Egham is the nearest Surrey town to our yard. It’s about two miles from Old Windsor, across Runnymede, so for Egham, Englefield Green, Thorpe and Virginia Water we’re often the closest specialist zinc roofer you can call. The Specialist Roofing Company is family-run and has fitted zinc, copper and aluminium roofs since 2007. We’re approved installers for VMZINC, RHEINZINK and PREFA.

Call 01753 867288 for a free site visit and quote.

Egham’s houses, and where zinc fits

Egham packs a lot into a small area. Near the station and the High Street there are Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis, where the usual project is a rear extension or a loft dormer. Out towards Englefield Green and up the hill towards Royal Holloway the houses get bigger and older, and the plots greener. Then there’s Virginia Water and the private estates beyond, where large detached houses are regularly remodelled or replaced.

Zinc works at each of these scales:

  • Terraces and semis: a standing seam zinc roof on a single-storey rear extension can be laid at a low pitch, so it stays under the first-floor window sills. A zinc-clad dormer gives a loft conversion slim, crisp cheeks rather than bulky tile-hanging.
  • Englefield Green: pre-weathered zinc is a quiet, grey finish that sits well beside old brick and clay tile, which suits extensions to period houses.
  • Larger houses: zinc roofs, wall cladding and box gutters on contemporary new builds and big extensions, often designed by an architect.

Englefield Green conservation area

Runnymede Borough Council first designated the Englefield Green Conservation Area in 1970, centred on the open green, and it has been extended since. If your house is inside it, expect closer attention to anything visible from the street: dormers on front slopes, changes of roofing material, and the scale of extensions. Rear extensions and dormers on back slopes are usually simpler. Your architect or Runnymede’s planning team can confirm what needs consent. We can provide zinc samples, product data and build-up drawings to go with an application.

Thames-side damp and flood-plain properties

Parts of Egham Hythe, Thorpe and the riverside roads sit in the Thames flood plain, and even well away from the water Runnymede’s meadows mean damp, misty mornings. That matters for zinc. Moisture trapped under a zinc roof can attack the metal from the underside, so we always design the build-up to let it escape, whether it’s a ventilated cold roof or a warm roof with the correct underlay. Read why ventilation matters beneath VMZINC standing seam roofing.

For riverside garden rooms and outbuildings, a light metal roof is often the sensible choice, because it puts very little load on a timber frame.

What we do in Egham

  • Standing seam zinc roofs on extensions, garden rooms and new houses
  • Zinc dormers and dormer cheeks for loft conversions
  • Zinc cladding, bays and porches
  • Copper and PREFA aluminium where they suit the house better
  • Zinc gutters, valleys and repairs to existing metal roofs

Every job is done by our own team, never subcontracted, and carries our 20-year guarantee.

Nearby

We also work in Thorpe, Virginia Water, Chertsey, Addlestone and Staines-upon-Thames. For the rest of the county, see zinc roofing in Surrey. Over the river is our home patch, Windsor.

Egham zinc roofing FAQs

How close are you to Egham?

Our base is in Old Windsor, about two miles away, so site visits and any follow-up are quick.

Can you add a zinc dormer to a terraced house?

Usually, yes. Rear dormers on terraces and semis often fall under permitted development, but it depends on the house and whether it’s in a conservation area. Your architect or Runnymede Borough Council can confirm.

Do you work with architects on new houses?

Yes. Send us the drawings and specification and we’ll price the zinc package and flag any details we’d suggest changing.

Get a quote

Call 01753 867288, email info@thespecialistroofingcompany.co.uk or send us your drawings.

The Specialist Roofing Company, Meadow Way, Windsor.