Roof painting, with the surface cleaned, repaired and dry before any coating.
RCC terraces, metal sheet roofs and tiled roofs cleaned back, repaired at cracks, laps and fasteners, then coated, with the work planned around Bengaluru's rain so nothing goes on to a surface that's still wet.
- Free site inspection
- Written, itemised quote
- 1-year workmanship warranty
- Same-day callback
At a glance
What does roof painting involve?
A protective recoat of the roof surface, whether that's an RCC terrace, profiled metal sheeting or clay tiles. Most of the work happens before the coating: washing off algae and chalked old paint, filling cracks, treating rust at fasteners and laps, and priming to suit the substrate. It protects a sound roof. It doesn't waterproof a leaking one.
When this is the answer, and when it is not.
Sending you to the wrong service wastes your money and our time. This is how to tell.
This is likely right if
- The roof is watertight but the old coating has chalked, faded or gone green with algae
- A metal sheet roof shows surface rust at fasteners, laps and cut edges while the sheets themselves are still sound
- A new RCC terrace has cured and you want it protected before the first monsoon it sees
- A tiled roof has been cleared of moss and any slipped or broken tiles reset, and you want the surface finished
Something else comes first if
- There's damp on the ceiling below, the leak has to be traced and the roof waterproofed first, and painting comes after that
- The weathering course or screed sounds hollow underfoot or is cracked right through, which is a re-laying job before it is a coating job
- Concrete is spalling with reinforcement showing, or old cement sheeting has gone brittle, that needs a structural or replacement decision, not a coat of paint
What the service includes.
Roof survey and moisture check
We walk the roof for cracks, hollow screed, ponding marks, chalked coatings and rust at fixings, and check the surface is actually dry enough to coat rather than assuming it.
Access and edge protection
Ladders and crawl boards spanning the purlins where the covering won't take a person's weight, and a cordoned area below the parapet so nothing dropped from the roof lands on anyone.
Cleaning and growth removal
Algae, moss, lichen and dust scrubbed and washed off, and chalked old coating taken back until only bonded material remains. Water pressure matched to the substrate, weak screed and old clay tiles won't take a hard jet.
Cracks, laps and fasteners
Cracks opened and filled, the parapet-to-slab junction treated as a joint that moves, loose fastener washers replaced, and rust at sheet laps and cut edges taken back to sound metal before priming.
Primer and finish coats
Primer chosen for what it is going on to, cement screed, galvanised sheet and clay tile each need a different one, then the agreed coats applied, with the coat count stated in your quotation.
Outlets cleared and handover
Rainwater outlets and the fall towards them checked and cleared of our debris, then a walkthrough with you and a written record of what was applied to which area.
Not included, or quoted separately
- Waterproofing systems, membranes, brickbat coba and a re-laid weathering course are separate work, quoted separately
- Structural repair: spalling concrete, exposed reinforcement, or anything needing a structural engineer's opinion
- Supply and replacement of roof sheets, clay tiles, ridge pieces, gutters and downpipes beyond the fasteners and sealant agreed at survey
- Removal or disturbance of damaged asbestos cement sheeting
- Moving water tanks, solar frames, dish mounts, AC units or cable runs, and the roof surface hidden beneath them
The sequence.
Get on the roof and survey it
We check the substrate, its moisture, the drainage falls and the condition of every junction, lap and fixing. The specification is built from this, not from a description over the phone.
Agree access and safety
How we reach the roof, what we stand on where the covering is fragile, and what's kept clear below. Where the building or association needs permission for terrace work, we tell you what to arrange.
Clean and strip back
Growth removed, chalked coating scrubbed off, loose material cleared. Paint bonds to whatever is under it, if that layer is powdery or still growing, the new coat lifts away with it.
Repair and prime
Cracks, moving joints, sheet laps, fastener holes and rust dealt with, then primer suited to the substrate while the surface is still clean.
Coat within a dry window
Applied in sections we can finish before the weather turns, off the hottest part of the day on metal and dark surfaces, and never on to a surface still holding dew or wash water.
Check drainage and hand back
Outlets cleared, the roof walked with you, touch-ups completed, and the coating system recorded in writing for whoever maintains the building next.
What moves the price on this job.
We do not publish a rate, because it would change once someone measured your property. These are the variables that decide it.
- Measured roof area, including parapet inner faces and coping returns, not the building's floor plate
- The substrate, RCC screed, profiled metal sheeting, clay tile and cement sheet each need different preparation and different products
- How much cleaning and growth removal the surface needs, which is the largest variable after area
- Extent of rust, loose fixings, cracked screed and open joints found at the survey
- How the roof is reached and worked on, internal staircase, external ladder, or fragile covering needing crawl boards
- Obstructions on the roof: tanks, solar frames, ducts, antennas and cable runs all add cutting-in and slow the work
Roof Painting and Repainting — your questions.
Will painting the roof stop water coming into the room below?
No. A coating is a thin film on the top surface; it doesn't close a live leak path through the slab, a failed parapet junction or a blocked outlet. Water finds the weakness under it and pushes the coating off from behind. If there's damp on the ceiling below, the leak is traced and the roof waterproofed first, and painting follows that.
Can you paint over the old cement paint on our terrace?
Only if it is still bonded. Cement paint chalks in the sun, rub it and a powdery layer comes off on your hand. Anything coated over that chalk peels away with it. We test by rubbing and by tape at the survey. If it chalks, the loose layer is washed and scrubbed off and the exposed screed primed before recoating.
How do you work around the rain?
We watch the forecast and work in sections we can clean, prime and coat inside one dry window, rather than opening up the whole roof at once. A shower on a coat that hasn't set can wash it off or leave it patchy. Roof work therefore stops for weather more often than interior work does, and we tell you each time it has.
Is it safe to walk on our Mangalore tile or cement sheet roof?
Not directly. Clay tiles crack under point loads and old cement sheeting can give way without warning, so we work off crawl boards and ladders spanning the purlins rather than standing on the covering itself. Where sheeting is already brittle or broken we say so and stop, a coating on a sheet that can't carry weight is not worth the risk of applying it.
Do the water tank and solar panels need to be moved?
No, we work around them and mask them. But the surface under a tank plinth or a panel frame can't be cleaned or coated properly while it sits there, and we'll show you those areas at the survey. Cable runs, dish mounts and AC units are the same. If you want them covered, moving the equipment is arranged by you, separately.
Related services
- Roof WaterproofingIf water is already getting in, this is the work that has to happen before any coating.
- Heat-Reflective Roof CoatingThe reflective option for a terrace, and an honest account of what it does.
- Anti-Rust Treatment and Metal CoatingFor sheet roofs, trusses and fixings where rust has taken hold rather than just started.
Let us look at your walls first.
Tell us about the property and we will set up a free colour and wall inspection. You get a written, itemised quotation afterwards, with no obligation to go ahead.
- We call you back the same day to get a picture of the property and the surfaces.
- We agree a time and come out for the free inspection.
- You get the written scope and itemised quotation.
- Nothing starts until you approve it.