Clay tile & heritage roofing · Hertfordshire

Every roof is a town laid one tile at a time.

Kiln & Ridge re-lays, repairs and restores clay roofs across Hemel Hempstead and the Chilterns edge.

A roof is the one part of a house that works in every season, so we lay it like it is meant to.

1994First roof laid in Boxmoor, and still dry.

60 yrsWhat a hand-laid clay roof should give you.

What we cut, lay
and mend

Four trades under one ladder. Written quote, named crew, photographs at every stage.

Clay & plain‑tile re‑roofs

Stripped, re-battened and laid again, re-using sound tiles and matching the rest from reclaimed stock.

Ridges, hips & valleys

Bedded and pointed by hand, with dry-fix options. The lines of a roof are where its life is decided.

Chimneys & leadwork

Flaunching, repointing, pots, soakers and flashings in code 4 and 5 lead, dressed to the brick.

Gutters, fascias & soffits

Cast-iron-look and half-round systems, new fascias and ventilated soffits. The edge of the roof, finished.

How a roof is laid

Four stages, always in this order. Scroll and watch the same roof go on, layer by layer.

Stage one

Strip and read the timbers

Old tiles off, rafters and wall plates checked, any soft timber cut out and sistered before a single new tile arrives.

Stage two

Membrane and battens

A breathable membrane draped between the rafters, then pressure-treated battens gauged to the exact tile lap.

Stage three

Tiles, eaves upward

Course by course from the gutter line, every tile nailed, laps staggered, the colours mixed from the pallet so the roof weathers evenly.

Stage four

Ridge, hips and the last look

Ridge tiles bedded and pointed, the lines checked from the road, and a full photograph set sent before we leave.

Roofs we are
proud of

Re-laid in the weeks before winter, finished in the light they were made for.

Red clay plain-tile roof with a hip ridge and a brick chimney in warm evening light — **Victorian terrace, Boxmoor**Full re-lay, reclaimed plain tiles, new bedded hip

Hand-made clay peg tiles fanned on a workbench beside a trowel and hammer — **The pallet, sorted**Hand-made peg tiles, mixed before laying

They matched forty-year-old tiles on a roof I thought was past saving, and left the garden cleaner than they found it.
Mrs Ashdown, Piccotts End

Tell us about your roof.

A free survey from the ladder, a written quote within three working days, and no pressure to say yes.

Phone: 01632 960132
Email: hello@kilnandridge.example
Based in: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire