The Zinc Roofing Company installs zinc, copper and aluminium roofs and cladding across London, from new-build façades in Soho and Camberwell to standing seam roofs in Kensington and Blackheath. Most of our London work is on period homes and tight urban sites, often in conservation areas.
Metal roofing on London buildings
Zinc suits London's roofscape: it is light, it can be formed around dormers, mansards and curved roofs on site, and its grey patina sits well beside slate and lead. Much of our work here is roof extensions and dormers on Victorian and Edwardian terraces, where the covering has to look right from the street as well as keep the weather out.
Access is usually the hardest part of a London job. We plan scaffolding, deliveries and waste around parking restrictions and neighbours, and fabricate as much as we can off site.
Questions about roofing in London
Which London boroughs do you work in?
All of them — our projects include Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich and Bromley. We are based in Dartford, so south and east London are closest, but distance within London is not a barrier.
Will I need planning permission for a zinc roof in London?
It depends on the building and the borough. London has hundreds of conservation areas, and many streets have extra controls on roofs. Changing the look of a roof often needs consent there, and always for a listed building. Your borough's planning team decides; we provide the specifications, samples and details an application needs.
