Roofing in Massey: Tile Roof Restorations
Concrete and pressed metal tile restorations, ridge re-pointing and re-roofs across Massey's 1970s-90s homes.
Roofing in Massey
- Mostly 1980s-90s homes
- Newer builds
Massey stretches across the north-west between Don Buck Road, Royal Road and the motorway, with Westgate's shopping centre and newer town centre on its northern side. It is a big, family-oriented suburb, mostly flat to gently rolling, with schools, parks and plenty of driveways full of cars. Delta's work here tends to come in waves, because so many homes were built in the same few decades and their roofs are reaching the same point at the same time.
Homes in Massey
Most of Massey was developed between the 1970s and the 1990s, when the farmland north of Henderson filled with single-storey brick and weatherboard homes on full sections. Many follow similar plans from the group housing companies of the day. North of Massey, the Westgate and Redhills area has seen major new development since the 2010s, with terraces and standalone homes on smaller lots. Some older farm-era houses remain scattered through the suburb.
The roofs we work on here
Concrete tile and pressed metal tile cover a large share of Massey homes. After thirty to fifty years, original concrete tile coatings have mostly worn away, leaving the tiles porous, mossy and heavy with absorbed water. Ridge mortar cracks and loosens, and the bottom row of tiles often sits on rotting or damaged fascia. Pressed metal tiles lose stone chip and rust, especially along the eaves and in valleys. Roof restorations, which mean cleaning, repairs, re-bedding and recoating, are our bread and butter here, with long-run re-roofs where tiles are beyond saving.
Weather and exposure
Massey is not especially exposed. It sits inland from the harbour on mostly open ground, so the roofs get plenty of sun, which bleaches coatings faster on north and west faces. Shaded southern slopes and homes under big trees grow moss and lichen. The newer northern areas, with smaller sections and taller neighbours, can trap damp air between houses and keep low-pitch roofs wet for longer than you might expect.
Typical roofing jobs in Massey
- Full roof restoration on a 1980s concrete tile roof: water blasting, tile replacement, ridge re-bedding and two coats
- Re-coating a pressed metal tile roof where the stone chip has worn off and rust has started at the eaves
- Replacing an aged tile roof with long-run steel on a single-storey 1970s brick home
- Repairing leaking valley irons and re-pointing ridges on a group housing home with a hipped tile 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.