Roofing in Burswood: Flashing & Junction Repairs
Apron flashings, roof-to-wall junction leaks and spouting renewals for 1980s and 1990s Burswood homes.
Roofing in Burswood
- Mostly 1980s-90s homes
Burswood is a compact residential pocket off Ti Rakau Drive, wedged between the busier centres of Botany and Pakuranga with the East Tamaki industrial area close by. Streets loop gently and most houses sit on regular, fairly level sections, so access is usually straightforward. It is the kind of suburb where owners have lived for years, and roof issues tend to be slow-building leaks rather than storm damage.
Homes in Burswood
Building here ran through the 1980s and into the 1990s, giving a mix that reflects changing fashions over those two decades. Earlier homes are often brick or weatherboard with simple gable or hip roofs. Later ones lean towards plastered finishes, more complex rooflines, and design details like parapets, enclosed eaves and decks over living spaces. Some homes have been reclad or extended, adding another layer of junctions where old meets new.
The roofs we work on here
Roofs are a mix of concrete tile, decramastic and long-run steel. The roofing material itself is rarely the main issue. Trouble comes from the details: apron flashings where a lower roof meets a wall, poorly sealed parapet cappings, small internal gutters and the joint where a later extension ties in. On plastered homes from the 1990s, these junctions need careful checking because water getting in at the roofline can end up inside the wall framing. We often reflash junctions, fit kickouts at the base of apron flashings and renew spouting.
Weather and exposure
Burswood's weather is fairly ordinary for inland East Auckland. Without salt spray or big elevation, the relevant factors are steady rain and the way water is carried off complicated rooflines. Downpours overload undersized spouting and small internal gutters, and blocked outlets cause water to back up where it can do damage. South-facing slopes and shaded valleys collect moss that slows drainage further.
Typical roofing jobs in Burswood
- Replacing a short apron flashing and fitting a kickout where a lower roof meets a plastered wall.
- Recapping and resealing a parapet that lets water into the framing of a 1990s home.
- Tying an extension roof neatly into existing concrete tiles with new flashings and a valley.
- Replacing undersized spouting and adding downpipes on a home with a complex hip roof.
Services most asked for here
- Roof PaintingRe-coating 1980s and 90s concrete tile and decramastic roofs as their first coating fails.
- Roof RestorationRidge re-pointing, moss treatment and replacing broken tiles before a recoat.
- Roof RepairsValley, flashing and skylight leaks, and lost chip on decramastic tiles.
- Gutters & SpoutingUpgrading spouting and downpipes that are undersized or starting to fail.