Common Types Of Asbestos Roofs In New Zealand
There are 4 main types of asbestos roofs – Decramastic Tile, Super Six (Residential), Super Six (Commercial) and Asbestos Shingle Roofs which present their own dangers & require different types of expertise to deal with them. Read below to find out more about these roofs!
Decramastic Tile Roofs
Decramastic Tiles are scallop-shaped metal tiles also known by other names such as pressed metal tiles, Decrabond, and ‘stone chip roofs’. Decramastic Tile roofs were manufactured and widely used in New Zealand during the 1970s and 1980s. Due to the presence of asbestos, Decramastic Tiles are no longer manufactured and have been replaced by other types of metal tiles. There are still many original Decramastic Tile roofs on properties in New Zealand but as they are particularly vulnerable to deterioration over time, and with new laws in NZ regarding asbestos, there has been a boom in the maintenance and replacement of these in recent years.
Decramastic tile roofs are best replaced with either new metal tile roofs or with a colorsteel longrun roof.
Super Six Roofing
Super Six and Super 8 roofs were once widely used in NZ to provide fire resistant, cost effective roofing for industrial, commercial and residential buildings. Super six was a very brittle roofing type when it was first released and after years of dealing with NZ weather it has become increasingly more so, meaning we 100% advise any person who has a super six roof to be cautious of breaking the sheets.
Super six can be easily replaced with colorsteel roofing as it follows the same general construction method.
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Asbestos Shingle Roofing
Asbestos Shingle Roofing or Fibre Cement Shingle Roofing was less commonly used in NZ than the other types of ACM roofing. They often resemble a slate tile roof and can be extremely fragile and hard to work on. Usually the best replacement roof type for a shingle roof would be to replace it with another new asphalt shingle roof.
