24/7 Emergency Roofing Christchurch

If water is getting into your home, if long-run sheets have lifted or blown off, or if a nor'wester has damaged flashings and rain is due, call now. Buckets and towels buy minutes, not a dry house.

You do not need photos or a perfect description before you ring. Tell us your suburb, what you are seeing, and whether water is still coming in. We advise immediate steps and a realistic arrival time.

Active dripping during or straight after rain is the obvious one. Water marks on the gib, bubbling paint, or a musty smell in the ceiling space often mean moisture has been tracking for a while and has finally broken through.

Leaks that only show up in a nor'wester point to wind-driven rain getting in at a flashing or sheet lap. Slow drips on cold clear mornings can be condensation, but if it stops when the weather clears, you are usually dealing with a roof fault, not fog on a window.

Put buckets under active drips and move furniture or electronics out of the way. If water is near light fittings or power points, turn off the affected circuit at the board if you can do so safely.

Do not climb on the roof yourself, especially in wind or wet conditions. Photos from inside showing the stain location help us, but calling first matters more than getting the perfect picture.

The aim of the call-out is to stop water getting into the building. If we can complete a permanent repair while we are there, we do that. If the weather or the fault means a lasting repair has to wait, we still stop the water before we leave, even when the cover is short-term.

Water rarely drips where it enters. It runs along purlins and underlay before it finds a hole in the ceiling. We find the actual fault, not just the stain on the gib below.

The first job on storm damage is stopping the weather getting in. That might mean securing loose sheets, temporary cover over an opening, or tying down iron before the next front arrives. We have worked late into the evening many times when customers needed the roof covered before heavy rain.

Once the building is dry and the weather allows, we return for permanent repair. That includes replacing failed flashings, re-screwing lifted fixings, or quoting a full re-roof if the steel is past patching.

These are real jobs from the last year, all documented in our Google reviews. They show what an emergency call-out actually looks like when you ring us.

We quote the correct fee on the phone before we dispatch, so you can approve it before we leave.

The aim of an emergency call-out is to stop water getting into the building. If we can complete a permanent repair on that visit, we do. If the weather or the fault means a lasting repair has to wait, we still stop the water before we leave, even when the cover is short-term.

If further permanent work is still required after the call-out and you accept our quote for that work, we credit the call-out fee off your final invoice.

Daily emergency runs cover Christchurch suburbs and Selwyn towns including Rolleston, Lincoln, and Prebbleton. Larger regional properties are quoted case by case.

For non-urgent quotes, re-roofs, and new builds, use the enquiry form on our contact page. Keep this number for when the roof cannot wait.