Roofing in Sandringham: Bungalow Iron Re-Roofing
Corrugated iron re-roofs, repaints and spouting for Sandringham's 1910s-1930s bungalows and villas.
Roofing in Sandringham
- Mostly pre-1940 villas, bungalows and cottages
- Character overlay
Sandringham sits between Dominion Road and Mount Albert, with Sandringham Road running through its lively village of food shops and Gribblehirst Park on its northern side. It is a suburb of long, straight streets lined with timber homes that are almost all older than their owners. Roofing work here is mostly about keeping those homes dry and in character, whether that means a patch, a repaint or a complete re-roof.
Homes in Sandringham
Most houses in Sandringham were built between about 1910 and the late 1930s, when tram lines spread out across the isthmus. California bungalows dominate, with some villas closer to the older parts of the suburb and a scattering of Art Deco and transitional homes. Many have been extended, and some sections have been subdivided for townhouses or units behind. Overall, though, the suburb retains a strong and fairly consistent early-twentieth-century streetscape.
The roofs we work on here
Corrugated iron on bungalows is overwhelmingly the norm, often with low-pitched gables, wide overhanging eaves, exposed rafters and front porches. Some bungalows had their roofs replaced in decramastic or tile at some stage. Iron that is eighty or more years old is often thin, with rust at the laps, around nails and under flashings, and has been repainted many times. Valleys and back lean-tos, often added later at very low pitches, also leak. Typical work is repainting where the iron is sound, or replacing it in long-run steel.
Weather and exposure
Sandringham is inland and fairly flat to gently rolling, so it avoids the worst of the coastal wind and salt. The low pitch of many bungalow roofs means water drains more slowly and debris settles, especially in valleys and spouting near trees. Moss grows readily on shaded slopes. Older roofs can also hum or rattle in strong winds if fixings have loosened.
Typical roofing jobs in Sandringham
- Re-roofing a 1920s California bungalow in corrugated steel, keeping the original low-pitch gables and eaves.
- Treating rust and repainting a sound iron roof on a Sandringham bungalow before rust spreads further.
- Replacing a leaking valley and lean-to roof at the back of an extended interwar home.
- Removing tired decramastic tiles from a bungalow and re-roofing in corrugated long-run steel.
Services most asked for here
- Roof ReplacementRe-roofing villas and bungalows in corrugated Colorsteel, keeping the original roof form.
- Roof RepairsChimney, valley and lean-to flashings, rusted laps and leaks where old and new roofs meet.
- Gutters & SpoutingBox gutter and spouting replacement, including traditional half-round and ogee profiles.
- Roof PaintingPrep and repaint of sound older iron that still has years left in it.