Roof Restoration - Remedial measures to safeguard your rooftop

A rooftop is the most important part of a house. This is because apart from protecting the building structure, it also provides insulation. But owing to harsh weather conditions such as rain, snow and dust storm, the roof covering deteriorates. This is why it is important to take preventive measures and safeguard your rooftops.

Slating the roof by an expert roof slater

A person who lays slates for roofing is known as Roof Slater.  The roof slater covers roof with either tiles or shingles to form a waterproof surface.  It is mandatory and very essential that a roof slater is an AQF certificate holder or of higher qualification since he will be handling a very important task - Roof Restoration.

The slater should be in a position to study the drawings of the house, specifications and work sites, so that he can assess and determine how much material is required – efficient cost cutting exercise. He should be equally knowledgeable about placing and securing waterproof sheets over eaves as well as nail or staple roof underlay to roof. Another very important task for him would be to align the starter rows of roofing material with edges of roofs and secure with wire, staples or nails.

Using his skills, he should overlap the layers of tiles.  He should manage efficiently sizing  and cutting  roofing material to fit around vents, chimney edges, corners and ridges , slip  roofing material under pre-fabricated flashing and nailing it down. He should be able to fix edges and ridge tiles in cement mortar etc.  An experienced and qualified Roof Slater makes half the job done and this is why you must get your roofs slated by an expert.

Roof Restoration – the process

Roof restoration normally takes about 3 to 5 days. It begins with the assessment of broken, cracked or chipped tiles to be replaced, roof leaks, gutters and pipelines checking et al. This in turn, helps in the process of an ideal and proper roof restoration, which  includes but are not limited to roof cleaning with high pressure cleaning equipment, repairing of leaks, replacement of valleys, re-bedding, pointing and  moss treatment.

Remember that roof restoration is not a onetime process. You have to ensure timely cleaning at regular intervals to keep your roof in top shape. A yearly contract with a professional agency that handles and deals in industry leading maintenance and repair services will ensure that your roofs look as good as new.

Conclusion :

So, we know that roof damage and deterioration is difficult to see it is very likely that we ignore it the most till a minor repair becomes a major issue.  You should therefore ensure that you replace all broken and damaged tiles.

Prevention is better than Cure.