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Roof Repairs Cape Town

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Cape Town, South Africa

Roof Repairs Cape Town is a renowned roof repair contractor as well as waterproofing company situated in Bellville in the Northern Suburbs and are specialists in a variety of roofing services such as flat roof renovations, cement tiled roof repairs, steel roof restoring, aluminium re-roofing, roof painting, roof waterproofing, re-roofing contractors Cape Town, roof replacement services and IBR and Corrugated roof repair and re-roofing.

We are specialist roofing and waterproofing contractors based in Cape Town. Our mission is to offer the highest quality roof services at very affordable prices.

The Cape’s #1 Roof Painting Specialists

It will astonish you the impact a professional roof painting job from Cape Town’s Roofing Service will add significant value to the over all appearance of your property. Our roof painting service is affordable for any budget and will cost considerably less than the restoration of an entire roof.

Roof Types Suitable for Painting

Most common type roofs are suitable for painting, this includes concrete tiles and metal surfaces. We do specialized roof coatings and normal roof coatings, which is either applied by airless spray tools or by hand.

Roof Cleaning

Depending ?n ??ur budget ?nd wh?t ??u h?v? ?v?il?bl? t? ??u will depend ?n h?w ??u clean ??ur roof. U?ing a high pressure water blaster i? ?n? ?f th? b??t w??? t? clean a roof, ????i?ll? ?n? roof with a r?ugh surface. Y?u ??n u?? a broom ?nd h??? but ??u will n??d ??m? type ?f chemical t? h?l? remove th? mould fr?m within th? pores ?f th? surface. Thi? i? wh?r? high pressure i? good, it d??? g?t int? ?ll th??? nooks ?nd crannies.

A roof with a smooth surface ?u?h ?? galvanised iron ??uld b? washed mu?h easier with a boom, ??m? detergent ?nd a h??? t? wash it ?ff after. High pressure i? ?l?? good t? u?? but it i? n?t ?? important t? u?? ?n smooth surfaces.

Painting a Tiled Roof

Generally wh?n ??u ?r? painting a tiled ?r shingle roof, it i? b???u?? ?ll th? existing glaze h?? worn ?ff ?nd th? roof i? l??king a bit worse for wear. S?m? roofs will l??k b?tt?r th?n ??u think ?n?? th? cleaning h?? b??n done. We’v? cleaned a roof of a customer and th? customer decided n?t t? paint it, ?? it looked ?lm??t band new.

With tiled roofs th?r? i? ?n issue with ridge capping, th?? m?? n??d t? b? fixed b?f?r? ??u start painting ?nd it i? generally referred t? ?? pointing ?nd bedding ?f ridge caps. M??t will n??d re-pointing ?nd ??m? m?? n??d re-bedding. With re-bedding th?? t?k? ?ff th? ridge cap ?nd re-bed it in a n?w mix ?f mortar. Pointing i? wh?r? th? ridge cap i? n?t moved, but th? outer mortar i? repaired generally with ?n?th?r layer ?f mortar applied ?v?r existing. If ??u h?v? h?d ?n? repairs lik? thi? d?n? ?ft?r ??u h?v? cleaned th? roof, make ?ur? ??u u?? ??ur garden h??? ?nd giv? th? roof a final clean; ??m?tim?? ju?t a broom will d? th? trick.

If ??ur roof l??k? r??ll? bad ?nd ju?t ?b?ut ?ll th? color h?? g?n?, th?n ??u will n??d t? seal th? roof first, m??t roof sealers/primers dry clear. Make ?ur? ??u apply plenty, ??u will n??d t? giv? th? roof a good coating t? giv? it a chance t? soak int? th? tile.

A? with ?n? roof ??u will n??d t? apply tw? coats ?f suitable paint ?nd th? choice ?f color i? u? t? ??u, but d? remember darker colors absorb th? heat whil? light colors reflects th? heat.

Airless spraying i? th? b??t w?? ?nd th? quickest w?? t? paint a tiled roof ?nd th?r? i? a technique f?r painting th??? types ?f roofs. With tiled roofs, th? b??t w?? t? spray th?m i? t? paint ?b?ut 4 tiles d?wn fr?m th? top ?nd th?n paint ??r??? th? roof until ??u g?t t? th? ?th?r end. Fr?m th?r? g? back t? wh?r? ??u started ?nd repeat, spraying ?b?ut 4 tiles d?wn ?g?in th?n continuing ??r??? th? roof t? th? ?th?r end. E??h tim? ??u start ?n?th?r section, paint u? t? th? bottom edge ?f th? previous tile painted, thi? will h?l? avoid ?v?r lap marks.

Y?u ??uld paint a tiled roof with a brush but it w?uld t?k? a l?ng tim? t? do, ?? unl??? ??u h?v? plenty ?f tim? t? spare, we w?uld suggest hiring ?n airless spray gun, it will cost ??u a f?w bokke t? hire but th? tim? ??u save will b? w?ll worth it.

Roof Paint Selection

Th?r? ?r? a f?w choices wh?n it ??m?? t? roofing paint ?nd ??u will n??d t? decide wh?t i? b??t f?r ??u ?nd ?l?? h?w mu?h ??u ?r? willing t? spend.

Water based roofing paints w?uld b? th? preferred paint u??d f?r cement tiled roofs ?nd shingle roofs, but th?r? ?r? ??m? paints ?n th? market th?t ?r? n?t suitable f?r drinking water. S? if ??u d? collect rain water fr?m ??ur roof, d? ??m? research ?nd ??k b?f?r? ??u purchase ??ur paint if th? paint i? suitable f?r th? collection ?f rain water.

Oil based roofing paints ?r? b??t suited f?r collecting rain water, but we wouldn’t paint cement tiles with oil based paint. Oil based roofing paints ?r? b??t suited t? iron roofs, if th? roof i? ?ld ?nd rusty it will h?l? k??? th? rust ?t bay. Water based paints ??n b? u??d ?n iron roofs, but I w?uld make ?ur? ?n? rust i? treated w?ll ?r it m?? ?????r ?g?in ???n ?ft?r painting.

If ??u h?v? a f?w extra bokke t? spare ??u ??uld think ?b?ut g?tting ?ith?r ?n? ?f th? heat resistant paints ?r g?t ?n additive t? add t? ??ur paint. Thermal additives ?r? ?v?il?bl? ?nd we h?v? heard ??m? good reports ?b?ut them, we will b? u?ing a thermal additive wh?n we painting the roof, m?inl? b???u?? we w?nt t? u?? a dark color.