A client's DIY garage conversion required professional advice and work to the flat roof this week. Garage conversions are a great alternative to loft conversions particularly if time is a constraint. Often development of a garage space is allowed within the permitted development rights. Your local planning authority will be able to advise further and should be contacted before any work commences. As most garages are constructed with a flat roof and are therefore susceptible to water pooling, it is an area likely to require professional remedial work to ensure the space is water tight. This is ..read more

The team has been working hard, completing a number of scheduled jobs and finalising the details of future works with new and existing clients. We pride ourselves on completing all our work to a very high standard, ensuring our clients continue to choose Carma UK roofing for any future projects. Facilities management is a service provided by our team, we are on-call for a wide range of emergency roof repairs, including 18 care homes across the UK. Unfortunately, the sub-zero temperatures of the past month have damaged the mortar joints of two false chimneys at one of the care homes. In freezi ..read more

Sprung a leak? A review of flat roofing systems and the pitfalls of appointing a roofer in the UK by experts Carma UK Roofing and main contractor Carma UK Construction.   Background We inspect a lot of failed roofs. Carma UK Roofing spends much of its time in the Oxfordshire area appointed by residential and commercial property owners to remedy their roof issues or supporting developments for sister company Carma UK Construction. We also travel the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to carry out facilities management roof repairs for our care home and restaurant chain clients. Given ..read more

We’ve had another great week at Carma UK Roofing serving our clients in the Oxfordshire area with their roof repair and reroofing needs. Paramount, before we set foot on every site is to explain the works in detail with the client and ensure the works can be carried out safely for our team. We hold a get home safe philosophy close to our hearts and do not take on works where our clients do not hold this in a similar regard. Sometimes this means the work is more expensive, but the entire industry should be pricing the work accordingly. It’s a shame some companies continue to let themselves, the ..read more

The team today were supporting the Carma UK Construction team strip an existing roof safely ahead of demolition ..read more

It all begins with an idea. Payment protection for construction. As a business we have adopted the Pay Trade system and Pay Trade protect to offer our clients the safest way to pay for our services. Whilst we continue to accept BACS payments directly with deposits we encourage all our clients to pay via the Pay Trade Protect service which offers escrow protection for their project ..read more