By brad | Published:
October 10, 2011
157 George St, Erskineville. Completed July 2011.
By brad | Published:
November 6, 2010
At Proof Roofing we provide a quality roof repair service and guarantee to fix your roof without the need to replace it. Most repairs can be avoided if the original installation is done by a professional. Roofing companies will often recommend the costly exercise of replacing your roof, when all you need is the existing work rectified by a professional licenced roof plumber. It all comes down to using quality tradesmen with years of knowledge and experience and thats what we provide at Proof Roofing.
Dont be fooled into thinking a new roof is what you need, especially when this is not the case. With over 15 years of experience and 100% success rate, Proof Roofing has you covered, literally!
Call us now on 1300 07 05 07
By brad | Published:
December 24, 2009
This is our latest polycarbonate awning, completely with custom made wall brackets without post supports. Made from custom steel powder coated brackets and Multi-wall (Laserlite) polycarbonate roofing and aluminium trims, Its appearance is extremely modern and clean and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who needs an awning that wraps around a veranda or by-fold doors without support posts. This style of roof awning isn’t available in any products I’ve seen to date and Proof Roofing is now proud to offer this to its customers.
So what are you waiting for? Improve the look of you home and get some shade from the UV’s this summer! Call now for a free measure and quote.
By brad | Published:
August 12, 2009
Ok, since I had a positive response to my last post, I though I’d post some other valuable information on metal roof repairs and general metal roofing tips.
- Make sure when sealing your roof flashing that you under seal all joins! This is sometimes over looked and I’m telling you its guaranteed to leak.
- Rivet all joint around 40mm apart and when joining box gutters create another rivet line back about 5omm like a zig zag.
- Over seal rivets. Remember that rivets are not waterproof!
- When lapping under apron or barge capping or joining any roof flashing, make sure water is running over the join, not into the join.
- Condensation is sometimes a cause of dampness in your roof space, especially if you don’t have insulation.
- When installing apron capping along a parapet wall (very common in inner city Sydney), make sure you under seal between back of apron and wall, create a fold back of 10mm on top of roof flashing and then seal with Sika-flex pro and something similar. This sealant is very flexible and wont completely cure, so it works especially well on walls which will crack and move over time.
If you have any questions about this post let me know, I’m here to help.
Regards, Brad
By brad | Published:
August 10, 2009
Roller door covers and hoods
After designing and installing my first hood/ cover for a roller door in Erskineville, inner west of Sydney. I did some research and found that no one offers this service. So I started.
Do you live in the City? Do you have a back lane with a roller door and can’t find a roller door cover or hood? Well, we’ve had alot of experience folding custom colorbond sheet metal flashing etc, so we’ve started designing and installing custom made roller door hoods and covers. Custom made roller door hoods with re-enforced heaving steel brackets to span and support colorbond hood or cover. They come in the full range of colorbond colours and are priced on a per job basis.
Let Proof Roofing design you roller door hood/ cover and keep you roller door safe and sound and out of the weather.
By brad | Published:
June 5, 2009
Stop Roofing Leaks
Following these steps can temporarily stop water entering building or home.
1. Decipher where leak is coming from? for eg.. if you have parapet walls around your home or business premises check the apron flashings attached to inside walls and make sure these are sealed correctly. This is a common problem with pores walls and in most cases the best most fool proof solution is to cap the entire wall.
Look for cracks in previous sealed areas, Holes in flashings, laps on sheets, laps on flashings, rust holes, corroded areas etc..
2. If its too wet to do anything and your place is being flooded then get a tarp and cover the area to the ridge holding it down with sand bags is sufficient. Be carefull and if you cannot do this your self then call the SES or a friend…
3. If the leaks not too bad then wait until its dry then seal area with roof and gutter silicon remembering to dry the areas first with a rag. Don’t use wet weather silicon - its a waste of time!
4. Call a roofing contractor and we’ll solve the problem long term. Most roofers will give you a guarantee on there work so its good to ask this when getting a quote.