Waterford city · Tramore · Dungarvan · Dunmore East · Lismore
Roofers in Waterford: repairs, leaks and new roofs
A small slate repair outside Dublin, Cork and Galway is published at €240 to €850 (BookMyRoofer.ie), and a new roof on a semi-detached house at €9,000 to €18,000 (BookMyRoofer.ie). Send the job in 4 taps and one roofing company that covers your part of Co. Waterford rings you back with a time to look and a written price.
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- One local roofer rings you, not five
- Prices from published Irish sources
- Nothing booked until you accept a written price
- €9,000 to €18,000a new roof on a semi-detached house (BookMyRoofer.ie)
- €240 to €850a small slate repair outside Dublin, Cork and Galway (BookMyRoofer.ie)
- 43%of Co. Waterford homes were built before 1981 (CSO Census 2022)
- 1,302 mmof rain a year at Kilmacthomas, against 944 mm at Dunmore East (Met Éireann, our 3 km means)
What we pass on
Roof work in Waterford
Every job goes to one roofing company that covers your area. Each page has the published prices for that job.
Price check
What it costs for your roof
Two taps: the job and the house. You get the prices Irish roofers publish for it, before anyone asks for your number.
Published price for this job
€9,000 to €18,000
New roof, semi-detached house, BookMyRoofer.ie, VAT not stated.
- New roof, 3-bed semi, concrete tiles (5 to 8 days)Recommended Roofing, 13.5% VAT applies€8,500 to €14,000
- Strip and re-slate in fibre-cement slate (6 to 10 days)Recommended Roofing, 13.5% VAT applies€9,000 to €16,500
- Concrete tile roof, installedBookMyRoofer.ie, VAT not stated€65 to €120 a m²
- Natural slate roof, installedBookMyRoofer.ie, VAT not stated€95 to €180 a m²
Most homes are done in 3 to 10 working days, weather permitting (BookMyRoofer.ie).
Send this for a real priceHow this is worked out
No sums of ours: each line is a figure an Irish roofing firm or price guide publishes for that job, read on 3 November 2026 (HP Roofing's on 1 November 2026), with the VAT status as the source gives it. Where a source gives a figure for outside Dublin, Cork and Galway, that is the one shown, because Waterford is outside all three. It's a guide, never a quote. The roofer prices your roof after seeing it.
Waterford's roofs
What's on Waterford's roofs
Older houses in Waterford city, Lismore, Cappoquin and Tallow are mostly slate, with lead in the valleys and at the chimneys. They're repaired slate by slate, and a re-roof is a bigger, slower job. The estates built from the 1990s on, around Tramore, Dungarvan and the city's suburbs, are mostly concrete tile or fibre-cement slate, where ridge tiles, valleys, fascia and gutters are the first things to go.
| Town | Households | Built before 1946 | Built before 1981 | Rain a year | Holiday homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford city | 23,109 | 13% | 40% | 1,020 mm | 0.4% |
| Tramore | 4,176 | 9% | 33% | 1,032 mm | 6.2% |
| Dungarvan | 3,912 | 12% | 39% | 1,154 mm | 3.8% |
| Dunmore East | 678 | 8% | 29% | 944 mm | 34.8% |
| Lismore | 539 | 35% | 45% | 1,180 mm | 4.4% |
| Cappoquin | 368 | 35% | 58% | 1,197 mm | 1.6% |
| Tallow | 418 | 38% | 57% | 1,092 mm | 2.6% |
| Portlaw | 702 | 24% | 44% | 1,147 mm | 0.5% |
| Kilmacthomas | 353 | 13% | 43% | 1,302 mm | 2.7% |
| Ardmore | 171 | 21% | 48% | 998 mm | 48.8% |
| Passage East | 228 | 9% | 30% | 1,025 mm | 3.6% |
| Co. Waterford | 47,778 | 17% | 43% | 3.9% |
Households, year built and holiday homes: CSO Census 2022, each town's built-up area and the county; shares are of households that gave a year, and holiday homes of all dwellings. Rain: Met Éireann's 1991–2020 1 km grid, our mean of the cells within 3 km of each town centre.
How it works
From the form to a fixed roof
- Answer 4 questions or upload a photoThe job, the roof, the house and the town. Only your number is needed.
- We pass it to one rooferOne roofing company that covers your part of Co. Waterford. Not a list, and not five roofers ringing you.
- They ring you with a priceAfter a look at the roof, in writing: the materials, scaffolding, any lead, the skip and VAT.
- The workRepairs are often a day. A new roof on most houses takes 3 to 10 working days, weather allowing.
See it first
A new roof on your own house
Take a photo of the house from the road, pick natural slate, fibre-cement slate or concrete tiles, and see it re-roofed before anyone quotes. Free, in under a minute.
- Upload a photo, or answer 4 questions.
- We pass it to one roofer that covers your part of Waterford.
- They ring you with a written price.
Preview of your photo, not a guarantee. Your photo goes to Google's Gemini service to make the picture and isn't kept.
A photo that works
- Daylight, from the road or the far end of the garden.
- The whole roof in the shot, ridge to gutter.
- Straight on to the front or back, not from a sharp angle.
- Never go up a ladder or onto a roof to take it.
Rain
Rain on Waterford roofs
Rain varies by a third across one county. Kilmacthomas gets 1,302 mm a year and Dunmore East 944 mm, on Met Éireann's 1991–2020 averages (Met Éireann, our 3 km means). October to January are the wettest months in every town here, which is when slipped slates and tired flashing show up as stains.
Free quote
Get a roofer's price in 4 taps
Tap what you need and leave your number. It goes to one roofing company that covers your part of Co. Waterford, and they ring you back to arrange a look and a written price.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How much does a new roof cost in Waterford?
BookMyRoofer.ie publishes €9,000 to €18,000 for a semi-detached house, €7,500 to €14,000 for a terrace and €12,000 to €28,000 for a detached house. Recommended Roofing publishes €8,500 to €14,000 for a 3-bed semi in concrete tiles. The cost guide has every figure.
How much does a roof repair cost?
Outside Dublin, Cork and Galway, BookMyRoofer.ie publishes €200 to €450 for a minor leak or small patch, €300 to €700 for 10 to 25 slates or tiles and €400 to €950 for flashing.
Are you a roofing company?
No. Roofing Waterford is an introduction service run by Bartlomiej Standa, trading as Elevate Ireland. We pass your request to one roofing company that covers your part of Co. Waterford. They look at the roof, price it in writing and deal with you directly.
Which towns do you cover?
All of Co. Waterford: Waterford city, Tramore, Dungarvan, Dunmore East, Lismore, Cappoquin, Tallow, Portlaw, Kilmacthomas, Ardmore, Passage East and the country in between.
Do I need planning permission to re-roof?
Not to re-roof an ordinary house the same way. Work that doesn't materially change how the house looks is exempted development under section 4(1)(h) of the Planning and Development Act 2000. A protected structure, or a change of roof shape or height, is a question for Waterford City and County Council first.
What VAT applies to roof work?
Repair and maintenance of a house is at the 13.5% rate (Revenue). Ask whether the written price includes it.
Get a free quote for your roof
One roofing company that covers your part of Co. Waterford rings you. Nothing is booked until you accept a price.
Where these numbers come from (4 public sources, checked 3 November 2026)
Sources (4)
Prices and facts on this page were checked against these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.
- BookMyRoofer.ie: bookmyroofer.ie
- BookMyRoofer.ie: bookmyroofer.ie
- Recommended Roofing: recommendedroofing.ie
- BookMyRoofer.ie: bookmyroofer.ie