guttering — Google, 22 November 2019

“Top service! Came out after some storm damage to my roof by storm Eowyn. They were there within the hour from me making contact and carried out a temp fix and make the roof watertight whilst i logged a claim with my insurers. Once my insurance claim was authorised they came straight back out to do the permanent repairs and even waited for the insurance payout to hit my bank before I paid them. All done in good faith and nothing was too much trouble. Would definitely recommend.”

Wayne McCarron

Storm damage and insurance repair — Google, 10 February 2025

“Bryan and his team did an excellent job replacing my roof, facias and guttering, leaving everything clean and tidy when they finished. I would have no hesitation in recommending Riverside Roofing.”

diane harrison

New roof, fascias and guttering — Google, 6 July 2024

“Great response, only a small job but done within 24 hours of the initial enquiry.”

Kevin Howland

Small repair — Google, 12 February 2025

“Would highly recommend, very professional and all work completed on the agreed time. Exceptional work!”

Mark Gillgrass

Roofing work — Google, 25 June 2025

100%

of the 15 reviews on our page recommend us, and Google has us at 4.7 out of 5. Every word of them is somebody else's, so go and read them there rather than here.

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Where we work.

Three bases — Cleator Moor, Egremont and Keswick — and daily work in the towns between them. We will tell you what the roofs are like where you are, and how far away we really are.

Somewhere not on the list? Ring 07743 455071 and ask.

Every town we cover in West Cumbria

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Get a free quote.

Tell us what you can see from the ground and we'll come back the same day. If water is coming in right now, don't type — phone.

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