Eight reasons why reroofing and renewing spouting is a smart investment
Even though you live your life underneath it, it’s very easy to overlook the importance of your roof and spouting. But what’s up there over your head is crucial to the structural integrity and value of your house. That’s why renewing your roof and spouting before they lead to expensive problems should be at the very top of your to-do list.
At DCM Roofing, we know Christchurch roofs and spouting better than anyone. From our years of experience, we’ve put together this list of the main reasons why a new roof and renewed spouting should be on your radar, especially if you own a home from the 90s or older, or you live near the Canterbury coast.
Give your sale estimate a boost
There are few things buyers like more than a new roof and spouting. It makes a fantastic first impression from the road, and there’s less for prospective buyers to worry about in the near future. Ask any real estate agent – those things add up to a better sale price and a quicker sale.
Swoop up your street appeal
Even if you’re not planning to sell your house, a new roof and spouting will instantly improve its appearance and reward you with a good feeling about it every single day. We specialise in Coloursteel roofing replacements for concrete tiles, which instantly rejuvenate older houses with their clean lines and wide range of colour options.
Get a new lease of life
Roofs and spouting don’t last forever. Many Christchurch roofs are made from concrete tile or corrugated iron, both of which have a definite service life, which isn’t helped by Canterbury’s harsh weather, characterised by high UV and extremes of heat and cold. Concrete tiles wear out over time, becoming thin and porous. Corrugated iron rusts and ends up like tissue paper. It’s the same with spouting. Plastic spouting degrades under years of UV exposure, and hangers fail. Metal spouting suffers the same fate as iron roofs. The time to give your roof and spouting a new lease of life is before they fail and cause expensive damage.
Prevent foundation damage
Tired old spouting that’s not working as it should can lead to water pooling around the base of your house. In the long term, that can undermine and weaken the foundations – a serious and costly problem to fix.
Old, poorly maintained spouting that doesn’t capture and control water flow can also lead to erosion of your – or your neighbour’s – section. If that happens, be prepared for big bills. Any negligence on the part of a property owner that leads to damage of other people’s property can be grounds for legal action.
Stop leaks and water damage
Old roofs and spouting are the main source of water entry into the ceiling cavity and walls. Unchecked, that will lead, like night follows day, to rot, mould, and stained ceiling and interior wall linings. Apart from being unhealthy for the home’s occupants, interior leaks are expensive to fix and can easily be avoided with a timely reroof and new spouting.
Withstand the wind
It certainly knows how to blow in Canterbury. We get southerly polar blasts, hot nor’westers, and salt-laden easterlies on the coast. Older roofs tend to be weaker and less secure, making them more vulnerable to being lifted or peeled back in high winds, especially if you live on the Plains where the nor’wester can really howl.
Insulation upgrade
Reroofing gives you the chance to upgrade your ceiling insulation with modern, high-performance materials and reduce your heating costs.
Keep overall repair and maintenance costs in check
The cost of ongoing little band-aid style repairs to roofs and spouting and all the other issues they can cause – adds up fast and doesn’t fix the underlying problems.
It’s a much wiser use of your money to fix the root cause of your roof-based problems and get everything done at once, and done right, by DCM Roofing.
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