We know the importance of turning down the ends of kliplok roof sheets. And like everything in life, the right…

Leaking chimneys. Chimneys are one of the major areas on a roof that are prone to leaking. A chimney breaks…

Even new roofs leak. We frequently get called out to do roof repairs on newly installed metal colorbond roofs. This…

Low pitch metal roof sheets need to be detailed correctly on both ends during installation for it to perform correctly…

Most houses in Sydney have a tile roof at the front and an additional metal skillion roof at the rear…

“…unfortunately the roof repairs are not storm related and are maintenance.” I do not work for insurance companies. But I…

The perils of using corrugated iron roofing on low pitched roofs… If you have a metal roof on your house…

… especially after a huge storm has hit. Sydney had the wettest April for over a decade and also a…

The new 2015 Home Building Laws and what it means for the roofing industry.     Commencing 16th January 2015…

Leaking roofs are as common as the number of rainy days in Sydney. We have spend many years repairing leaking…

I fell over on Tuesday morning. It was dark and I hit the road really hard. I was concussed for…

Why this dedicated website for… ”The Roofing Professionals Westside”? In 2006, when websites for small businesses were in its infancy…

It has been a busy year for us for doing lots of roof repairs and colorbond roof replacements. My guys…

Metal roofs keep getting tougher.  Around mid 2013, Bluescope announced that their old zincalume was going to be replaced by…

People find it hard to find good ‘Tradesmen” nowadays. As an employer, it is especially hard to find good roofers…

I like roofs that have no holes cut into it. It is an easy way of ensuring a leak free…

I have a ‘thing’ against trying to save money on guttering materials. I am referring to the practice of specifying…

Most new metal roofs now have a layer of blanket insulation installer underneath. It is a nice handy way to…

I am a roof repair and colorbond roof specialist. I do not go out looking for guttering work because my…

In Sydney, NSW Fair Trading sets the upper limits on how much a roofing contractor can charge as an upfront…

My apologies to all those people who have rung or emailed requesting roof repair or roof replacement quotes. I have…

The Australia day long weekend brought on the big rains in Eastern Australia and Sydney was quite lucky to escape…

The origin of leaks on a tile roof can be very difficult to trace. Especially on a tile roof with…

Not all leak at chimneys are as easy to spot as the one in the picture on the left. Chimneys…

Fashion can often deal multiple blows to common sense. This seems to be the case with roof tiles. Home owners…

Because we specialise in repairing leaks on roofs in Sydney, I get called out to investigate the causes of the…

If you have a tiled roof – then sooner or later, you will have a broken roof tile. As a…

Roof leaks can be quite tricky to find. We were called out to a terrace house in Sydney’s inner…

  In the ‘old days’, metal roof sheeting came in stock lengths. There are many old metal corrugated roofs in…

Colorbond is exclusively produced by Bluescope and they provide the warranty for the material. There are other coloured metal roofing…

One of the most common questions I am asked as I go around looking at roofs around Sydney is: “Should…

I get roofing repair enquiries from Newtown fairly often. Situated in Sydney’s inner western suburbs, Newtown is a densely…

A fairly common problem with terracotta roof tiles in Sydney is called ‘fretting’. Fretting on a terracotta roof tile has…

The Daily Telegraph published a story on 29th August 2011 about Gypsies doing dodgy roof repairs… Daily Telegraph warning about…

On Easter Sunday, 2012, the Sydney Morning Herald had a leading story titled “Asbestos, the outlawed fibre with a licence…

The story of roof tiles vs Colorbond roofing. Roof tiles aren’t as good as colorbond metal roof sheeting. For…

There are a lot of tiled roofs in Sydney, and the western suburbs has its fair share. Very often a…

Short cuts in roof repairs can get us into trouble sometimes. But sometimes, they come in quite handy and they…

Sydney’s inner west have tighter building areas and inner west roofs tend to have an extreme mixture of elements…

A common roofing configuration in western Sydney is the main tile roof followed by an add-on at the back…