The Roofing Show offers a blend of entertainment and vital industry information that will help the nation’s roofers to work smarter, earn more money and grow their business.
Hosted by Danny Madden, the bi-weekly podcast offers insight and advice on key issues for builders and roofers, like how to grow your business, pricing jobs, health & safety, training and tools.
Danny and a cast of industry guests provide a blend of industry expertise and authentic insight on the state of the industry and the day-to-day challenges facing UK roofers.
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The Roofing Show offers a blend of entertainment and vital industry information that will help the nation’s roofers to work smarter, earn more money and grow their business.
Hosted by Danny Madden, the bi-weekly podcast offers insight and advice on key issues for builders and roofers, like how to grow your business, pricing jobs, health & safety, training and tools.
Danny and a cast of industry guests provide a blend of industry expertise and authentic insight on the state of the industry and the day-to-day challenges facing UK roofers.
Danny Madden catches up with some previous guests who have joined him on the show this year - and finds out how business has been in 2025. Guests include: Moses Jolly, Liam Mellor & Joe Gallagher!
Danny Madden looks at three or four different approaches and talks to Tradespeople who have had a range of experiences to get their insight and advice for anyone wanting to do the same. Robin Clevett talks about his incredible journey on YouTube and talks about why he doesn't try to chase the algorhythm. Brad Hanson from The Bald Builders talks about being humble, not overdoing it with brand endorsements & why the trade social media bubble might burst. Danny talks to Roofer, Kory Blick from Ten Roofing Ltd. about sharing his work online - not trying to become an influencer and taking pride in what you post from your work on the tools.
Danny Madden looks into what's happening with Master Thatchers and the Thatched Roof Industry. Danny catches up with Bedfordshire based Master Thatcher, Harry Roberts and finds out about his 2025 with regards to notable projects, challenges with havests of the material, bringing on new apprentices and what 2026 might be like. Paul Shelly from the East Midlands Master Thatchers' Association sums up the year for the trade as a whole and also shares a few positives.
Danny Madden looks into how we stay safe on the roof and what is practical and realistic with regards to implementing safety while working. Guests: Oliver Blake & Lawrence Robinson
Danny Madden looks into some tales of bravery from the Roofing trade. Danny talks to Jimmy Roe, who is attempting 'the world's highest marathon' for a great cause. Danny also invites Roofer, David Brown to tell the story of how he saved a woman from a burning house, using the skills he learnt training for the Fire Service.
Danny Madden looks into some options Roofers can use to insulate their customer’s homes. Danny invites Shayd Farmery to join him and explain his approach to using insulation on Garden rooms and how his understanding of insulating materials has evolved over time. FMB London President, David Gutierrez joins the show to discuss the journey the building trade is on with regards to understanding how insulation works and how to apply it properly.
Danny Madden looks into what workwear tradespeople are wearing on site outdoors, as we head into the coldest months of the year. Danny talks to Landscaper, Mark Marshall about his approach and branding his workwear. Mike Boston shares some insight into how work boots are designed and produced and Michael Walker from RLR Roofing talks about staying warm and dry while working on the roof.
Danny Madden takes time to answer some of your questions that have built up over the past few months and covers things like, worst excuses for not coming to work, new materials, things that can ruin your day as a Roofer and much more.
Danny Madden talks to fellow Roofers about how they got into the trade, when it clicked for them, if they've ever come close to quitting... but ultimately, why they've stayed and what they love about the trade. Guests: John Creber, Gary McIntyre & Kory Blick.
Danny Madden looks into whether the trade is underpaid as a whole. What's going wrong when Roofers are reporting they struggle to find anyone willing to work for the rates they can offer. Where are Roofers in a league table of pay for the trades and what could they do about the supposed lower potential earnings in the marketplace. Guests include: John Creber & Simon Meadows.
Danny Madden looks into good and bad conduct for apprentices and helpers/labourers and what we expect from those starting out on-site. Danny asks Roofers to share some of their own apprenticeship experiences and discusses what could be learnt from them with regards to behaviours and attitude expected from apprentices today. Guests include: Phil Dalton, Hugo Helms & Will Hughes AKA Will The Roofer.
Danny Madden talks to Roofers and Tradespeople about how you scale a business, their experiences of scaling a business, what they've learnt and advice for anyone wanting to grow. Guests include: John Argyle & Josh Morrison.
Danny Madden is joined by well known Roofers and friends of the show to dicuss their worst days on the tools ever and what made them so bad. There's chat about things going wrong, nightmare moments with customers, the weather, other trades, falling off the roof and everything that you might imagine going wrong... going wrong! (Guests include: Dean Saxton, Lawrence Robinson & Oliver Blake)
Danny Madden looks into upcoming changes by the HSE to permitted lead levels in blood. Danny asks the Chairman of the Lead Contractors Association (Alasdair White) to join him and explain further and also gets the reaction of Krystian Ingham, well known on socials as Leadwork SW.
Danny Madden talks to Malcolm Morrell from Bonright Roofing about the different places of worship they've worked on and the unique challenges with each. Rachael Wragg talks about her work as a Stone Mason on Lincoln Cathedral.
Danny Madden looks into utilising AI and digital services for your business. Danny gets some practical advice from award winning Business Coach, Maria Coulter (constructioncoach.co.uk) and looks into a grounbreaking £270K investment into AI by Commericial Flat Roofing Company, Tapered Plus.
Danny Madden invites some of the leading forces from the green roof industry to join him and explain how it all works. Danny talks to Mike Williams from ICB Projects about some of their notable, standout projects and discusses the range of what is possible with regards to design. Matthew Hoddinott from The Green Roof Organisation joins the discussion to explain training and support for contractors taking on these projects and Danny Farquhar from Eco Green Group talks about approach to maintanance.
Danny Madden is joined by Roofers from Wales, Scotland and Canada to talk about their experiences with a variety of wildlife on the rooftops. Guests include: Moses Jolly, Gary McIntyre & Sam De Coteau
Danny Madden, who is an award winning Roofer himself, is joined by award nominated and award winning tradespeople to discuss what it can do for your business and whether it's worth entering the variety of awards available to industry each year. Guests include: Micheal Ashton & Sean Matthews
Dylan Skelhorn from the No Falls Foundation joins Danny Madden to tell his story and discuss the consequences of his fall from height. Dylan talks about what happened, why it happened, what he's doing to raise awareness and hits you with some hard facts about working safely from height.
The Roofing Show offers a blend of entertainment and vital industry information that will help the nation’s roofers to work smarter, earn more money and grow their business.
Hosted by Danny Madden, the bi-weekly podcast offers insight and advice on key issues for builders and roofers, like how to grow your business, pricing jobs, health & safety, training and tools.
Danny and a cast of industry guests provide a blend of industry expertise and authentic insight on the state of the industry and the day-to-day challenges facing UK roofers.