Roof leaking and looking for a roofer you can trust? Market labour rates for every kind of roof job, the real difference between a street tukang and a registered contractor, the questions to ask before you hand over the work, and what a warranty should actually say.
A general handyman can settle a great deal — fitting a light, siliconing a sink, easing a door. Work on a roof is a different trade entirely. A roofer knows where it is safe to step (step on a tile in the wrong place and you have just created three more leak points), understands the water paths beneath tiles and metal sheets, and turns up with a ladder, a line and a second worker for safety reasons. Call a roofing specialist when: the ceiling drips during rain, tiles look springy or cracked when seen from below, metal sheets have started rusting, or the roof has gone fifteen years without anyone looking at it. For small jobs inside the house — curtain rails, doors, sinks — see our handyman services guide; this page is entirely about roof work. And if your problem turns out to be wall seepage or a leaking bathroom rather than the roof itself, that is the scope of our waterproofing contractor guide.
When a roof leaks, two kinds of “roof repair man” show up in your search results and your letterbox. The prices look similar at first — the difference only appears when something goes wrong.
| Factor | Street tukang / flyer | Registered contractor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Quoted verbally, often rises once he is on the roof | Written and fixed before work starts |
| Diagnosis | Guessed from the ground, price given immediately | Goes up and inspects first, shows photographs of the actual damage |
| Warranty | A verbal promise — the number goes quiet when it leaks again | Written, in the company’s name |
| Materials | The cheapest sealant for everything | Material and grade stated in the quotation |
| Safety | One man, slippers, no line | Two workers, proper access and procedure |
| If something goes wrong | An individual who can simply disappear | An entity that can be traced and claimed against |
Send us a photo of the job on WhatsApp — we reply with an instant quote.
💬 Get Your Instant QuoteA street tukang’s labour usually is cheaper on paper — because you are not paying for a warranty, for insurance, or for the right materials. When the cheap patch fails next monsoon you pay a second time, plus the cost of the plaster ceiling it has ruined in the meantime.
These are Klang Valley market rates for the most common roof jobs (indicative 2026, Klang Valley) — the same figures we use in our roof repair cost guide, which is where the full cost breakdown by component lives, including worked examples, per-material comparisons and what a site visit itself costs. This page prices the labour; that page prices the job.
| Type of work | Indicative labour |
|---|---|
| Patch a leak point / replace a few tiles | RM600 – RM1,200 |
| Replace tiles over a wider area | RM600 – RM2,500 |
| Flashing or valley repair | RM800 – RM3,000 |
| Re-screw and re-seal a metal roof | RM1,000 – RM2,500 |
| Replace rusted metal deck / zinc sheets | RM800 – RM3,000 |
| Waterproofing coating on a concrete flat roof | RM1,500 – RM8,000 |
| Full re-roof (terrace house) | By roof area — quoted after measuring |
Re-screwing is priced by roof area and by how much lap sealing is in scope: a single-slope porch or extension roof, fasteners only, sits at RM500 – RM1,500, while a whole terrace-house roof re-screwed with fresh sealant run along every lap runs RM1,000 – RM2,500 (indicative 2026, Klang Valley). Sheet replacement is quoted at RM800 – RM3,000 by the number of sheets and by access; the tighter RM1,000 – RM2,500 band our other roof guides publish covers the common case of a few sheets on an easily reached slope, and the wider band covers everything from one sheet over a back-kitchen extension to a full run down one side of a roof.
People often ask whether roofers charge by the day or by the hour. General tradesmen do sometimes price by the hour or in half-day blocks, but roof work is almost always priced by the job, with a minimum charge of around RM500: every job on a roof requires transport, a ladder or scaffolding, and at least two workers for safety. Those costs are the same whether the damage is one sheet or twenty, which is why it pays to bundle several small roof jobs into one visit. For area-based waterproofing you can estimate your own figure with our roof waterproofing cost guide, and if the roof is rusting rather than leaking, grade it first with our roof rust grading guide before paying anyone for a repair.
Type “roofing contractor near me” and Google returns ads, directories and phone numbers belonging to nobody in particular. Distance is not the most important factor: a contractor twenty minutes away with a written warranty is far safer than the man down the lane with no receipt. What you should check instead is whether he actually works in your area (not merely lists it in an advertisement), whether he replies on WhatsApp promptly and with questions that show he understands the problem, whether he is willing to come and inspect before giving a final price, and whether he has before-and-after photographs he can show you. A good roof-leak contractor will ask what type of roof you have, how old the house is and when the leak happens — not quote a price without seeing anything. If the leak only appears in storms, that pattern itself is diagnostic: our guide to roof leaks during heavy rain explains why.
Use this list on any roof repair contractor — including us. A good tradesman is not afraid of questions:
1. “Can you give me a written fixed price before work starts?” A verbal number is not a quotation.
2. “What is causing my leak, and how did you confirm it?” The answer should refer to an inspection, not to “it is old, everything needs doing”.
3. “What materials will you use?” Sealant brand, type of replacement tile, grade of screw.
4. “Is there a written warranty? How long, and what does it cover?”
5. “Can you show me photographs of similar work you have done?”
6. “How much deposit, and when is the balance due?” Avoid paying in full upfront.
7. “What is NOT included in this price?” Interior ceiling work, waste disposal, scaffolding.
