Your roof is protecting your biggest asset
Reroofing can completely transform the appearance of your home while retaining its character and architecture, and it is one of the few renovations that adds value, ends maintenance headaches and protects everything under it at the same time. Across Christchurch and Canterbury, thousands of homes are still carrying roofs that are decades past their best: rusted galvanised corrugate, chip-shedding decramastic tiles, cracked concrete tiles and brittle shingles.
We understand that reroofing can feel daunting. You are, quite literally, exposing your home to the elements while the work happens. That is why our process keeps the house watertight at every stage: we strip and re-cover in sections, never leaving the roof open overnight, and we own our edge protection and scaffold so the programme doesn't slip waiting on other contractors.
A complete reroofing service
Quality Roofing offers a genuinely complete reroof, which usually means you don't need to arrange any other trades:
- Removal of the old roofing material while maintaining water-tightness throughout
- Installation of new long-run roofing iron in your choice of profile and Colorsteel colour
- New underlay, flashings and fixings specified for your wind zone
- Topping up or replacing ceiling insulation (Earthwool, Batts) while the roof is off
- Replacing timber purlins and battens where required
- Removing old brick chimneys that are past their life
- Replacing and painting fascia boards as required
- Disposal of all old roofing material, including licensed asbestos disposal where needed
Every job is covered by public liability insurance and carried out or directly supervised by Nigel, a Licensed Building Practitioner for roofing.
Common Canterbury reroofs
Decramastic (pressed metal tile) to long-run: the classic 1970s-80s Canterbury roof. The chip coating sheds, the tiles dent, and some contain asbestos in the texture coat. We test, manage removal safely and replace with modern long-run steel.
Concrete tile to long-run: heavy tile roofs crack, grow moss, and put unnecessary weight on the structure, a real consideration in Canterbury's seismic environment. Long-run steel is a fraction of the weight and needs far less maintenance.
Galvanised corrugate to Colorsteel: plenty of older villas and farm houses still wear their original iron. We replace it with a matching heritage profile that keeps the character while performing like a modern roof.
Shingle and asphalt tile: imported shingle roofs often fail early in the New Zealand UV. The before/after photos on this page show a shingle-to-steel conversion we completed.