Roofers Jedburgh

Jedburgh is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in Scotland, a royal burgh built around the ruins of its 12th-century Augustinian abbey. The old town is dense with stone-built period cottages and townhouses, many still carrying their original natural slate roofs. These roofs have lasted remarkably well, but after centuries of Borders weather, slates slip, ridge mortar deteriorates, and the lead flashings around dormers and chimney stacks eventually need renewing. We handle careful roof repairs on these older properties, matching slate size and colour so fixes sit invisibly against the original covering.

Jedburgh sits on the A68, the main route into Scotland from the south via the Carter Bar, and that corridor channels weather up from the border. Wind-driven rain and exposed hilltop positions put roofs here under more stress than sheltered valley towns further north. The town also has fewer local roofing contractors than larger Borders towns, and many Edinburgh firms will not travel this far south. We treat Jedburgh as core Borders coverage and bring the same standard of work we are known for across the Lothians, including full re-roofs where an old covering has finally reached the end of its life.

Beyond the town, the Jed Water valley runs south toward the border, with farmsteads, estate cottages and rural properties along single-track roads through Ancrum, Crailing and the hill country down toward Camptown and Oxnam. Finding a roofer willing to travel to these more remote spots is not always easy. We cover it all, including flat roofing on the garages, outbuildings and agricultural buildings that go with rural properties in this part of the Borders.