Roofing in Glendowie: Tile Restoration & Re-Roofs
Concrete tile restoration, long-run re-roofs and spouting for Glendowie homes above the Tamaki estuary.
Roofing in Glendowie
- Mostly 1940s-70s homes
- Coastal exposure
- Wind exposure
- Larger sections
Glendowie sits at the far eastern end of the isthmus, past St Heliers, looking out over the Tamaki Estuary and the inner Hauraki Gulf toward the eastern bays and islands. It is a quiet, mostly residential suburb with good-sized sections, Churchill Park on one side and small coves like Karaka Bay on the water. For roofing, it is solid family homes of a similar age, many now hitting the point where the original roof needs serious attention.
Homes in Glendowie
Most houses went up from the 1950s through the 1970s, when Glendowie was developed as a family suburb. Expect weatherboard and brick homes, many single storey, some split-level on the slopes down to the water. Since then, plenty have been extended upward or replaced with larger contemporary homes, particularly on view sites. A handful of older baches and early houses near the coves remain, but they are the exception.
The roofs we work on here
Concrete tile is the signature roof of Glendowie's postwar stock, along with decramastic and some low-pitch corrugated iron on the 1970s designs. After fifty-plus years, concrete tiles here are typically porous, covered in lichen, with ridge bedding that has crumbled. Decramastic loses its chip and rusts. The low-pitch iron roofs on split-levels often leak at the junctions between roof planes. Restoration buys time on sound tiles; many owners choose long-run re-roofing to finish the job once. Spouting and fascia on these homes are usually original too, so it often makes sense to replace them in the same job while the scaffold is up.
Weather and exposure
Glendowie's eastern headland position means a mix of easterly and north-easterly weather off the Gulf, plus salt carried up from the estuary and the coast. Wind exposure is real on the ridges and the waterfront streets. Inland streets and those in the lee of slopes are gentler. Pōhutukawa and coastal trees near the water drop leaves and flowers into spouting, especially in early summer.
Typical roofing jobs in Glendowie
- Restoring a 1960s concrete tile roof with waterblasting, tile replacement, ridge re-pointing and a membrane coating
- Re-roofing a split-level 1970s home from tired decramastic to long-run, with new junction flashings
- Clearing pōhutukawa debris and fitting gutter guards on spouting at a waterfront Glendowie property
- Replacing wind-damaged ridge caps and flashings on an exposed east-facing home after a Gulf storm
Services most asked for here
- Roof RestorationCleaning, ridge re-bedding and re-coating tired concrete and clay tile roofs.
- Roof ReplacementTile-to-metal re-roofs when tiles are porous, brittle or beyond economic repair.
- Roof RepairsCracked tiles, slipped ridges, worn valleys and leaks around chimneys and flues.
- Gutters & SpoutingReplacing original spouting and downpipes that have rusted, sagged or split.