Exterior Painting
Double-storey home | full exterior repaint
A weather-worn double-storey exterior stripped back, prepared and repainted in a clean two-tone scheme.
Roof coatings, Durbanville, the Northern Suburbs and greater Cape Town
Rubber roof paint is a paint. Liquid rubber is a membrane.
They sit next to each other on the same shelf, at prices that look comparable, and they do completely different jobs. One puts colour and a thin skin on your roof. The other builds a 3mm seamless rubber sheet over it. Here is how to tell which one you are being sold.
- Based in Durbanville, working Durbanville, Aurora, Vierlanden, Eversdal, Welgemoed, Bellville, Brackenfell, Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Plattekloof, Sonstraal Heights, Panorama, Kenridge, Fisantekraal and surrounds
- WhatsApp us and we reply during office hours.
- Written scope, one fixed price for the job
Problem & approach
Where these projects go wrong, and how we handle them.
The usual problem
Search rubber roof paint and you will find a wall of tins. Most of them are acrylic roof paints with elastomeric or rubberised on the label. They are genuinely useful products for what they are: they refresh a tired tile roof, they add a bit of flex, they reflect some heat. What they are not is a waterproofing membrane, and the labelling rarely goes out of its way to explain the difference. So a homeowner with an actual leak buys a paint, applies one coat because the tin says a coat covers 8 m² a litre, and is genuinely puzzled when winter arrives and the ceiling stain comes back through. Then the trade gets blamed for a product that never claimed to do the job in the first place.
Our approach
A liquid rubber membrane is a different category of product. Rubber Sealant® Liquid Rubber is built up in three coats to roughly 3mm cured thickness, over a primed surface, and the finished result is one continuous flexible rubber skin with no joins anywhere. It bridges hairline cracks, seals around bolt heads and pipes, moves with a metal roof through a 30 degree temperature swing, and can be recoated in years to come without stripping anything. It also comes in fourteen standard colours besides black, so you are not paying twice to get a roof that both seals and looks right. If your roof is sound and you only want colour, say so and we will tell you a paint is enough. If it leaks, a paint was never going to fix it.
More on liquid rubber
Everything we know about liquid rubber, written down.
- Rubber Sealant® Liquid Rubber, Cape TownThe whole system in one place: what it is, coverage, primers, colours and guarantee terms.
- Buy liquid rubber in DurbanvilleAuthorised Rubber Sealant® reseller: drums, primers and collection by arrangement.
- Liquid rubber prices, per litre and per m²Every price published, with the coverage figures behind them.
- Liquid rubber vs torch-on waterproofingThe straight comparison, including where torch-on still wins.
- Rubber Sealant® coloursBlack plus fourteen standard colours, no top coat needed.
- Rubber roof paint, explained honestlyWhat is in the tin, what it costs, and when it will not hold.
- Waterproof roof paint pricesPer litre, per drum and per square metre installed.
- Rubber paint, surface by surfaceMetal, tile, slate, concrete, flat and asbestos each have their own rules.
- Liquid rubber in DurbanvilleCollect the drums locally, or hand us the roof.
- Rubber Sealant® suppliers, DurbanvilleThe full range, current prices, collection by arrangement.
- Where to buy liquid rubber in South AfricaThe three things to confirm before you pay for a drum.
What may be included
Scope you can actually read.
The exact line items on your quote depend on the site inspection. This is the shape of what a typical project of this type includes.
- Roof inspection and honest verdict: paint, membrane, or repair first
- Surface identified and the correct primer named: Etch Primer Rust Supreme on metal, Bonding Liquid Super+ on tile, slate, concrete and old torch-on
- Coverage calculated at three coats for your actual surface, not a best-case number
- Detail reinforcement at every bolt, screw, lap, ridge, valley and flashing
- Three-coat Rubber Sealant® build to roughly 3mm cured
- Colour chosen from black plus fourteen standard colours
- Optional heat-reflective cooling top coat over the cured membrane
- Guarantee documentation at handover
Products we work with
The Systems Behind the Work.
Approved applicator and authorised reseller of Rubber Sealant® Liquid Rubber.
Our preferred paint on most projects.
We are not a Plascon approved applicator. Plascon is simply the paint we choose to specify for its quality and track record, and we will recommend a different system where a project calls for it.
Our process
8 steps from enquiry to handover.
- 1
Enquiry with the roof type and rough area
- 2
Inspection: sheet or tile condition, fixings, drainage, existing coatings
- 3
Written scope and one fixed price for the whole roof
- 4
Clean, dry and repair anything that must be sound before coating
- 5
Prime the whole area with the correct primer
- 6
Reinforce the detail: bolts, laps, ridges, valleys, cracks, penetrations
- 7
Three coats of Rubber Sealant® across the full roof
- 8
Drainage check, final inspection, handover and guarantee documentation
Honest limits
What we will tell you up front.
