Service
Roof repairs
Water rarely gets in where the stain shows up. We find where it is actually coming from and fix that.
Why leaks get missed
Water runs. It gets in at a failed flashing, travels along a batten or a rafter, and comes through the ceiling metres from where it started. Sealing the wet patch does nothing, which is why some leaks get fixed three or four times.
Finding it properly means getting into the roof cavity as well as onto the roof, following the water back, and checking whether it is one failure or the first of several.
What we repair
Tile roofs
- Cracked, slipped and broken tiles
- Lifted ridge capping, and re-pointing with flexible compound
- Bedding replacement where the mortar has crumbled
- Rusted valley irons, which are one of the more common serious leaks
- Torn or perished sarking
Metal roofs
- Corroded sheeting and rusted-out laps
- Failed or missing flashings around chimneys, walls and penetrations
- Loose, backed-out or rusted fixings
- Box gutters that are blocked, undersized or rusting
- Storm damage and lifted sheets
Gutters and downpipes
- Rusted or split gutters
- Falls that send water the wrong way
- Blocked downpipes and leaf build-up
- Overflow back into the eaves during heavy rain
Repair or replace
Sometimes a repair is the right answer and the roof has years left. Sometimes you are putting money into something that is going to keep failing. We will tell you which one you are looking at, even when that means telling you the roof can wait.
Need a roof looked at?
Tell us what is going on and we will tell you what it needs.