Roofer in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland

Blockhouse Bay was mostly built from the 1950s to the 1970s, with brick-and-tile and weatherboard homes and some earlier bungalows near the village.

Concrete tile roofs dominate, and at this age they usually need ridge re-bedding, moss treatment and a repaint. Garages and carports from the period sometimes have corrugated asbestos-cement roofing.

Streets that run down to the Manukau Harbour catch the prevailing south-westerly, so we check ridge fixings and loose tiles closely after storms.