Supplying and fixing popular roofing products
Garden City Roofing is run by a husband and wife partnership, Kevin and Prue Long. The firm was formerly Roofing North Canterbury, but the name was changed about four years ago because most of the roofing work was being done in Christchurch.
“We still live in North Canterbury and are well known there,” Prue Long says. "But we spend a lot of time in Christchurch and we do not charge travelling expenses to customers within the Christchurch metropolitan area.”
Kevin Long has been involved in roofing for more than 20 years and is well-known for his work with Gerard tiles. Garden City roofing supplies and fixes a number of the popular roofing products including Gerard Tiles, Butyclad and Sherwood Shingles. The firm has a team of skilled tradespeople to do all the fixing work.
Gerard Tiles have been very popular with reroofing projects in recent years. A feature is the coloured stone chip material fixed with acrylic adhesive to the base steel. The chips eliminated the need for roof painting as well as providing protection for the steel.
Butyclad is a specialised rubber material manufactured in sheets by Skellerup. Available in a range of colours, it is suitable for a variety of projects where a surface needs to be covered.
Butyclad is ideal for sealing and waterproofing swimming pools, internal guttering, balconies or just flat roof sections and flashings. Sherwood Shingles, manufactured especially for Garden City Roofing, offer a different style roofing material featuring clean smooth lines.
Using two proven products, galvanised steel and Butyclad rubber,
Sherwood Shingles are a good imitation of the original Welsh slates. They are also about half the price of some competing imitation shingles. Butyclad rubber is pressed into the steel and the combination is similar in thickness to Welsh slates. Unlike slates, however, Sherwood Shingles are supplied in six-metre sheets.
Base colours are mist green, charcoal and grey. One of the first large buildings to be roofed with Sherwood Shingles was Telecom in Rangiora. Sherwood Shingles are frequently being used on architectually designed houses.
“The shingles give a traditional look to some buildings, but they are also compatible with modern designs,” Pru Long says.
Sherwood Shingles, and other roofing products, are displayed at the annual Home Show, usually held early in August.
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