Airport West's 1960s brick veneers have been sitting on open ground near the freeways for six decades, and many roofs now need work. From our Cairnlea base nearby, we fix cracked tiles and worn pointing, refresh faded colour and give you honest repair-or-restore advice.
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Airport West grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, when rows of brick-veneer homes went up between the Tullamarine Freeway and what is now Essendon Fields. Many of those houses are still there, from the streets around Westfield Airport West to the quieter pockets near McNamara Avenue, and a lot of them are still carrying the tiles they were built with.
A sixty-year-old roof does not always need replacing, but it usually needs something. If you are seeing ceiling stains, cracked tiles or pointing coming away from the ridges, our Cairnlea base is close by, so we can get out quickly for a proper look. Up on the tiles, every fault gets photographed, and down at ground level we explain the lot in everyday words. You will then hear, without spin, if some repairs will carry the roof forward, or if a full restoration makes more sense at this point in your roof’s life.
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Airport West sits on flat, open ground with the Tullamarine and Calder Freeways and the Western Ring Road all close by, and Essendon Fields next door. That openness lets strong northerly and westerly winds hit roofs without much to soften them. Decades of that pushing and pulling have cracked the ridge pointing on many homes, loosened the bedding and left caps that rock in a gust.
Traffic and aircraft activity also put a fine film of grime into the air. It settles on tiles, dulls their colour and builds up in valleys and gutters, slowing drainage and giving lichen something to grow on.
Then there is simple age. Concrete tiles from the 1960s lost their original surface long ago and now soak up water. Galvanised valleys from the same era have often rusted thin. Combine the two and you get the leak we trace most often in Airport West: a slow drip in a hallway that only shows up in heavy, wind-driven rain.
Most of the repair work we carry out in Airport West falls into a few categories:
You cannot judge a sixty-year-old roof from the nature strip, so up the ladder we go. We check the tiles on every face, test each ridge cap, look into valleys for rust and grit, examine flashings, and assess the gutters and downpipes. Everything that needs work is photographed. We then walk you through the photos in plain English and send an itemised quote in writing. You are under no obligation, and the inspection costs nothing.
Repairs are perfect for isolated problems. If pointing is failing along nearly every ridge, the tiles have turned pale and porous and leaks keep cropping up, restoring the roof in one go beats paying for repeat visits.
Restoring an Airport West roof starts with a hard wash that strips off freeway film, Essendon Fields dust and lichen. Split tiles make way for sound ones, the old mortar on each ridge and hip is chipped away and rebuilt with new bedding and flexible pointing, and rusty valleys and tired flashings are dealt with. When it is all sound, three coats go on: sealer, primer and a tough membrane colour of your choosing. That smooth new surface sheds grime and rain more readily, and it gives a 1960s brick veneer a much sharper face to the street.
Against the price of a full replacement, it is a modest spend. Read more about roof restoration in Airport West.
Ultra Finish is owner-run, and the owner climbs every Airport West roof we take on. Twenty-five-plus years of roofing has made him a stickler for doing ridges and valleys right the first time, so you are not calling us back next winter.
The licence and insurance are current, and every job is quality-assured. We sheet over front gardens and shield driveways from wash water, keep ladders clear of fences and cars, and sweep up before we leave. Quotes come in writing, broken into items, with no extras the roof does not require.
Cairnlea is just a few freeway exits from Airport West, so getting out to you is easy. Ring 0421 990 207 to arrange a free quote and roof inspection.
First, we will begin with a professional roof inspection. This will help us assess your needs for roof restoration and / and repair in Albion. And also we will confirm all the conditions of all the processes and the services accordingly.
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