Asbestos Roof Replacement in Lower Hutt

Some older Lower Hutt homes and garages still have fibre-cement roofing. If yours might, we arrange testing before anyone cuts, drills or water-blasts it.

Asbestos Roof Replacement on Lower Hutt roofs

Many Lower Hutt homes are on their first or second roof, and a lot of that iron is now due. When we re-roof here we check the distance to the harbour before choosing the coating, because a house in Eastbourne and one in Taita should not get the same specification.

Some homes built before about 1960 have corrugated asbestos-cement roofing, sometimes hidden under a later roof. It is generally stable when left alone, but it must not be cut, drilled, broken or water-blasted.

That split matters on a roof. A valley home in Naenae or Taita usually needs fixings, flashings and coatings that will cope with age and rain. A bayside home in Eastbourne needs materials chosen for salt as well.

BRANZ flags that houses built before about 1960 can have roofing containing asbestos cement. (BRANZ, Replacing a profiled metal roof)

What to look for

• The house was built before about 1960
• The roof is grey corrugated fibre-cement sheeting
• There is an older roof under the current one

Every job follows the same steps: we look at the roof, photograph what we find, send a written quote, then send photos of the finished work. More about asbestos Roof Replacement.

Where we work in Lower Hutt

Petone, Alicetown, Eastbourne, Days Bay, Wainuiomata, Naenae, Taita, Stokes Valley, Waterloo, Epuni, Belmont and Woburn. See everything we do in Lower Hutt.