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Canal tiles stripped and stacked in neat bundles along the battens, ready for sorting and reuse

MBS Roofing Work South France Roofing · Renovation · Zinc work

Roofer in the Aude — roofing, repairs and renovation

French roofing craftsmanship on the tiled roofs of the South, explained clearly in English. Working with local and English-speaking owners since 2007.

5.0 48 reviews reviews

Minervois · Haute-Vallée de l’Aude · Corbières · Alaric · Montagne Noire · Cabardès

Under the tiles

What you never see again once the roof is closed up

A canal-tiled roof is six layers deep. Five of them disappear the day the tiles go back on — and those five decide how long it lasts.

Exploded section through a canal-tiled roof The six layers of a canal-tiled roof, from the top down: tiles, battens, counter-battens, underlay, boarding and roof structure. 01 02 03 04 05 06

It is also why a quotation for a “réfection” and one for simply relaying tiles are not comparable: they do not cover the same number of layers. Worth knowing before you compare two prices. See roof renovation

The MBS Roofing Work South France craftsman, standing on a scaffold platform, installing DN33 PVC gutter fascias on the front face of the roof

Since 2007

Almost nothing on a roof is visible from the ground. What you can judge is what someone tells you about it.

“Professional French roofing craftsmanship, with the standard of communication and support you are entitled to expect.”

MBS Roofing Work South France

That is what MBS Roofing Work South France sets out to do: name what was found, say what will be put right, and explain what that involves — in the same words that will appear on the quotation.

Whether you have lived here for years, have just bought a property, or are still planning the move, that is where the work starts.

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What his clients say

The reviews, exactly as published

These are not testimonials written for this website. They are the reviews published on the firm’s Google listing, where we can neither write them nor change them. That is exactly what makes them worth reading.

5.0 48 reviews

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La seule entreprise à nous avoir fait un devis et à s’être déplacée. Un travail irréprochable, et des gens polis et professionnels. Je recommande vraiment cette entreprise de couverture. MBS a ensuite mené à bien la réparation de la toiture, et leur professionnalisme nous a mis suffisamment en confiance pour leur laisser nos clés. Nous avons reçu des nouvelles régulières ainsi que des vidéos des travaux en cours. Ils ont transformé une toiture ancienne et très abîmée en une […]

The only company to provide a quote and to turn up. Faultless work, they were also polite and professional. Would definitely recommend this roofing company. MBS then completed the roof repairs and we were confident enough in their professionalism to leave them with our keys. We were provided updates as well as videos of the work that was being carried out. They transformed an old, very damaged roof into a traditional well appointed roof. I would fully recommend this company […]

AKA Roofing · Translated from English

Entreprise professionnelle. Plusieurs contacts par vidéos et photos, très appréciable quand on habite loin. Travail de qualité, merci pour ces échanges. Je recommande MBS couvreur à Carcassonne.

A professional outfit. Several updates by video and photo — which counts for a great deal when you live far away. Quality work, and thank you for keeping in touch. I recommend MBS, roofer near Carcassonne.

Patrice Lorin Roofing · Translated from French

Kévin est vraiment au top ! Excellente communication, très compétent et toujours disponible en cas d’urgence. Nous avions une infiltration d’eau au niveau d’une fenêtre de toit Velux et une petite fuite dans notre vieille toiture ; tout a été réparé en une journée. Je recommande MBS Roofing sans hésiter ! Merci Kévin !

Kévin is simply excellent. Great communication, highly competent and always there when something urgent comes up. We had water coming in around a roof window and a small leak in our old roof — everything was repaired in a single day. I recommend MBS Roofing without hesitation. Thank you Kévin!

Grégory Mandallaz Roofing · Translated from French

Cher Monsieur Moulard, merci de votre excellent service concernant la réparation professionnelle de notre toiture en avril 2025. Votre devis était conforme à notre contrat et réalisé avec professionnalisme. Nous vous recommandons pour d’autres travaux, merci. Cordialement, J. G. De Groot, La Force.

