Roofing & roof renewal in the Alpilles
Alpilles Rénovation lays, repairs and renovates tuile canal and tuile romane roofs throughout the Alpilles range, from Maussane-les-Alpilles. A leak, broken tiles, a full renewal, metalwork: we climb onto the roof, identify the cause, and reply within 48 h to arrange the visit. The detailed quotation — free, no obligation — follows the survey.
What we offer
Full roof renewal
Stripping the old covering, underlay, new battens, re-laying in tuile canal or tuile romane. The fine old tiles are sorted and reused on the visible face.
Leak repair
Finding the real cause — a shifted tile, a cracked flashing, a tired valley — then a local repair and a check of the whole area.
Metalwork
Gutters, box gutters, downpipes, valleys, flashings and chimney junctions, in zinc or aluminium.
New roof covering
On an extension or an added storey, coordinated with the timber roof structure.
Roof insulation
Sarking or between-rafter insulation while the roof is being renewed, for more comfort in summer as in winter.
Emergency after a gale
Rapid sheeting and making watertight, ahead of the permanent repair.
When does a roof need renewing?
A roof is renewed when repair no longer suffices: porous tiles breaking one after another, sagging battens, water coming back in after every patch. A well-laid tuile canal covering lasts several decades; past that point, renewal often costs less than the accumulated call-outs.
Some signs do not lie: tiles that slip with every spell of mistral, damp patches spreading across the ceiling, thick moss holding water, a ridge come loose. During the survey we separate what is maintenance — a moss removal, a few tiles to replace — from what signals the end of a roof's life. And we tell you honestly: if your roof can wait five years, you will hear it from us.
As for timing, a renewal takes from a few days to two weeks depending on the area and the state of the timber structure; the precise schedule is set out in the quotation.
What does it cost to renew a tuile canal roof?
The area, the state of the substrate and the share of reusable tiles account for most of the price. The national ranges for 2026 are set out in our price guide to tuile canal renovation. Your own roof, though, is never costed from the street: a visit, a survey, then a free quotation with no obligation.
Our method
Visit and survey on the roof
We inspect the covering, the metalwork and the state of the load-bearing timbers; we look for the cause, not the symptom.
Detailed quotation
Costed item by item: stripping, materials, labour, waste removal. No jargon, no surprises.
On site
Site protected, stripping, underlay, new battens, covering and then metalwork; the site stays clean and the waste is taken away.
Handover together
We check the work with you before the scaffolding comes down.
Provençal roofs: the tuile canal above all
Here roofs are covered in tuile canal or tuile romane, laid on gentle pitches, with génoise at the verge and mortared ridges. A curved tile has to be bedded, ventilated and lapped to precise rules — otherwise the mistral gets underneath and rain creeps back up under the covering. Exposure is anything but incidental: our mistral barometer counts at least 81 days a year with gusts of 58 km/h or more at the stations either side of the area.
We work on these roofs every day, including reusing weathered tiles so that your roof keeps the look of the old buildings of the Alpilles — a housing stock in which, as our study on the age of the buildings across the 30 communes shows, a large share of houses predates 1971. Never a flat tile from the North on a Provençal mas.
In pictures
Our advice on the subject
Cost of renovating a tuile canal roof
Re-laying or full renewal: national price ranges for 2026, what makes them vary and the part VAT plays.
Roof leak: what to do
Water coming in? The right things to do from the ground, without ever climbing onto the roof, before we arrive.
Grants & VAT for your roofing work
What is subsidised (insulation) and what is not (roofing, timber structures), the 10 % VAT rate, the local schemes in departments 13 and 84, and the scams to avoid.
Where we work
Based in Maussane-les-Alpilles, we work throughout the Alpilles range — roofer in Maussane-les-Alpilles, roofer in Le Paradou, roofer in Fontvieille, roofer in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence — and, further north, in the Vaucluse around Avignon: Avignon, Cavaillon and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; browse our service area, from the Alpilles to the Vaucluse.
A roof or timber structure project?
Free quotation, no obligation, answered within 48 h. We climb onto the roof and really look — and our roofing and timber work is covered for ten years by our garantie décennale.