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01 · Shape
Raindrops aren't teardrops.
Small ones are perfect spheres. Bigger ones flatten into a bun, and above about 5 mm they tear apart.
02 · Speed
About 30 km/h, never faster.
Air holds even the biggest drop back to that top speed, however high it falls from.
03 · Age
Older than the Sun.
Some of the water in this drop formed in interstellar ice, before our star was born.
04 · Journey
Nine days in the sky.
That's about how long water stays in the air between rising as vapour and coming back down.
05 · Patience
One drop a second. 11,000 litres a year.
That's from a single steady drip. Water doesn't need to hurry.
Water always finds a way in.
It doesn't knock. It waits for a lifted tile, a tired seal or a gap at the flashing. Then it soaks the insulation and rots the timber, and the first sign you see is a stain. A roof is the one thing standing between your home and every drop the sky has to give.
It wasn't raining in here.
This drop came through the roof.
Find it before it finds you.
Most leaks start years before anyone sees a drop. We inspect the whole roof: tiles, flashing, valleys, gutters and the underside of the deck. You get photos of what we find, so you see what we see.
Leak repair
We trace the water back to where it actually gets in, which is rarely right above the stain, and fix it at the source.
Re-roofing and replacement
When patching stops making sense, we strip back to the deck and rebuild it properly, with full underlay, new flashing and clean edges.
Gutters and drainage
A roof is only as good as where its water goes. We clear, repair and refit the gutters and downpipes that keep water moving away from your walls.
Emergency call-outs
Storm damage doesn't wait for office hours. We make it watertight first, then come back to fix it properly.
Small leaks don't stay small.
Mould can start within 48 hours of wet insulation. A drip ignored for a season can become a ceiling, a joist or a wall.