Danny Madden - Roofing Show

Danny Madden looks into the trap Roofers can fall into where you underprice a job or don’t quite get your costs right. Danny talks to Roofers about how you can understand your profit margins and be confident that if you’re told you’re too expensive, it’s just the customer being tight  There’s also a catch up with Adam, who competed in the Great British Slate Off at the Installer Show. Guests: Mich...

Danny Madden looks again into health and fitness for the trade, by getting advice from the trade. Danny asks his brother Mike to join him to talk about his experiences working on the tools for the family business before making a switch to helping people get fit. Mike explains an approach to that can benefit your health from working out to a better diet, through realistic goals and improvements.  D...

Danny Madden previews the Installer Show 2026 (Free tickets available at installershow.com)  Danny finds out what's going on at Installer this year from a Roofing perspective. Robin Clevett joins Danny to talk about what he will be doing at the show as part of his hosting duties. Adam French from SIG Roofing talks about their involvement, some of the stuff you can have a go at if you find their st...

Danny Madden asks Roofers to join him and recall their early days, experiences and journey into the trade. Guests: Adam French, Will Hughes AKA Will The Roofer & Jake Harlow

This week, Danny Madden explores health, fitness and wellbeing in the trades, speaking to professionals who know exactly what's required to stay in peak condition both on and off the tools. Fresh from becoming the Commonwealth International Heavyweight Champion, roofer and boxer Moses Jolly joins Danny to discuss balancing life on the roofs with life in the ring, the training that keeps him undefe...

Danny Madden investigates fly-tipping and its serious impact on communities, businesses, and everyday working environments. Even the most diligent tradespeople can miss key waste management details, so this episode explores how to get it right - from managing costs and staying compliant with regulations to finding reliable waste disposal firms. Danny speaks with John Elliott, owner of Oxhey Jets F...

In this episode, Danny Madden catches up with three Roofers: Josh Morrison, Will Emmerton and Lawrence Robinson. They talk about business growth, lessons learned, and what it really takes to keep improving in the trade. There is also discussion on the biggest challenges from the past year, standout jobs, and the changes they’re making in their businesses - from apprentices and tools to roofing sys...

With the weather finally improving and summer on the horizon, Danny chats to roofers about how they’re approaching the busy months ahead. From workload and customer demand to rising material costs and the overall state of the trade, this episode explores whether the industry is booming, slowing down, or somewhere in between. Guests include Roofers: Gary Mcyntire and Kory Blick, as well as Steve We...

Danny Madden talks to three tradespeople at the top of their game in this episode focused on the very best in construction and trade. He’s joined by Ben Broad from Broad Landscapes, who shares some of his standout projects, alongside Phil Rzonca of Rzonca Homes Ltd, a former block paver turned developer who takes on so many aspects of building work. Danny also chats with Derek Barrett from Derek B...

Danny Madden talks to Shayd Farmery (Hand Cut Roofing) and Michael Walker (RLR Roofing) to talk about betting on yourself. The risks and chances we take with our career and businesses in order to try and get big wins and find a level of success that most can only dream of. Shayd and Michael share the good and bad examples from their journey as businessmen and tradespeople.

Danny Madden talks to Master Thatcher Harry Roberts, The Yorkshire Stone Dresser James Robinson and Dean Haywood (Decorative Brickwork) about their crafts and whether their specialism or trade is at risk of dying out...

Danny Madden talks to tradespeople about absolute disaster moments they've faced, near misses and times when they or someone they were working with thought they knew best... and it backfired! Guests: Dom Edington, Andy Cam & Leo & Tom from R&R Building Renovations

Danny Madden talks to Tradespeople who are at three different stages of running a business so that he can compare their experiences and get an overview of what it's like to go through each stage. Lily Moore talks about her first 12-14 months of running her Decorating based business. Carpenter, Lewis Lai shares his experiences since he started out in 2022 and talks about his business progression so...

Danny Madden looks into a bit of a recent trend where accomplished trade based business owners are choosing to park their business and get into sub-contracting or employed roles with other businesses. Danny talks to George McKechnie about his recent shift in working circumstances and what the benefits have been so far. Dean Saxton explains how moving the family to Cornwall from Nottingham has mean...

Danny Madden is starting to worry and feeling unsure of what might happen with his business running costs, material costs and availability with everything going on in the middle east. Material costs are up 30-40% post covid anyway and it's leaving many with an uncertain future without guarentees. Danny asks for clarity and guidance through this from Noble Francis, who is Economics Director at The...

Danny Madden talks about his approach to sub-contracting other trades and why he thinks it's out of order for them to get work from clients he's introduced them to, without giving him a cut. Dave White, a Plumbing & Heating Engineer well known on social media who has directly confronted Danny about this approach in the past. Dave explains his perspective and why he took exception to Danny's th...

Danny Madden is joined by Kevin Tingley - The Paint Warrior to talk at length about his life and experiences on the tools. Kev talks about his less than ideal start in roofing, how he found decorating from there, finding success after having challenges and setbacks along the way, creating his brand of paint brushes - to today and recent health scares, tool theft nightmare over Christmas and taking...

Billy Bailey from City & Herts Roofing Ltd. joins Danny Madden in the studio to talk about starting out in the trade at a young age, learning his skills, taking pride in work, commercial and social housing work, the challenges of working in the City of London, tools, struggling to find good people to work with him and social media.

Almost a year on from when Danny first started looking into a licensing system for construction (which culminated in a trip to the House of Lords with the FMB) Danny asks whether we're any closer to protecting the reputation of Roofers and tradespeople as a whole. FMB Rep & Builder, Rob Clark joins Danny to talk about the FMB's campaign and Builder & Carpenter, John Argyle shares some of h...

Danny Madden looks at what is going on with scaffolding currently in terms of cost, demand and what the best current approach is for getting scaffolding sorted on your project. Guests include: Junior Osbourne, Lee Tidiman & Michael Walker.

Danny Madden is joined by Roofer, Michael Walker from RLR Leadwork and Roofing Ltd. - to talk about his experiences in the trade and work on the roofs.

Danny Madden catches up with some young people who are making a success of their starts in the trade and finds out whether the new generation of Roofers are being unfairly painted as lazy. Danny talks to 17 year old Eli Green about his experiences so far and award winning tradesperson, Joshua Lewis about the wider issue around getting young people invested with their learning experience on site.

Danny Madden is joined by Danny Smith from Kingfisher Roofing in Barnsley to discuss his start in Roofing, building a business, Putting work right done to a poor standard by others, tool theft, materials and more! 

Dannhy Madden looks into where we're all at with our taxes and getting sorted, with deadline day approaching. Danny talks to Roofers, Lawrence Robinson & Sam Bilton so that they can compare notes and find out whether the trade is ready for 'Making Tax Digital'. Ben Livings from HMRC comes onto the show as well so that he can give you a complete breakdown of how changes to reporting will work,...

Danny Madden looks into why so many Roofing Businesses are struggling to find good people to work for them and therefore can't take on the work in the market that's available. Guests: Danny Smith & Josh Morrison