Dear Mr Moulard, thank you for the excellent service in professionally repairing our roof in April 2025. Your quotation matched our agreement and the work was carried out professionally. We recommend you for further work. Kind regards, J. G. De Groot, La Force.

J. G. De Groot Roofing · Translated from French

L’entreprise MBS a installé un Velux sur le toit de notre maison à Rivel, dans l’Aude, afin d’avoir un accès pour le ramonage de notre cheminée. Nous sommes satisfaits de leur travail et referons appel à leurs services pour d’autres travaux. Nous recommandons cette entreprise pour le respect des délais, la rapidité d’intervention et la qualité du travail.

MBS fitted a roof window on our house in Rivel, in the Aude, to give access for sweeping our chimney. We are pleased with their work and will use them again for other jobs. We recommend this firm for keeping to schedule, for responding quickly and for the quality of the work.

Isabelle Rongère Roofing · Translated from French

Kevin, qui dirige l’entreprise MBS Roofing (et rénovation) près de Carcassonne, travaille depuis plusieurs années sur notre petite maison. Il a notamment refait la façade, créé un espace spectaculaire à partir de la structure d’une ancienne maison voisine, rénové notre salle de bains et, plus récemment, entièrement remis à neuf et réparé nos volets et portes extérieures. Kevin a toujours réalisé un travail d’une qualité exceptionnelle, témoignant d’un réel respect pour le […]

Kevin, who runs MBS Roofing (and renovation) near Carcassonne, has worked on our little house for several years. He has redone the façade, created a spectacular space out of the shell of a neighbouring old house, renovated our bathroom and, more recently, completely restored and repaired our shutters and external doors. Kevin’s work has always been of exceptional quality, showing real respect for the traditional style we wanted to keep. We have left him our house with […]

Derek Long Renovation · Translated from French

Entrepreneur rigoureux qui réalise ses ouvrages avec passion. Je suis très satisfaite du travail réalisé pour la rénovation des encadrements de la façade de la maison. Je le recommande à toute personne souhaitant des ouvrages de qualité.

A meticulous craftsman who takes real pride in his work. I am very pleased with the renovation of the window and door surrounds on the front of the house. I recommend him to anyone looking for quality workmanship.

Mina de Nayville Renovation · Translated from French

Kevin et son équipe (MBS) ont réalisé un excellent travail chez nous en 2019 et 2022. Les travaux ont été effectués dans les délais impartis et avec une qualité irréprochable, dépassant même nos attentes. Le chantier a été laissé plus propre qu’à leur arrivée. La communication a été excellente du début à la fin et l’expertise de Kevin dans le bâtiment nous a permis de faire les meilleurs choix. Nous ferons de nouveau appel à leurs services et les recommandons vivement à […]

Kevin and his team (MBS) did excellent work for us in 2019 and 2022. The work was finished on time and to a faultless standard — beyond our expectations, in fact. They left the site cleaner than they found it. Communication was excellent from beginning to end, and Kevin’s knowledge of building work helped us make the best choices. We will use them again and warmly recommend them to anyone wanting quality work, delivered on time and on budget.

C. Knights Renovation · Translated from French

Entre 2020 et 2022, M. Moulard a réalisé un magnifique travail dans ma vieille maison de village de la vallée de l’Aude. Nous lui avions demandé d’agrandir notre maison en y intégrant un ancien entrepôt attenant et de transformer cet entrepôt en pièce à vivre. M. Moulard a effectué tous les travaux lui-même, en utilisant des méthodes traditionnelles. Il a récupéré de superbes carreaux dans l’entrepôt et les a utilisés pour créer une mezzanine originale. Il a relié l’entrepôt […]

