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Market Overview THE UK ROOFING MARKET: AN UPDATE ON SECTORS AND SIZE AMA Research’s Keith Taylor provides an overview of the UK roofing market. The UK roofing market can be broadly split into pitched roofing products, flat roofing systems and industrial roofing systems. The use of pitched roofing products, such as tiles and slates, is largely dependent on demand from the housebuilding and housing RMI sectors, although commercial uses are not insignificant. Conversely, demand for flat roofing membranes and felts and metal roof panel systems is largely driven by refurbishment or re-roofing requirements on commercial, industrial buildings and public sector buildings. Demand and size Demand for roof coverings has been supported by the growth of housebuilding and domestic RMI, along with increased output in a number of commercial and industrial new build & refurbishment markets. The size of the UK roofing market is estimated to be over £1.3bn in <strong>2018</strong>, at manufacturers’ selling prices. However, tendering for commercial and housebuilding roofing projects has remained highly competitive under challenging market conditions, with some firms putting in low bids to secure contracts. Additionally, an acceleration in the shortage of skilled roofers has resulted in higher wages, which has contributed towards an overall reduction in margins. Above: UK Roof Tiles – % Mix by End Use Sector by Value. By product group, the largest two sectors are metal roofing systems and roof tiles and slates, which together account for the majority share. The other major product sector within the roofing market is for flat roof membranes. Smaller sectors that are also significant include rooflights and niche products such as shingles, green roofing systems and fully supported metal roofing. Roof tiles and slates The roof tiles and slates market is influenced by housebuilding levels and has benefitted from increasing volumes of housing starts since 2012. Since then, demand for concrete tiles on housebuilding developments has translated into strong annual growth levels in this sector. To a lesser extent, growth has also been stimulated by improving demand for higher value clay roof tiles and natural slates on domestic and commercial re-roofing works, and also more prestigious, lower volume housebuilding projects. In the roof tiles and slates sector, housebuilding is estimated to account for up to around 60% by value. By volume, this is likely to be a little higher as most products used are lower value concrete tiles with higher value clay tiles and natural slates largely used for re-roofing. There are strong Source: AMA Research Ltd / Trade Estimates. Left: Keith Taylor, Director at AMA Research. regional variations in the types of material used, partly because planning regulations require the specification of new roofs to blend in with the surrounding properties. For example, slate and natural stone are much more widely used in northern England, Scotland and Wales than elsewhere, while clay tends to be more widely used across the south east. Flat roofing sector In the flat roofing sector, new housing accounts for a relatively low level of demand, while RMI works such as garage re-roofing and housing extension projects represent a core area of demand, particularly for bitumen, EPDM and GRP membranes. The markets for EPDM and other types of single ply membranes (SPMs) have grown strongly over the last six years or so, also taking some share from bitumen sheets within the commercial sector. Metal roofing Metal roofing systems have experienced steady recovery in terms of market value, something which is in large part driven by growth in the installed area, now estimated to be over 20 million m². A key driver has been the construction of factories and distribution centres, out-of-town retail & leisure buildings and agricultural units. Warehousing and factories alone account for almost half of the total area of metal roofing panel systems installed. At present, there is an ongoing requirement for additional warehouse space connected to the growth in online retailing. 46 TC JUNE <strong>2018</strong>
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