Our fifteen questions for a waterproofing contractor extends the same approach to membrane and injection work, and choosing a renovation contractor covers larger jobs.
There is a classic pattern we meet over and over: a tukang quotes RM300 without going up to inspect, arrives, climbs straight onto the roof, then shouts down — “bos, it is bad up here, everything has rotted!” — and the price leaps to RM3,000 at the moment you are least able to say no. The variation on it: an approximate patch with cheap sealant, cash collected, and gone before the next rain. The warning signs are consistent — a price given from the ground without going up; a figure far below two or three other quotes; no written warranty and no receipt; a demand for full payment before starting; and the tradesman who “happens to be working in the area” turning up just after a storm. Repairing a leaking roof properly has a reasonable minimum cost, and the quote that looks too good usually ends up the most expensive. Our waterproofing scams guide and contractor overcharging guide document the same playbook in adjacent trades.
Five minutes of checking changes the odds considerably, and the checks are the same ones that decide whether a warranty is worth anything later: you are assessing whether the entity behind the paper will still exist and answer when it rains.
| Check | Where | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Company registration | SSM e-Info search | Whether there is a legal entity behind the name at all |
| CIDB registration | CIDB, for construction work | Whether the contractor is registered to do construction work |
| Written fixed quotation | Before work starts | Scope, materials and price are agreed rather than improvised on the roof |
| Written warranty naming the scope | On the quotation or the invoice you pay against | What is covered, for how long, and how to claim |
| Before-and-after photographs | Ask for them on WhatsApp | You are not going up to check the work yourself |
| Deposit and balance terms | In writing | Full payment upfront is the classic way to lose money |
If it goes wrong anyway, your formal routes are the Tribunal for Consumer Claims (TTPM) and a CIDB complaint against a registered contractor — both real, both slow, and both worth very little against an unregistered outfit with no assets and a new phone number, which is precisely why the checks above matter more than the recourse does. Our guides on CIDB contractor registration and what to do when a contractor is not CIDB registered go through this in detail.
Every ClickBina leak repair comes with a written 6-Month No-Leak Warranty: if the area we repaired leaks again within six months, we come back and repair it again free — no visit charge, no material charge. What is covered is the area and scope of work named in the quotation; a new leak point elsewhere on the roof, or damage from a fallen tree, is separate work — and we explain the difference with photographs rather than just asserting it. A written warranty changes the incentives: we lose money if the work fails, so we have every reason to get it right the first time. When you compare warranties across contractors, the things that matter are the period and its start date, the remedy stated (free re-inspection and re-repair, with the method named), a finite written list of exclusions, a verifiable issuer, and a defined claim path. Our waterproofing warranty guide sets out all six and how to claim against them.
Our roof team handles all roof work on terrace houses, semi-Ds, bungalows and extensions across the Klang Valley: tiled roofs — replacing cracked or slipped tiles, repointing ridges, repairing valleys and underlayment (see our roof tile leak repair guide); metal and metal-deck roofs — re-screwing with new washers, sealing lap joints, replacing rusted sheets and rust-seal coating (see metal roof leak repair); flashings and roof-to-wall junctions, the single most common leak point on a terrace house with an extension, covered in our valley and flashing replacement guide; flat concrete roofs — waterproofing coatings and membranes, covered in our flat roof waterproofing guide; and gutters and rainwater goods — clearing, repairing and replacing, covered in our gutter and downpipe repair guide. If the real cause turns out to be the upstairs bathroom rather than the roof — which happens often — we say so plainly and offer the correct fix instead, for example PU injection at our flat RM650.
The process runs from WhatsApp to finished job in four steps. Send photographs — the roof from outside and the stain on the ceiling, with your area name; we reply with an initial estimate, usually within the hour during working hours. Site visit and inspection — we go up, photograph the actual damage, and show it to you. Written fixed price — scope, materials and full price before work starts, with no surprise charges halfway. Work completed plus warranty — before-and-after photographs for every job on a roof (because we know you will not be going up to check), the area cleaned, and the written warranty in your hand.
We cover the whole of KL and Selangor: KL city, Cheras, Kepong, Setapak, Ampang, Bangsar, Mont Kiara, Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam, Klang, Puchong, Seri Kembangan, Kajang, Bangi, Cyberjaya, Gombak, Selayang, Rawang and the surrounding areas — the full list is on our areas we serve page. If your area is in the Klang Valley but not listed, just WhatsApp; we very likely reach you. Monsoon slots (November to February) fill first, so if the roof is already showing signs, do not wait for the first heavy rain — our monsoon roof preparation checklist covers what to do before the season starts.
ClickBina is a Klang Valley roofing and property-repair contractor: we inspect before quoting, give a written fixed price broken down by item, send before-and-after photographs for every job on a roof, and back leak repairs with a written 6-Month No-Leak Warranty. We will also tell you when the work is not worth doing yet — a rusting roof that is not leaking usually wants grading, not repairing, and our roof rust grading guide explains why. WhatsApp us photographs of the roof and the ceiling stain and we reply within the hour. The Malay version of this page is at tukang bumbung →.
All prices on this page are estimates (indicative 2026, Klang Valley). The real figure is confirmed after we see the roof.
Tell us what you need — we reply within the hour.