Roof Restoration
When a roof’s coating, flashings, gutters and downpipes start showing their age, many householders think about restoring their roof. Most types of roof can be restored.
Should I restore or replace my roof?
As roofing professionals, we’re experienced at discovering issues that may not be apparent to the homeowner, and which may impact a decision about restoring vs replacing a roof. For example, the condition of your underlay is more important to your roof in the long term than a new coat of paint. Another issue is that old ridge caps can be made of lead. Instead of painting over these, they should be replaced with wider, lead-free caps.
People can end up spending dead money on roof restorations, and there’s no guarantee the roof won’t leak this winter.
The underlay is king in roof restoration
The underlay is the most vital part of any roof, and essential for all types of roof except membranes.
Cleaning, repointing, reflashing and repainting your roof might make it look good as new on the surface, but roof condensation can seep through under-performing underlay into your Batts and gib, which is not ideal. If you have a decramastic tile roof, there are timber battens that run in front of every tile. Beneath the battens is bitumen underlay. When a tile condensates, it drips onto the underlay. Water can’t flow to the gutter because the underlay is covered by battens.
While visible leaks may not occur, the ageing, damp underlays can create black mould, which is a risk to your property and to the health of occupants.
The Betta Roofing way
While inspecting your roof, we’ll take a close look at all aspects of the roofing structure to help ensure you won’t spend money painting over rust spots or retiling that could be more wisely invested in a new substrate and roofing iron to suit that will perform well for many years. It’s a case of getting the job right from the outset.
So, when you come to us for a roof restoration, we won’t be looking at a paint job, we’ll be looking at your underlay first. And then we’ll be looking at what’s supporting your underlay, such as chicken mesh.
For example, one of our customers wanted to restore their roof. We found that their underlay would probably only last another 10 years at the most. Following our recommendation, we installed a new Zincalume® roof on their property, which carries a 15-year warranty and comes with a highly durable and effective synthetic underlay. The customer is very happy with the outcome.
Get in touch with us to arrange an inspection of your roof and make a recommendation about your proposed restoration project.
Why choose Betta Roofing?
- We do a great job
- We treat you with respect
- We know Wellington well
- You're always weather-tight
- We're careful with guttering
- We leave your place tidy
Contact Brad, the owner, who will be doing your inspection and your job.