Between 2020 and 2022, Mr Moulard did a wonderful job on my old village house in the Aude valley. We asked him to extend the house by taking in an adjoining old storehouse and turning it into a living room. Mr Moulard carried out all the work himself, using traditional methods. He salvaged some beautiful tiles from the storehouse and used them to create an unusual mezzanine. He linked the storehouse to the original house by opening up the old wall — he had to break through […]

Maria Fox Renovation · Translated from French

J’ai fait appel à Kevin pour la première fois afin de réaliser un important projet de réparation d’un ancien mur de soutènement en pierre, très haut et long de plusieurs mètres. Après avoir démoli le mur, Kevin a excavé le terrain situé derrière, puis a construit à sa place un mur en blocs de béton armé, qu’il a ensuite revêtu de la pierre locale d’origine. Un travail impeccable. Plus récemment, je n’ai pas hésité à le solliciter à nouveau pour effectuer des réparations et […]

I first called on Kevin for a major repair to an old stone retaining wall, very high and several metres long. Having taken the wall down, Kevin excavated the ground behind it and built a reinforced concrete block wall in its place, which he then faced with the original local stone. Impeccable work. More recently, I did not hesitate to ask him back to repair and improve the appearance of the exposed stone walls of our house. Again, I am delighted with the result. Kevin is […]

Andy Burrows Stone and masonry · Translated from French

Nous avons fait appel à cet artisan, monsieur Moulard, pour la réalisation de notre clôture, et le résultat est impeccable : le travail est soigné, précis et réalisé dans les délais annoncés. L’artisan a été professionnel. Nous sommes très satisfaits du rendu final. Nous avons également apprécié la propreté du chantier après son intervention. Artisan sérieux, compétent et digne de confiance. Nous recommandons vivement ses services et n’hésiterons pas à faire appel à lui pour […]

We called on Mr Moulard to build our fence, and the result is flawless: careful, precise work, delivered within the timescale he had given. He was thoroughly professional and we are delighted with the finished job. We also appreciated how clean he left the site afterwards. A serious, skilled craftsman you can trust. We warmly recommend him and will not hesitate to call on him for future projects.

Sylvaine Bayet Outdoor work · Translated from French

M. Moulard a réalisé un excellent travail en installant une clôture rigide autour de notre jardin. Il a également abattu plusieurs arbres. Cinq ans plus tard, la clôture est toujours comme neuve.

Mr Moulard did an excellent job installing a rigid fence around our garden. He also felled several trees. Five years on, the fence still looks brand new.

Vanessa Crouch Outdoor work · Translated from French

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Projects

The work, before it becomes a roof again

Every photograph on this site is an MBS Roofing Work South France job. No stock images, nothing staged.

A roof being re-covered, seen from the ridge: underlay and battens on one side, canal tiles already relaid on the other, with a village and wooded hills beyond Underlay and battens
A re-roofing job progressing course by course: relaid canal tiles advancing over new underlay, with the old covering still in place on the right Tiles relaid
Re-covering a canal-tiled roof The same roof at two moments: underlay and battens fixed, then the tiles relaid over them course by course.
Fitting a zinc gutter: brackets aligned along the fascia board with a taut string line setting the fall Being fitted
A new half-round zinc gutter and its downpipe, fitted beneath a verge of old canal tiles covered in yellow lichen Finished
Fitting a zinc gutter The same job at two moments: brackets set to a string line, then the gutter hung and connected.

A gutter hung to a string line and one hung by eye look much the same on the day. They stop looking the same by the third winter.

Which is why these pictures also show what goes on underneath the tiles, and not only the result once everything is closed up again.

