Roof Painting South Auckland

South Auckland roof painting from Manurewa to Takanini and beyond

South Auckland's roofs cover a wide span of ages. Post-war state houses and family homes in Manurewa, Papatoetoe and Māngere have a mix of corrugated iron and tile, and 1960s and 1970s homes often carry concrete tile or decramastic. Newer developments in Takanini and Papakura are mostly longrun or concrete tile, and the rural land around Pukekohe has longrun houses and sheds. A repaint makes the most sense on older iron and concrete tile roofs that are faded but structurally sound. Papatoetoe, Auckland's largest suburb by population, also has early 1900s estates, so some of its iron roofs are very old.

The region is largely flat and open, so wind across the Manukau Harbour and the southern farmland works away at fixings and ridge flashings. Our preparation replaces tired fasteners and refixes flashings before any primer. Roofs on the Pahurehure Inlet and the harbour edge may be in an estuary or sea spray exposure zone, which calls for more washing and spot priming. In Takanini, settlement on soft peat ground can stress flashings and wall junctions, so we inspect those before painting.

Pre-2000 homes and older outbuildings may have fibre cement roofing, which we test for asbestos before cleaning and never water blast. On rural properties with tanks, a drinking-water-safe paint system is used and the tank stays isolated until the roof has been rinsed. On the young roofs in Takanini and Papakura we usually recommend washing rather than paint, because those coatings still have plenty of life.

Local tip: In Manurewa and Papatoetoe, a faded but sound corrugated iron roof is often a better candidate for paint than a decramastic roof of the same age.