Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: Roof restoration 1 5Mar 26, 2010 8:23 am i will also recommend relaying of the roof. i just don't like patching up things, if that what it is. VICTORY 1800, EN-SUITE, DOUBLE GARAGE, FAMILY ROOM AND ALFRESCO Land Settled: 20 July 2010 Site Scrap: 30 August 2010 Slab Pour: 20 September 2010 Frame Complete: 23 September 2010 Fascia and Gutters: 28 September 2010 Roof Complete: 06 October 2010 Lock-up complete: 28 October 2010 Plaster complete: 29 October 2010 Fix-out complete: 22 Nov 2010 PCI 7 FEBRUARY 2011 Re: Roof restoration 1 6Apr 16, 2010 10:51 am Once you paint a roof it becomes like any other painted surface -- sooner or later it has to be done again, which is a big on-going expense. If its for a sale then its someone else's problem later. Arfur Re: Roof restoration 1 7Jul 02, 2010 3:36 pm A mate of mine a few years ago render his house and need to change the colour of his roof from terra cotta to black, to keep his colour scheme. So he hired a pressure washer and painted it himself. Just doing a face a once. But it came up really well and still looks good now 6 or 7 years on. I think of doing the same at the end of the year. Re: Roof restoration 1 9Sep 01, 2010 7:49 pm Great! I leaned something here. Correct me if I'm wrong: - Terracotta roof tiles have a use by date? - They can be pressure cleaned? - it's very expensive to have them painted, which (potentially) adds value to your house but that's all? My 1981 terracotta tile roof is 30yo next year. The mortar is cracking so it needs re capping, and there is green stuff (moss?) growing on a fair bit of the roof, which definitely takes away from the appearance of the house. Can anyone advise me on whether I can high-pressure hose the green stuff off? Damage to tiles? Got a rough estimate of what I should pay for a re-capping? Cheers, HeatCrime Re: Roof restoration 1 10Sep 05, 2010 12:19 am heat_crime Great! I leaned something here. Correct me if I'm wrong: - Terracotta roof tiles have a use by date? - They can be pressure cleaned? - it's very expensive to have them painted, which (potentially) adds value to your house but that's all? My 1981 terracotta tile roof is 30yo next year. The mortar is cracking so it needs re capping, and there is green stuff (moss?) growing on a fair bit of the roof, which definitely takes away from the appearance of the house. Can anyone advise me on whether I can high-pressure hose the green stuff off? Damage to tiles? Got a rough estimate of what I should pay for a re-capping? Cheers, HeatCrime Plenty of 100 year old Sydney homes with original Terracotta tiles so they don't have a used by date. Terracotta does not need painting. You can have it cleaned repointed and resealed with a clear seal to prevent moss from growing again but will eventually come back. I recently had a huge roof repointed for $700 which they now use flexiseal, not sand cement which would have been around when your roof was constructed. I think if you have it professionally cleaned and repointed it should come up new. Re: Roof restoration 1 11Sep 05, 2010 12:52 am borg I will say something. For a few thousand dollars more i reckon you can get a new roof layed. IMHO restoring’s roofs in terms of painting them is a waste of time. However re pointing and capping as well as changing out broken tiles is a good thing. I pressure clean of the roof is usually more than adequate Ditto.. Re: Roof restoration 1 12Apr 10, 2011 7:23 pm Roof repairs and Roof restorations particulary concrete tile roofs is an affordable option when considering the age of a roof, to extend the life of the roof tiles can be an alternative if restored correctly. To keep the look and appeal of the original character of the home is usually the key to value adding or lifting the mood of the home considering that a roof contains more than 50% of the overall size in its structure. We run a roof restoration business in the Adelaide Hills and would be happy to answer any questions on this topic. Re: Roof restoration 1 14Aug 04, 2011 11:14 am ROOF RESTORATIONS AND ROOF TILE REPAIRS; In regards to tiled roof work or even iron/colourbond roof repairs, this type of work should be carried out by an experienced tradesperson in the field of this work. Paul Herft of Adelaide Property Restoration Services operates in the ''Adelaide hills'' and specializes in repairing and restoring old roofs. His infomative approach and value of service is recomendable. Adelaide Property Restoration Services adelaiderestoration@bigpond.com 0417844807 Re: Roof restoration 1 15Aug 04, 2011 1:02 pm I read with amusement some of the responses to the initial question posed. Mightychristos, if $$$$ is an issue then restoring your roof would be the way to save $$, if you are wanting to stay in your house long term then as others have suggested, a full replacement would be preferable but not a necessity. Firstly you never mentioned whether your roof is iron or tiled ? Makes a big diff. I am retired now due to injury, so my comments are made without hope that you will call me for work to be done (It looks like some here just want to push their own barrow). When I was