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.
Rubber roof coatings, Durbanville, the Northern Suburbs and greater Cape Town
Rubber roof paint: what it does, what it costs, and when it will not hold.
Thousands of South Africans search for rubber roof paint every month, almost all of them because something is leaking. Here is the honest version: what is in the tin, what a drum covers, what it costs, and the one question that tells you whether a paint will do or whether you need a membrane.
- 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
The hardware shelf makes this look like one product category. It is two. On one side you have acrylic roof paints with rubberised or elastomeric on the label. They are decent products: they refresh colour, they add a little flex, they reflect some heat, and they cost very little per litre. On the other side you have liquid rubber membranes, which are a waterproofing system built up in coats to a measured thickness. Both say rubber on the front. Only one of them stops water, and the price difference per litre is exactly what people use to choose the wrong one. So the weekend goes like this. You buy the cheap tin, you roll one coat over a dusty roof because the label promises 8 m² a litre, the stain on the ceiling disappears for a summer, and the following June it comes back darker than before. The paint did not fail. It was never a waterproofing product, and nobody told you.
Our approach
We supply and apply Rubber Sealant® Liquid Rubber, which is the membrane end of that scale, and we tell you plainly when you do not need it. If your roof is sound and you want colour and a bit of heat reflection, a good roof paint is enough and we will say so. If it leaks, if the sheets are bolted, if there are laps, cracks, parapets or an old failed coating up there, a paint is not going to reach. The membrane goes on wet in three coats and cures into roughly 3mm of seamless rubber that has no joins anywhere, seals around every bolt head and pipe, and moves with the roof through a 30 degree temperature swing instead of cracking. Rubber Sealant® is R199 for 1 litre, R790 for 5 litres and R1,990 for a 20 litre drum. Bonding Liquid Super+ primer runs from R189 to R1,650, and Etch Primer Rust Supreme, the metal primer, from R195 to R2,390. Manufacturer's recommended retail prices including VAT, confirmed on enquiry.
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.
- Liquid rubber roof coating vs rubber roof paintWhy the tin on the hardware shelf is not a waterproofing membrane.
- 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.
- 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.
- Straight verdict first: paint, membrane, or repair the roof before either
- The correct primer named up front: Etch Primer Rust Supreme on all metal, Bonding Liquid Super+ on tile, slate, concrete, brick and old torch-on
- Coverage worked out for your actual surface at three coats, not at a best-case number
- Supply only from Durbanville, or supply and install, priced separately so you can compare
- Detail reinforcement at bolts, screws, laps, ridges, valleys and flashings
- Full three-coat Rubber Sealant® build, roughly 3mm cured
- Black plus fourteen standard colours at no extra cost
- Guarantee documentation at handover on installed work
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
Tell us the roof type and rough area, or send a photograph
- 2
We confirm the surface, the primer and the coverage at three coats
- 3
Written product list, or one fixed price for the whole roof
- 4
Collection arranged in Durbanville, or a site date booked
- 5
Roof cleaned, dried and made sound, then primed correctly
- 6
Detail work first: bolts, laps, cracks, upstands and penetrations
- 7
Three coats of Rubber Sealant®, each allowed to cure
- 8
Drainage check, 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 is not a repair. Rotten timber, perforated sheets, broken tiles and sagging purlins get fixed first, or we do not quote the coating.
- Liquid rubber is the only waterproofing system we apply. We do not install torch-on membranes and we do not do injection damp courses.
- Ponding water needs the fall or the drainage corrected. A membrane sitting under standing water is a maintenance item, not a solved problem.
- Prices shown are the manufacturer's recommended retail prices including VAT and can change without notice. We confirm price and availability when you enquire.
- The 13-year manufacturer product guarantee applies only where the manufacturer inspects, the system is specified correctly, the application is certified to thickness and the maintenance conditions are met. Individual products applied on their own carry a shorter product guarantee.
Not sure what your rubber roof paint 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
Rubber Roof Paint: 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 rubber roof paint.
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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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.
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