Roof repairs, roof restorations, roof replacements Melbourne

Benefits of Roof Restoration

Your roof is one of the most important aspects of your home’s exterior. It keeps you warm and dry during bad weather and ensures that pests like rodents and birds don’t invade your home. Moreover, a well-maintained roof helps to keep your household’s energy where it should be (inside your home).

That’s why it’s important to ensure your roof remains in good condition. Although you don’t always see it, the value your roof provides cannot be understated. As such, roof restoration, which involves repainting, repairing and cleaning, offers many benefits.

Roof repairs, roof restorations, roof replacements

Roof Restoration Increases Your Roof’s Longevity

Melbourne is known for its extreme weather conditions i.e. winds, hail storms and blistering heat waves. They weaken the structural integrity of the roof. While it may not mean that your roof is going to collapse today, it means that eventually your roof is going to need some maintenance performed on it.

Not acting on issues you have now can make things a lot worse in future, causing you a fair amount of out of pocket expenses.

A roof restoration will prolong the life of your roof and negate the need for expensive repairs, or even a full replacement, in the future. For instance, an experienced roofing contractor will inspect your roof before work begins to locate areas of potential weakness. That means they will identify cracked or broken tiles, or unsecured metal sheeting, both of which can allow the elements in. As a result, investing in a roof restoration can add years to your roof’s lifespan.

Roof Restoration Can Add Value To Your Property

If you’re selling in the near future, roof restoration can help you sell your house quicker and at a higher price. If your roof is looking a little old and weathered, A roof restoration can bring it back to life. This is particularly important if you are selling, because it increases the aesthetic of your home.

Buyers who see a house in need of a roofing repair are less likely to purchase it because it diminishes the curb appeal and is seen as an added cost to the price of the home.

Roof Restoration Prevents Roof Leak

Home damage comes in many forms, but one of the most troublesome is a water leak that allows moisture into the home through the roof. When a roof deteriorates or is not properly sealed, water can easily find its way in and once it’s in, it will wreak havoc. If the roof is not restored, the house suffers from water damage and the growth of mould.

A roof restoration can easily remedy this problem by ensuring that all of the tiles are in place and that the roof is sealed as it should be. This also eliminates the cost of repairing damage due to water.

Roof Cleaning Melbourne

Over the years a build up of dirt, moss and lichen will occur. How much so depends on the roof product, any coating it may have and the age of the roof. How bad it looks depends on the contrast between the dirt, moss and lichen and the color of the roof. Lightly colored roofs will show the effects of dirt build up much more than say a black or charcoal coloured roof.

While moss and lichen build up is normal and a little can look appealing to some on say a slate tile roof, a major build up on a terracotta roof could lead to some issues down the line. As the moss and lichen can grow between tiles and over the pointing can lead to cracking. This can create voids which in an extreme case can lead to water/rodents penetrating your roof and capping tiles coming away.

Moss and lichen building up on a Colorbond roof not cleaned for an extended period can cause premature ageing of the surface of the metal. This is because the moss and lichen eats into the bonded paint, damaging the coating and leaving a mark. Once the lichen has taken hold, stains from where it bonded to the roof will remain after roof cleaning Melbourne This is why it is important to have your roof cleaned when you see mossy cauliflowers forming on the surface.

Proven roofing will assess the condition of your roof thoroughly before commencing any roof cleaning operations and provide you will an assessment detailing our recommendations.

There are a lot of one-man operations in Melbourne offering roof cleaning services. Don’t risk it and have your roof professionally cleaned by Proven roofing !

Roof Restoration Is Cost Effective Than A Roof Replacement

Replacing your roof is a considerable investment. Labor costs and the cost of materials are substantial. Restoring your roof, on the other hand, demands less labor and materials. With the cost savings, you can enhance other different sections of your home. Cost-saving is a significant benefit more so when your budget is low.

Our Roof Cleaning Service

Our Melbourne roof cleaning services includes: concrete, terracotta, and metal roof cleaning. Some roofs cannot be cleaned such as asbestos roofs.

Having your roof cleaned will not only improve its visual appearance, but can also increase the longevity of the roofing material. We are experts in roof cleaning and understand what works for each roof type.

Before any roof cleaning activity, we thoroughly inspect the integrity of the roof. Where you have broken tiles or broken pointing these will need to be addressed first. On a metal roof, care needs to be taken not to blast water under flashing’s and capping. Where your roof has penetrations such as an air conditioner, solar panel, heating and ventilation units, proper care needs to be taken to avoid damages.

For your roof cleaning service simply give us a call on one of our friendly staff will be in touch shortly.

Roof restorations are the ultimate in bringing your roof back to as-new condition. Whether it is a tile roof or metal roof, we can repair and restore any roof. For roof restoration in Melbourne that is done to an excellent standard, contact Proven roofing

Roof restoration in Melbourne is not just a ‘quick fix’ paint job to make your roof look pretty. It is professional roof restoration work to restore a roof to its original condition.

With all restoration work, the preparation is the single most important stage. Unfortunately, it is also the most neglected stage of many roof restorations in Melbourne . We are often asked to remedy work, which has been poorly prepared. Sadly, this is often an unnecessary extra expense, which the homeowner has to pay .