Shellharbour Roof Restoration Service
Roof restoration boosts your property’s visual appearance as well as increasing the lifespan and safety of your home. Going beyond an isolated repair job, a roof restoration means assessing your roof as a whole and giving the entire structure a facelift. During a roof inspection, we sometimes identify damage or problem areas. Fortunately, roof repairs caught early are often easy to fix and prevent larger, more expensive repairs in the future. Roof restoration is a more sustainable, cost effective alternative to a complete roof replacement.
Our Shellharbour roof restoration service includes a professional roof inspection and clean. During this process, we can identify any issues that require attention. This might be cracks, holes or sagging that indicates weaknesses and potential leaks. A roof inspection takes place both externally and internally to check for signs of water entering your property.
We provide an itemised quote once we have an idea of what’s required in order to restore your roof. We will answer any questions about the work we believe is required and relevant timelines. Roof restoration includes cleaning, repairs, priming and repainting. The end result always blows our customer’s minds at how much it can lift decades off a property’s appearance.
Main benefits of Roof Restoration
Restoration has a number of benefits for your roof. Maintaining a property costs money, but sometimes the money spent only delivers either aesthetic or functional results. Roof restoration offers both visual improvement and a practical outcome. Some benefits of roof restoration include:
Increase the value of your property:
Roof restoration is popular among Shellharbour property owners preparing to put their property on the market. This is because it can add so much value to the ultimate sale price of their home. Professional roof restoration takes decades off the appearance of a property, plus it builds confidence in potential buyers during a building inspection. The investment in your roof now can make sure there are no hiccups or delays with subsequent building and pest inspections that occur during the sales process.
Reduce energy bills:
Cracks and holes in roof tiles allow warm air to escape. This can impact your home’s ability to insulate. With NSW’s rising energy costs, it is both financially and environmentally prudent to make sure your home works as efficiently as possible. Do you have solar panels on your roof? Did you know that built up dirt on the photovoltaic panels can reduce their efficiency at generating power? Get a professional roofer for an inspection.
Confidence during big weather events:
The weather extremes that have impacted South East NSW in recent years exposed many underlying roof issues among Shellharbour homes. Enjoy knowing knowing your roof is structurally sound, impermeable and protecting your home as designed leading in to the next extreme weather event!
Pest Control Measures:
Openings in and around your roof are enticing for all sorts of wildlife. Rodents, possums, birds and even snakes can make nests in roof spaces. Wildlife inhabiting your roof can cause damage as well as bringing unpleasant side effects such as odours, disease and further pests associated with the original inhabitant. It’s easier to maintain your roof and stop the unwelcome guests from getting inside in, than having to locate and remove them after the fact.
Extend the life of your roof:
It’s much easier to address weak spots and fix minor damage and signs of deterioration than undergo a complete roof replacement. It is also much less stressful and expensive to have a planned out roof restoration than organising emergency repairs from a catastrophic failure during a massive storm. If you plan to own your home for many years to come, roof restoration can be seen as an investment rather than an expense.
Meet your insurer’s home owner obligations:
Insurance companies have been swamped in recent years with the NSW bushfires then floods impacting people’s homes. The fine print in many building insurance policies require home owners to sufficiently maintain their property. If you fail to meet this requirement, it can sometimes result in insurance claims being rejected. Property maintenance does include addressing blocked or clogged gutters as well as repairing and replacing rusted and worn roof components. If you want to protect yourself from having an insurance claim rejected, ensure you’ve met your obligations as a property owner.
Signs you may Consider roof restoration
People often underestimate the importance of regular roof maintenance. Shellharbour roofs feel the strong coastal winds (and sometimes sea spray), as well as enduring extreme weather events such as drought, intense sun, thunderstorms and even hail. Before engaging a professional roofing service, here are some of indications you may consider roof restoration:
- Roof Leaks. Large leaks are generally obvious, but roof leaks often start very small and are only detectable through discolouration or mould growth in your ceiling or roof space. An isolated roof leak may be a simple repair, but if there are several leaking areas, it might be more appropriate to consider roof restoration.
- Older Roofs. Most tiled roofs are assumed to be in good working order for around 20-25 years (as a general rule). This can vary depending on how it has been maintained and the sort of environmental exposure withstood. Once a roof is getting on in years, repairs can start to add up in both frequency and cost. A roof restoration can actually end up being less expensive that forking out for frequent smaller repairs.
- Inefficient gutters and downpipes. Leaky, blocked and rusty gutters won’t efficiently divert water away from your property. Poorly managed runoff often leads to bigger issues when water enters fascia, wall cavities and ceilings.
- Damaged roof tiles. Terracotta and concrete roof tiles are effective materials for keeping water out. However, just one ill-placed, broken tile can allow water to start entering your roof and the roofing system is compromised. This can lead to subsequent rotting of timber structural components in the roof.
- Damaged valleys. Roof valleys play a fundamental role in keeping the water running off of your roof and not into it. Deteriorated or damaged valleys require attention as soon as possible. Signs of wear surrounding chimneys, vents or skylights are to be investigated.
- Sagging roofs. Compromised rafters will result in visible sagging across the roof surface.
- Corrosion of fixtures and fastenings. Water that collects around the fastenings in your roof will show signs of rust. Corroded fixtures can affect structural integrity and are important to replace as needed.
- Mould growth. The presence of mould is a sure sign that water is getting in to your home. The potential adverse health effects of mould exposure are vast, so protect your health by keeping mould out of your household.
- Worn or damaged flashing. Aged roofs may have flashing made of tar or cement. If your flashing shows cracking or deterioration, we can replace it with metal flashing during a roof restoration.
Areas we service:
- Albion Park
- Austinmer
- Balgownie
- Barrack Point
- Bellambi
- Bulli
- Brownsville
- Coledale
- Cordeaux Heights
- Corrimal
- Mangerton
- Mt Keira
- Mt Kembla
- Mt St Thomas
- Shell Cove
- Shellharbour
- Thirroul
- Unanderra
- Warilla
- Warrawong
- Windang
- Wollongong
- Woonona