Is roof painting or restoration worth it, or is it a scam?

Restoration covers a wide range, from a thorough programme of repairs to a coat of paint over a roof that needed replacing. The word alone tells you nothing, which is why the scope on the quote matters more than the price.

What a genuine restoration includes

• Replacing cracked and broken tiles, individually, with matching tiles.
• Removing and repointing ridge capping with a flexible pointing compound, not simply painting over the old mortar.
• Repairing or replacing valleys and flashings where they have failed.
• Cleaning, then a primer or sealer appropriate to the substrate, then the coating.
• Clearing gutters and downpipes of the debris the process creates.

What it does not do

• Fix a roof whose tiles have delaminated or lost their structure. Coating a failing tile makes it a coated failing tile.
• Extend the life of corroded metal roofing in any meaningful way.
• Address a leak whose cause is pitch, structure or sarking.
• Replace the sarking, which cannot be done without lifting the roof.

On door knocking

Unsolicited roof and driveway offers are a persistent Australian problem, particularly after storms and particularly directed at older homeowners. An agreement made this way generally carries a cooling-off period under Australian Consumer Law, and there are limits on taking payment during it. Nobody legitimate needs a decision today.