Roofing across Leatherhead and the Mole Valley

Roofs here are shaped by where they sit. A terrace in Epsom faces different problems from a detached house on the slopes above Dorking, and a period cottage near Bookham's AONB edge asks for different thinking again. We write about all of it from one patch of Surrey.

This site explains how local roofs are built, what wears them down, and why certain repairs come up again and again in particular places. We look at the Edwardian and inter-war housing in Ashtead, the conservation streets of Esher, the flat-roof extensions common around Oxshott, and the way downland weather works on Banstead's rooflines.

The aim is to help you understand what you're looking at when you stand in the garden and squint up at the slope.