Guides
Roofing advice for Nigerian rain, dust, and sheet metal
These notes are for homeowners and facilities people in Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan. They use published climate figures where a number appears, and they stop where the evidence stops. They are not a substitute for someone standing at the eaves.
Rainy-season leaks
What NiMet’s 2025 season outlook means for leaks: Lagos’s long wet season and August break, Abuja’s shorter rains, and Ibadan’s double peak.
Sheets compared
How the three common metal roofs differ in Nigeria, what a 2025 aluminium-sheet study found against NIS 488, and which questions to ask before you buy.
Finding a leak
A practical way to trace a ceiling stain back to a lap, fastener, valley, or parapet, and the photos that make a roof quote more useful.
What drives cost
Access, storeys, materials, removal, gutters, and rainy-season timing change a roof quote. This page explains the drivers and does not invent a naira price.
New-build roofs
Pitch, overhangs, gutters, and temporary cover for a new house, timed against the local rainy season rather than a generic calendar.
After storm damage
Make the rooms under a damaged roof safe, record what happened, and send a quote request. This is not a promise of a same-day visit.
How to use the guides
If water is in the house today, read the storm-damage note and send the quote with photos from the ground. If you are choosing sheets for a new duplex, read the materials comparison and the new-build note together. If a contractor has offered a round figure with no visit, read what actually moves a price before you treat that figure as comparable with another one.
Work fulfilled by Micheletti Construction. The guides do not name client projects, and they do not rate this company with stars.