Roof Repairs Burnside

We repair iron, COLORSTEEL, concrete tile, decramastic and membrane roofs across Burnside: loose or lifted sheets, failed flashings, cracked tiles, rusted fixings and leaks around chimneys and skylights. You get a written quote before any work starts.

Burnside roof repairs on Group Housing Scheme homes

Burnside grew quickly after 1945, and many of its houses were built under the Group Housing Scheme with simple roof forms, which tend to have fewer valleys and junctions than more complicated designs. That simplicity helps. Leaks are usually easy to trace, and repairs are often straightforward, such as replacing a run of cracked tiles, repointing a ridge or changing rusted fixings on an iron roof. On a hip roof, the hip and ridge capping carry much of the risk, and we rebed or refix those where the mortar or fasteners have let go.

The roofs are mostly concrete tile or long run iron from the 1950s and 1960s, so many are now at the age where owners want to know whether repairing them is still worth it. We inspect the whole roof, photograph it and give a straight view: if the faults are isolated, a repair is usually sensible; if the underlay is failing across the roof, a steel re-roof may be the better value.

Burnside sits just south-east of the airport, so frosty nights are frequent. Cold clear nights can chill a steel roof enough to form condensation under it, and shaded faces stay damp, which suits moss. Nor'westers along Memorial Avenue also find loose ridging and spouting fixings, and we check those after a strong blow. Moss on those shaded faces holds water against tiles and can lift them slightly, so we clear it where we work.

Local tip: After a strong nor'wester, walk around your Burnside house and look for lifted ridge capping or spouting pulled away from the fascia.

Roof Repairs in Burnside: Local Conditions

Nor'west gales are a common cause of roof damage across Christchurch, and in Hornby, Avonhead and Wigram typical repairs include lifted sheets, loose ridging and failed fixings. Older Fendalton and Riccarton homes add chimney flashings and tile work to the list.

Frost works into cracked tiles and weak pointing over winter, so small tile faults are worth repairing before the cold months.

Homes in Burnside

Houses from Burnside's 1950s and 1960s growth were commonly roofed in concrete tile or long run iron, and many are now at the point where repair, painting or replacement needs deciding. Group Housing Scheme homes tend to have simple roof forms that suit a straightforward re-roof in longrun steel. On tile roofs, a tile to metal conversion lightens the load and replaces the underlay at the same time.

Homes around Burnside Park get the same process as the rest of Burnside: a free measure, photos of the roof and an itemised quote for the roof repairs work. See our roofers in Burnside page for everything else we do here.

How We Handle Roof Repairs in Burnside

If the roof is near the end of its life, we tell you and price both options, a repair and a re-roof, so you can choose with the facts in front of you.

Pricing: every roof gets a free on-site measure and an itemised written quote, with a fixed price agreed before any work starts.

Roof Repairs Jobs We Do in Burnside

Chimney flashing repairs
Penetration resealing
Flashing repairs
Rusted fixing replacement
Storm make-safe