Roofing company in Christchurch

In New Zealand the two words get used for the same thing, and most people mean the same trade by both. Where it does matter is scope. A roofer might be one person doing the physical work on the sheets. A roofing contractor quotes and runs the whole job, which means the underlay, flashings, fixings, spouting, disposal of the old roof and the paperwork at the end. We work as the contractor, so one crew and one point of contact covers the lot.

No. The site visit and the written quote are both free, and there is no obligation attached to either. We get on the roof, work out what it actually needs, and give you an itemised price for the whole job. If the answer is that your roof is fine and needs nothing, you get told that instead, and it still costs nothing.

Three steps. You ring and tell us what the roof is doing and roughly how old it is. We come out and get on the roof, check the fixings, flashings and underlay, then price the whole job in writing. If you go ahead we book a date that works around you, run the same crew every day, and sweep the site before we hand it back. If the roof is leaking now, say so on the call and we will get to you sooner.

A re-roof is the whole system, not just the sheets on top. On a typical job that means stripping the old roof, checking and repairing the timber underneath, laying new underlay, installing the new roofing in the profile and coating grade that suits your site, forming and sealing every flashing at the ridges, valleys, chimneys and penetrations, refitting or replacing the spouting, then taking the old material away and clearing the site. We work in sections so the house is closed up and weathertight every night rather than open to the weather.

Yes, both. On the residential side that is villas, bungalows, new builds and rentals across Christchurch and out into Canterbury. On the commercial side it is warehouses, workshops and community buildings, staged around your trading hours so the doors stay open. The crew is the same either way; what changes is the programme and the compliance paperwork.

Usually not. Water travels along purlins and rafters before it drops, so the wet patch on your ceiling is often nowhere near the actual hole. We trace it back to the entry point and tell you whether it is one bad flashing or a roof at the end of its life.

If the sheet is sound and you have one localised problem, patch it. Once you are paying for the third repair in two years, or the fixings are rusting out across the whole roof, you are spending good money to delay the inevitable. We will tell you which side of that line you are on, even when the answer is the cheaper one for you.

It comes down to the area, the pitch, the material and what we find once the old roof is off. We do not give numbers over the phone because a guess helps nobody. What you get is a free site visit and an itemised written price for the whole job.

A straightforward house re-roof is usually three to seven days. Most repairs are a single day. Commercial work is staged around your trading hours and comes with a programme in the quote.

We only strip back as much as we can close up again the same day. The roof is weathertight every night, whatever the forecast does. That is the whole reason we work in sections rather than pulling the lot off at once.

Across Christchurch and Canterbury. Give us a call with your address and we will tell you honestly how soon we can get someone out to you.