Tile Roof Replacement Melbourne
Tile roof replacement across Melbourne.
When a tile roof is past repairing, a full replacement renews it from the battens up. We strip the old roof, re-sark what is underneath, and lay a quality new concrete or terracotta tile roof, bedded, pointed, flashed and left watertight.
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A full terracotta tile re-roof, start to finish.
Follow a complete tile roof replacement on a Sunshine home, from stripping the old roof back to the battens through to the final ridge cap. One of our own projects, filmed start to finish.
- Old roof stripped and the structure checked and made sound
- Fresh sarking laid and a new terracotta tile roof installed
- Ridge capping bedded, pointed and the roof left watertight
Tile Roof Replacement in Melbourne
A complete new tile roof, laid the right way.
When replacement beats another repair
There comes a point where a tile roof is simply past patching. Cracking right across the faces rather than the odd tile, brittle tiles that break the moment they are walked on, concrete tiles fretting and shedding their surface, or a roof that finds a new leak every winter despite past repairs. We will repair a roof for as long as repair makes honest sense, and tell you plainly when a full replacement is the better spend.
Concrete or terracotta: your choice
Melbourne is a city of tiled homes, and a new tile roof keeps that character. We re-roof in quality concrete or terracotta tiles. Terracotta suits period and heritage homes and holds its colour for decades; concrete is hard-wearing and cost-effective and comes in a wide range of profiles and colours. We help you choose what suits the house, the street and the budget.
What a full replacement includes
We strip the old tiles to the battens and dispose of them, check the battens and replace or re-space them where the new tiles need it, lay fresh sarking across the whole roof, then lay the new tiles, re-bed the ridge and hip capping on fresh mortar and re-point it with flexible pointing, and renew the valleys and flashings. Most jobs include new gutters and downpipes at the same time so the whole water path is renewed together. A roof is a system, and we replace it as one.
Why fresh sarking matters
The sarking, the membrane under the tiles, is the roof’s second line of defence against wind-driven rain and condensation. On older roofs it is often torn, brittle or was never fitted at all. A replacement is the one chance to lay fresh sarking across the entire roof while it is open, and it is exactly the step a suspiciously cheap quote leaves out.
Matching heritage tiles and rooflines
On a period home the roof is part of the architecture, so the match matters. We match the tile profile and colour as closely as the current range allows, including for older terracotta, and detail the ridges, hips and valleys so the finished roof looks right from the street: not just watertight, but in keeping with the home.
What to expect during the job
A typical house takes several days, weather permitting. We never leave a roof open overnight, stripping and re-laying in stages so the house stays protected. The site gets a proper clean-up, including magnet sweeps for nails and clips, because we know dogs, kids and car tyres live down there.
Tile, or convert to Colorbond?
A re-roof is also the moment to decide whether to stay in tile or switch to lightweight Colorbond steel. If you love the look of a tiled roof, a new tile roof keeps the character of the home. If you would prefer a lighter, more contemporary roof, and to take real load off an ageing frame, ask us about a tile-to-Colorbond conversion. We will price both honestly.
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