A snapshot of Roof Repairs in Sydney – 2013 in review

2013 was a busy year for us, and we were doing lots of roof repairs and colorbond roof replacements.

“My guys are now on a well earned Christmas break and we are not due back until January 13th 2014. I will be in Adelaide and doing no roof work at all. So, if you will be submitting a roofing quote request during this Christmas holiday period, please be patient and I will get back to you mid January 2014.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.

2013 – the year in review doing roof repairs and colorbond roof replacements in Sydney’s west and south

We have had long dry period and also long wets. There was a period when it rained continuously for more than a week.

That meant lots of leaking roofs needing repairs and looking back over the jobs that we have done, the majority have been roof repairs due to a variety of reasons.

• Leaking skylights have been very common[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/leaking-skylights.jpg” alt=”People try all sorts of unsuccessful ways of dealing with leaking skylights”]People try all sorts of unsuccessful ways of dealing with leaking skylights[/su_photo_panel]In particular, leaking Velux skylights have been quite challenging.
• Rusty box gutters cause a lot of damage to the internals of the house when they decide to leak ..
  [su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rusty-box-gutter.jpg” alt=”Rusty box gutters means time for a change”]Rusty box gutters means time for a change[/su_photo_panel]It is quite common for the box gutters to give up well before the roof – so it is wise to use colorbond box gutters with adequate falls to prevent expensive box gutter replacements.
•  Flat metal roofs, in particular Kliplok roofs provide a lot of continuous work for us. It is often the fault of flashings to the Kliplok roofs that are the problem…
  [su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kliplok-roof-leaks.jpg” alt=”Kliplok roofs fail due to wrong flashing work”]Kliplok roofs fail due to wrong flashing work[/su_photo_panel]Kliplok roofs are quite easy to lay – but the challenge is to do the flashings correctly (including turning up and turning down the sheets).
• Rusty valleys on metal and tiled roofs can cause a lot of water ingress, Including bad detailing ..
  [su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/leaking-valleys.jpg” alt=”Valleys are potential areas for water leaks”]Valleys are potential areas for water leaks[/su_photo_panel]We have pulled out lots of rusty valleys and swapped them with colorbond valleys this year.
• Swiss terracotta roof tiles are my pet hate, and this year we have had plenty of them..
  [su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swiss-tiles-leak.jpg” alt=”I hate swiss roof tiles because they fail so often”]I hate swiss roof tiles because they fail so often[/su_photo_panel]Swiss tiles are so bad that manufacturers don’t make them any more… but I still have to fix leaking old swiss tiled roofs!

• Leaking parapet walls. It is where the roof tiles butt up to a parapet wall where the water leakage problems are…

[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wakaflex-flashings-on-parapet-walls.jpg” alt=”Wakaflex parapet flashings have come into fashion”]Wakaflex parapet flashings have come into fashion[/su_photo_panel]

Instead of pulling tiles off and replacing the traditional soaker flashing along the parapet walls, we have usually gone with the option of providing a new ‘Wakaflex’ flashing with a colorbond ‘pressure seal’ to give the parapets a cleaner look.

Colorbond roof replacements: 

Our other specialty is putting up colorbond metal roofs. And we have done plenty of these this year also.

Metal skillion roofs are our ‘bread and butter’

[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/colorbond-skillion-roofs.jpg” alt=”We do a lot of colorbond metal skillion roof replacements”]We do a lot of colorbond metal skillion roof replacements[/su_photo_panel]

There are a lot of metal skillion roofs in Sydney. Especially in the inner west and outer western areas where we work. And we do a lot of these every year.

Changing tile roofs to colorbond metal roofs are quite fashionable now and the following pictures show why this is so.
[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kirrawee-before.jpg” alt=”Concrete tiled roof before conversion to colorbond”]Concrete tiled roof before conversion to colorbond[/su_photo_panel]

[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Kirrawee-after.jpg” alt=”Concrete tiled roof replaced by new colorbond roof”]Concrete tiled roof replaced by new colorbond roof[/su_photo_panel]
[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Regents-park-before.jpg” alt=”old tiled roof before upograde to colorbond roof”]old tiled roof before upograde to colorbond roof[/su_photo_panel]

[su_photo_panel shadow=”0px 1px 2px #eeeeee” radius=”4″ photo=”https://theroofingprofessionalswestside.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Regents-park-after.jpg” alt=”colorbond roof turns an old tile roof into a new house”]colorbond roof turns an old tile roof into a new house[/su_photo_panel]

See you in the new year……………….”
JACK