professionally painting we did many house roof restorations and they are relatively straight forward. For iron roofs: We used a high pressure 3,000psi, machine to clean the roof. We then checked that there were no rusted or leaky spots and repaired as required. Any spot that needed patching then required priming. Then we used our airless spray gun to apply the paint. As the sprayer we used was a professional unit only 1 coat was needed. The first day we washed and prepped the roof and on average for a 4 bedroom home this took 1 person the better part of a day. The next day we sprayed it, and we usually did this as a 2 person team and took around 6 hours. All up about 16 man hours to complete. Back then we were charging about $40 per hour for labour + materials (about $500). Which means the average roof was worth around $1000 - $1500 to complete As far as paint is concerned there are lots of paint companies with different products. e used Dulux or Solver. Solver used to have roof paint in a special can marked 'Roof Paint', but now they just sell you Duraguard. Have not used Dulux for well over 15 years so I am not sure what they market their paint under any more. As far as special paints that reflect heat ? Most light colours will do that, but I do remember seeing some products at a building show that claimed to do just that but never investigated any further. The job we did is as good as any so called 'Roof Restoration Specialist' did. They may make all the claims in the world about their products, but at the end of the day it's just paint. I suspect they have all got their spiel down pat so they can justify their sky high prices. We had one lady client whose roof we sprayed (still looking good 12 years on !) for about $1500, she had other quotes ranging in price from $4,000 up to $9500 !!!! "Roof Restoration Specialist", has an important sounding tone to it, that's how they get you to call them. There is a bloke from the town where I live, he has no trade qualifications at all. He wanted to run his own business so he responded to an advertisement 'Become your own boss'. He parted company with the better part of $50,000 spent 2 weeks training, and now he is one of those "Roof Restoration Specialists" that you so confidently ring. Painters have to complete a 4 year apprenticeship under the guidance of a professional. I know who I would choose. My only advice is don't sign up for a contract for someone knocking on your door. You do your research and seek out a painter (either from friends referrals or through testimonials), and employ them to do the job. Shop around as quotes will vary. Ask what brand of paint and make sure it's one of the leaders. As one poster here said 'Dulux' have accredited applicators. This is true, but it's a 2 day course that any licenced painter can do, but mostly for texture coating. Yes, once you paint a roof, like any other painted surface will need re doing every 10 to 15 years, but if that buys you time till you can afford a full replacement then it's done it's job. As for tiled roofs, it's much the same process except there is usually a lot of re grouting of the ridge capping and broken tiles to contend with (we tried to steer clear of tiled roofs) Re: Roof restoration 1 16Aug 19, 2011 4:55 pm Did you ever heard about Boral Products? If not then search for Boral Products,it is best for roofing restoration and it gives affordable costing and it is best in durability and strength.I have done roofing restoration from a company who deals in Boral Products and roofing contractor provides all these products at affordable prices.I would suggest you to go with clay roof tiles and terracotta tiles which is best from every part. Re: Roof restoration 1 17Dec 02, 2015 9:33 pm WOW great info from Eyspy. When we bought our 65yo house 25 years ago, the concrete tiled roof had just been repainted and sealed. Looked great. We are now just redoing. Husband got up there himself on weekend with 2500psi water blaster, washing off moss. Not painted yet, but made a huge difference already. He's got to redo some mortar too. The paint is cosmetic but helps retard the moss. Personally, I would NOT get a new roof unless it was rotten, rusty or in a state of disrepair. Concrete has an incredibly long life but it can chip if given a wallop and metal eventually rusts. It's sad how we now have such a 'throw away' mindset when often there is no need and robs people within our local economy/community of work. Re: Roof restoration 1 18Apr 29, 2017 6:38 pm johnnyrie A mate of mine a few years ago render his house and need to change the colour of his roof from terra cotta to black, to keep his colour scheme. So he hired a pressure washer and painted it himself. Just doing a face a once. But it came up really well and still looks good now 6 or 7 years on. I think of doing the same at the end of the year. And ditto here. to recolor the whole roof and do some repointing cost me $5-600 and that included $200 for a painter to come out for a few hours and spray it all with his airless rig. Top result. Hi I bought an old cupboard that is in desperate need of some TLC. 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