We climb it before we price it
Tinkloof has repaired, waterproofed, cleaned and replaced Helderberg roofs since 2007. Every quote starts with a site visit and a photographed report, so you can see exactly what you are paying for.
Nine jobs, one supervised crew
Pick the one that sounds like your problem. If it turns out to be two of them, the same foreman handles both and they go on one quote.
Not sure which one you need? That is what the free site visit is for.
All services in detailWhat tired looks like, and what finished looks like
Drag the divider, or just keep scrolling and it moves for you. Most roofs we are called to look like the left. They are meant to end up looking like the right.
Weathered concrete tile. Cleaned, re-bedded where it had slipped, then sealed and coated.
Why our quote takes a day longer
Most roofing quotes are guessed from the driveway. Ours is not. We climb it, photograph it, and write down what we found before we write down a price.
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The call
You tell us the address
Phone the office on 021 853 417 or send the address and what you are seeing. There is no charge for the visit and no obligation after it.
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On the day
We get onto the roof
Every accessible area is walked and inspected, harnessed and anchored. Where access is genuinely unsafe we survey from a platform rather than guess from the ground.
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In the quote
Photographs, not adjectives
The quote arrives within 48 hours as a written report with a picture of each defect, so you can see the cracked valley or the lifted ridging yourself and decide what to approve.
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Every day on site
A foreman on every job
One named foreman runs the job start to finish, so you are never explaining yesterday to a stranger. His number is on the quote, and he answers it.
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Last hour
We clean up and walk it with you
Site left clean, offcuts and old covering removed and the finished work checked with you before the team leaves.
Roofs that cannot leak.
Homeowners are half our diary. The other half is the buildings where a leak stops something more expensive than a carpet.
- Body corporates One leak is forty owners' problem and a special levy nobody voted for.
- Retirement estates Occupied rooms, residents who cannot move out for a week and no tolerance for noise or mess.
- Wine cellars & packhouses There is product under that roof. A December leak costs more than the roof did.
- Schools Six usable weeks a year to do the work in, and the holidays do not move for anyone.
- Guesthouses Every extra day of scaffolding is a room that cannot be sold.
- Light industrial Long spans, tired sheeting and a floor full of stock that cannot get wet.
We plan these jobs around the building rather than our diary: school roofs in the holidays, packhouses once the fruit has gone out and guesthouses in the quiet weeks before the season.
Roofs we have finished
Clean & coat
Somerset West
Sectional title block, full roof clean and recoat
Tile
Strand
Slipped tile re-bedding and ridge re-pointing
Chimney
Gordon's Bay
Chimney apron and flashing rebuild
Waterproofing
Firgrove
Flat deck torch-on membrane and parapets
Slate
Stellenbosch
Slate replacement and matching, then seal
Guesthouse
Sir Lowry's Pass
Full re-cover after storm damage
Industrial
Macassar
Packhouse roof strip and sheet replacement
Estate
Kuils River
32 units, gutters rehung and roofs recoated
What the Helderberg says afterwards
Two other roofers quoted off a photo on my phone. Tinkloof got on the roof, spent an hour up there and sent back pictures of a valley I did not know existed. The leak was nowhere near where the damp patch was.
The August southeaster lifted a whole run of ridge capping. Their foreman photographed every loose cap before he priced it, and the invoice matched the quote to the rand.
We are a body corporate of 32 units and had been patching the same roofs for years. Their condition report finally gave the trustees something to budget against.
Die vallei en die geute is in twee dae reggemaak en die erf was elke middag skoon. Die voorman het foto's gestuur. Ek het nie een keer self op die dak hoef te klim nie.
Bought a house with a roof I could not read. Their inspection report knocked enough off the offer to pay for the repairs twice over.
Afrikaans en Engels, ons help met albei. Ask us for a reference in your own street, we would rather you phoned someone whose roof you can stand under and look at.
Trained for heights, insured for the fall
Roofing is the trade where cutting corners hurts someone. Safety training is not paperwork here, it is the reason the same crew comes back every year.
- Working-at-heights certification for every member of the roof crew
- Harnesses and anchor points on every pitched job, not just the steep ones
- Public liability cover, and the certificate goes out with the quote
- Walk boards on fibre cement and older sheeting, every time
- A first-aider and a full kit with every crew, every day
What we work in
Coverings
- Concrete tile
- Clay tile
- Natural slate
- Fibre cement slate
Sheeting
- IBR
- Corrugated
- Standing seam
- Polycarbonate sheets
Waterproofing
- Torch-on membrane
- Liquid rubber
- Bituminous coatings
- Box gutter linings
Rainwater
- Roll-formed aluminium gutter
- PVC gutter & downpipe
- Galvanised gutter
- Leaf guards
Trim & finishing
- Timber fascia & barge
- Ridge & hip capping
- Flashings & aprons
- Valley linings
Before you call
The eight things people ask us most. Still not sure? Phone the office on 021 853 417 and ask.
Do you charge for a quote?
No. The site visit, the inspection and the written report are free, and there is no obligation after you receive them.
How quickly can you come out to a leak?
Phone the office and we will book the soonest slot. In the Cape winter the diary fills fast, so the earlier in the season you call, the better. If water is coming in right now, say so when you phone and we will treat it differently.
Can you patch it, or does the whole roof need doing?
Usually a repair. A roof that is structurally sound and only failing at the joints does not need replacing, and the report will say so plainly. Where a re-cover genuinely is the cheaper answer over ten years, we will show you why in the photographs rather than just assert it.
Why does the leak show up nowhere near the damp patch?
Because water runs along battens, purlins and the underside of the covering before it drops. Tracing it is most of the skill, and it is the reason we will not quote off a photograph of your ceiling.
Do you do domestic work or only commercial?
Both. About half the diary is houses and the rest is body corporates, packhouses, schools and guesthouses. The quote works the same way for all of them: a visit, photographs and a written report.
Which areas do you cover?
The Helderberg first, where we are based, then out through the Winelands and the eastern side of the metro. For larger contracts we travel further.
Somerset West, Strand, Gordon's Bay, Firgrove, Sir Lowry's Pass, Stellenbosch, Kuils River, Blue Downs, Macassar and Grabouw.
Will you fix the ceiling the leak damaged?
We close the roof first, then bring in the ceiling and cornice work as a second line on the same quote, so you are not chasing another contractor after we leave.
Who is actually on site?
One named foreman runs your job from the first day to the last, with the same crew under him. You get his number, and he phones you at the end of each day with what was done.
Book the site visit
Tell us the address and what you are seeing. We will come out, get on the roof and send you the photographed report within 48 hours. Free, and with no obligation.
- Office021 853 417
- Quotes & site visits083 271 946
- Emailoffice@tinkloof.edwebmedia.com
- Office hoursMon to Fri, 8am to 5pm
- YardUnit 12, Tinkloof Yard, Firgrove, Somerset West
Where our vans go
Somerset West, Strand, Gordon's Bay, Firgrove, Sir Lowry's Pass, Stellenbosch, Kuils River, Blue Downs, Macassar, Grabouw, Eerste River and Croydon. Further afield for contract work, just ask.