A renovated canal-tiled roof seen at a raking angle from the ridge, the courses converging towards a wooded slope and cliff face
Completed re-roofing
A roof slope fitted with underlay and evenly spaced battens, with bundles of new tiles distributed across the surface before fixing
Underlay and battens
A new ridge seen along its length on a fully re-covered roof, with clear sky and limestone hills behind
Ridge
The roofer balanced on the slope, working at the join with a brick chimney stack, a tree-lined avenue and mountain range below
Chimney detail
A roof stripped back: worn old boarding with planks missing, a roofing hammer and crowbar resting on the deck
Deck repairs
Looking up the line of the slope: rows of canal tiles running towards the ridge against a deep blue sky
Tiled covering

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Areas we cover

From the Minervois plain to the upper Aude valley

Four areas around Carcassonne, from the Montagne Noire to the Aude gorges — over 280 villages and towns, reaching into the Hérault Minervois.

  1. Minervois & Alaric

    The area MBS Roofing Work South France works from, running from the Aude plain to the lower slopes of the Alaric, and across into three villages in the Hérault.

    TrèbesCapenduLézignan-CorbièresHompsRieux-MinervoisMarseilletteLa RedorteOlonzacOupiaAzillanet

  2. Haute-Vallée de l’Aude

    From Limoux up through the gorges towards Quillan — a valley of stone villages where roofs take a beating.

    Quillan Limoux Couiza Espéraza Belvèze-du-Razès

  3. Corbières

    Villages of real character with old roofs, where renovation has to respect what is already there.

    FabrezanLagrasseSaint-Laurent-de-la-CabrerisseBoutenac

  4. Montagne Noire & Cabardès

    Higher, wetter and more exposed — roofs age differently up here than they do down on the plain.

    VillardonnelMontolieuFontiers-CabardèsLastoursConques-sur-Orbiel

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Villages and towns covered

Carcassonne Lézignan-Corbières Trèbes Rieux-Minervois Olonzac Capendu La Redorte Marseillette Homps Azillanet Oupia Argeliers Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude Limoux Quillan Espéraza Couiza Belvèze-du-Razès Montréal Pomas Pieusse Fanjeaux Saint-Hilaire Cournanel Preixan Fabrezan Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse Boutenac Lagrasse Bizanet Saint-André-de-Roquelongue Montredon-des-Corbières Névian Ferrals-les-Corbières Luc-sur-Orbieu Ornaisons Val-de-Dagne Montolieu Villardonnel Fontiers-Cabardès Lastours Bram Pezens Alzonne Villegly Villepinte Villeneuve-Minervois Ventenac-Cabardès Moussoulens

Over 280 towns and villages, across four areas See the areas in full

Before you call

There is always one question people hesitate to ask on the phone. These are the ones that come up most.

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Questions we get asked a lot

Do you cover my village?

We work across four areas: the Minervois and the Alaric, the Haute-Vallée de l’Aude, the Corbières, and the Montagne Noire and Cabardès — twenty-one communes in the Aude and three in the Hérault. The full list is on the areas page. If your village is not on it, call anyway: the edge of an area is never quite a straight line.

Can everything be handled in English?

Yes. MBS Roofing Work South France has been working with English-speaking owners on their French properties since 2007. This whole site exists in both languages, and you will be answered in the one you use.

What is the difference between a “réparation” and a “réfection”?

These two words will both appear on French quotations and they mean very different amounts of work. A “réparation” is a repair: something localised, put right where it is. A “réfection” is a re-roof: the covering comes off, the deck is repaired, a new underlay and battens go on, then the tiles are relaid. Two quotations using these words are not comparable.

Can the original tiles be kept?

Very often, and on a period property it is usually the better choice: a sound old canal tile has already proved itself against frost. Sorting happens as the roof comes off, tile by tile. There are almost always some to make up, chosen to sit well with what remains.

Can anything useful be said about a roof from the ground?

Rarely. What decides a roof’s future is what sits under the tiles — the boarding, the underlay if there is one, the structure. None of that is visible from below. Anyone giving you a firm opinion without going up is guessing.

French roofing expertise, explained in English

Working out what is wrong with a roof is hard enough in your own language. Since 2007 we have worked with English-speaking owners across the Aude — on permanent homes, second homes, and properties that have only just changed hands.

English-speaking roofer in the Aude

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