A proper contractor should be honest about what a service can and cannot do. These are the things we will always flag.
- A coating does not fix structure. Sagging purlins, rotten timber, perforated sheets and broken tiles get repaired or replaced first, or we do not quote the coating.
- Liquid rubber is the only waterproofing system we apply. No torch-on, no injection damp courses.
- Ponding water needs the fall or the drainage sorted out. A membrane under standing water is a maintenance item, not a solved problem.
- Solar panels, geysers and antennas over the work area may need lifting by an appropriate installer at the owner's cost.
- Guarantee terms depend on manufacturer inspection, correct specification, certified thickness and maintenance conditions.
Not sure what your liquid rubber roof coating needs? Send us a photo.
Take one photo on your phone, send it on WhatsApp, and we will tell you what we are looking at. We are in Durbanville most weeks, so a site visit is easy to arrange.
WhatsApp a photoFAQ
Liquid Rubber Roof Coating: questions we hear
Budgeting
Want the numbers before you phone anyone?
We publish real Cape Town rates, including our own, and explain exactly what a cheaper quote leaves out.
Exterior Painting
Single-storey home | exterior and trim
Walls, fascias and trim brought back to a crisp finish, with cracks treated before any coating went on.
Roof Painting
Tiled roof | cleaned and coated
Tiles cleaned down, ridges checked and re-bedded where needed, then coated with a specified roof system.
Keep reading
The pages our Durbanville clients read before they phone us.
Start here
- Painters in DurbanvilleWhat we charge, how we scope it, and why the cheap quote was never cheaper.
- Asbestos roof: seal it or remove it?The honest cost comparison nobody publishes.
Durbanville, service by service
- Roof waterproofing in Durbanville
- Damp proofing in Durbanville
- Exterior painting in Durbanville
- Interior painting in Durbanville
- Asbestos roof encapsulation in Durbanville
- Complex and body corporate repaints in Durbanville
Where we work
- Painters & waterproofing in DurbanvilleWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in AuroraWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in VierlandenWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in EversdalWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in WelgemoedWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in BellvilleWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in BrackenfellWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in KraaifonteinWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in Kuils RiverWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in PlattekloofWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in Sonstraal HeightsWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in PanoramaWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in KenridgeWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in FisantekraalWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
Complexes, commercial & managed buildings
- Body corporate & complex repaintingA scope trustees can compare, phased block by block.
- Commercial & retail paintingShops and offices painted after hours, never closed.
- Warehouse & industrial coatingRusted metal roofs sealed, hot workshops cooled.
- For property managers & agentsWritten scopes, fixed prices, photographs for the file.
- Wine farm & estate paintingOld lime plaster, gables and cellars, handled properly.
Business parks & work at height
- Painting in Atlas GardensWarehouses and offices done around your trading hours.
- Painting in Durbanville HillsExposed, wind driven buildings need their own specification.
- Factory & industrial paintingWater first, then steel, then walls. In that order.
- Office park & multi-tenant repaintsFloor by floor, out of hours, nobody loses a day.
- Exterior crack & plaster repairWhy the crack came back, and how it is properly fixed.
- Working at heights paintingThe compliance to demand before anyone leaves the ground.
- Scaffolding & access paintingAccess is priced per erection. Plan around that and save.
- Painting tender checklistOne page, so three quotes describe the same job.
Specialist systems
- Rubber Sealant® Liquid RubberApproved applicator and reseller: prices, coverage, colours and guarantee terms.
- Buy liquid rubber in DurbanvilleThe same drums we use, collected by arrangement.
- Liquid rubber prices, per litre and per m²Every price published, with the coverage behind it.
- Asbestos roof encapsulationSeal the sheets in place instead of paying to strip them.
- Asbestos roof coating, Cape TownWhy a R60 coating lifts and a R285 system does not.
- Asbestos roof repairStop the leak without lifting a single sheet.
- Asbestos roof sealing costReal rates and three worked roofs, arithmetic shown.
- Asbestos roofing, Cape TownWhat you actually have up there, and what to do about it.
- How long an asbestos roof lastsThe real lifespan, and how sealing extends it.
- Waterproofing & damp proofingLiquid rubber on roofs, walls and rising damp.
Durbanville and surrounds
Get a fixed price for your liquid rubber roof coating.
Three ways to start, all of them quick. Send a WhatsApp, tap to call, or leave your details and we come back with a written scope and one fixed price for the whole job.
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Monday–Friday 08:00–17:00
What happens after you send it
We reply, ask the few questions that matter, then book a proper look at the property. You get a written scope, one fixed price for the whole job, and a straight answer on what we will not do.
One-year workmanship guarantee on qualifying Williams & Co work.
Takes about 20 seconds