Roof Painting in the Redlands, Bayside and Brisbane

Your roof is one of the most visible parts of your home, and in South East Queensland it takes the full force of the sun, the humidity and the summer storms. When the coating on a roof fades, chalks or lets moss take hold, it stops protecting the tiles or sheeting underneath. Barton’s Painting and Decorating paints concrete tile, terracotta tile and Colorbond roofs across the Redlands, Bayside and the south side of Brisbane, and we paint the eaves, fascias and gutters so the whole roofline finishes in one colour scheme.

We are a family-owned business based in Mount Cotton, and our own team of qualified painters does the work on your roof.

Roof Painting Services for Tile and Colorbond Roofs

Concrete and Terracotta Tile Roof Painting

Concrete and terracotta tile roofs are the roofs we paint most often. The two tiles have different surfaces and absorb paint differently, so we choose a primer and topcoat to suit the tile on your roof. After a full clean and primer, we apply specialist tile roof coatings that bring back the colour and protect the surface of the tile.

Colorbond and Metal Roof Painting

Yes, we paint Colorbond and other metal roofs. Metal sheeting needs different preparation and coatings to a tile roof, and on Bayside homes the salt also has to be washed off the roof before painting. Our metal and Colorbond roof painting page explains how we prepare and paint a metal roof, and our guide to painting a metal roof in the Redlands covers Colorbond, zincalume and older galvanised iron in more detail.

Eaves, Fascias and Gutter Painting

Eaves and soffits are often the first place paint starts to peel or stain, and they are easy to see from the street and from your outdoor areas. We can paint the eaves, fascias, barge boards and gutters while we are set up for the roof, or paint them on their own if the roof itself is still in good condition. Painting them in the same visit gives the house a clean, consistent finish from the roofline down.

Signs Your Roof Is Due for a Repaint

These are the signs we look for when we assess a roof for painting:

• The colour has faded, and the sun side looks lighter than the shaded side
• The surface leaves a chalky powder on your hand when you touch it
• Moss, lichen or dark staining is growing on the tiles
• The old coating is flaking, peeling or showing bare patches
• A Colorbond roof has heavy fading, chalking or spots of surface rust

Moss and lichen hold moisture against the tile, so the longer they stay, the faster the surface breaks down. If you are not sure whether your roof needs painting yet, we can look at it when we come out to quote.

How We Prepare and Paint a Tile Roof

Roof paint only lasts as long as the preparation underneath it. Painting over a dirty or mouldy surface is one of the most common reasons roof paint fails within a few years, so every roof we paint goes through the same steps:

• A full high-pressure wash of the whole roof to remove dirt, mould, moss, lichen, chalking and loose coating
• Treatment for moss, lichen and mould so it does not grow back under the new coating
• Drying time before any primer goes on
• A primer matched to the tile or sheeting
• Two topcoats of a quality roof coating suited to Queensland conditions
• A full clean-up of the site at the end

The pressure wash and drying time add to the length of the visit, but they make a big difference to how long the finished roof lasts.

When a Roof Is Ready for Painting

Painting suits a roof that is structurally sound but weathered, faded or stained. We are painters, not roofers, so roof repairs are not part of our service. If the roof needs repairs before it can be painted, a roofer will need to finish that work before we start, and we will point out anything we notice at the quote. On a metal roof where the sheets are badly corroded, leaking or failing, replacing the roof can make more sense than painting it, and we will explain what we find so you can decide before anything is booked in.