Roof restorations are a standard procedure house owners have to undertake every fifteen to twenty years to add strength also to plug existing holes and other forms of extensive damage. Top quality restoration work remains in place for some time and provides the best protection for your home. While painting or cleaning of the roof may be something that you undertake occasionally, full restorations requires, time, labour, and above all expertise. Here are some common forms of roof restoration Concrete tile restoration Step one in this type of roof restoration work is pressure cleaning of the entire surface to be restored. Next comes re-bedding and ridge cap removal. Additional reading is undertaken only once the need for it arises. Re-pointing of the ridge caps using flexible polymer based pointing mortar is followed by the use of a sealant along with a primer coat for the whole roof. After this, the contractors apply two acrylic coat layers containing the colours you select. Terracotta tile restoration For this type of restoration to work the initial step may be the application of an effective mould killer on the complete surface of the roof accompanied by thorough pressure cleaning. This gives the contractors a clean slate to work with. The next thing is removal of ridge caps and re-bedding if it is needed. All the ridge caps are then re-pointed using a flexible polymer based pointing mortar. After this comes the use of terracotta glazing with two coats on the complete roof surface, which completes this sort of roof restoration. Once done you can bet it'll last another twenty years. Other types of restoration Besides concrete and terracotta, which are, very popular roofing material people could also choose galvanized iron and colour bond. Restoration of these roofs starts with the removal of rust wherever present. That is done by grinding it using a rust convertor, which is quite potent. However if you can find damaged sheets on the top which are beyond repair or can't be remedied with anti rust treatment, it becomes necessary to replace them completely. Such roof restorations also involve removal of rusty or loose screws and nails. After these initial steps pressure cleaning of the entire area is done accompanied by an application of primer metal etch coating. Finally, application of two or more acrylic coat layers completes the procedure and allows homeowners to relax again for some years.
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