In Coonans Hill, a pocket of Pascoe Vale South, solid brick and weatherboard homes are carrying roofs that have seen many decades. We replace broken tiles, repoint ridges and repair leaks, and when a roof is worn out, we restore and repaint it.
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Coonans Hill is the leafy, slightly elevated part of Pascoe Vale South, with streets of interwar and post-war homes, from clinker brick bungalows to tidy weatherboards and later brick veneers. Many of these houses have had their kitchens and bathrooms redone over the years, but the roof is often the one thing that has never had any real attention.
That catches up eventually. A ceiling stain appears, a few tiles crack, or mortar starts turning up in the gutters. When you call us, the first thing we do is get on the roof and work out what is actually going on. You will see photos of every problem and get a plain explanation of what each one means. After that comes our recommendation, which might be a simple repair or might be a top-to-bottom restoration, depending on what the roof can still give.
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Much of Coonans Hill was built between the 1920s and the 1960s. That gives the area its character, and it also means plenty of roofs are well into their second half-century. Terracotta tiles from that era can still be in good shape, but the mortar holding the ridge caps usually is not. After decades of hot northerly days and cold winter nights, it dries, shrinks and cracks, and the caps begin to move.
Chimneys are another weak spot. Many older homes here still have brick chimneys, sealed long ago with lead or galvanised flashings that have since split, perished or corroded. Water tracking down the chimney then finds its way into the ceiling below.
Renovations add their own risks. Rear extensions and second storeys create new junctions with the original roof, and if the flashing at those points was not detailed correctly, they leak. Post-war concrete tiles, meanwhile, have mostly lost their surface coating and soak up water, encouraging lichen and slow deterioration.
Our camera records every fault and every fix, so the work on your Coonans Hill home is on file without you climbing a ladder.
Older roofs reward a careful look. We start at the gutters and work upward: we tread every run of tiles, rock each ridge and hip cap to feel for looseness, chimney flashings and renovation junctions are examined closely, and valleys and downpipes are checked for rust and blockages. Every fault is photographed. Afterwards you get a no-nonsense explanation at the kitchen bench, then a written quote broken down into separate items. The whole visit is free, and the next step is entirely up to you.
Leaks in different rooms, ridge lines crumbling end to end, and tiles that are stained, porous or patched with mismatched replacements are all signs that ongoing repairs will cost more over time than restoring the roof once.
A Coonans Hill restoration opens with a pressure clean to shift lichen, moss and decades of city grime. Cracked tiles are swapped out, with older terracotta profiles sourced where we can find them. Next we strip and rebuild the bedding on every ridge and hip, finish it in flexible pointing, and put chimney flashings, valleys and extension junctions right. Sealer and primer follow, then a membrane coating in a colour suited to the era of the house. On a clinker brick bungalow or a weatherboard cottage, a restored roof does wonders for street appeal.
The cost is a small slice of full replacement. See our roof restoration services if you would like every stage spelled out.
Interwar and post-war roofs need someone who knows their quirks, and our owner has spent 25-plus years getting to know them on Melbourne roofs. Every Coonans Hill job has him on the ladder himself, so the knowledge does not stay in the office.
We are licensed and insured, and the work carries a quality-assured standard. Established gardens, brick paths and driveways are protected, narrow side passages are treated with care, and we leave the place swept before we go. The written quote you receive lists only what your roof needs.
Pascoe Vale South is a short run across from our Cairnlea base. To get your roof looked over free of charge, phone 0421 990 207.
First, we will begin with a professional roof inspection. This will help us assess your needs for roof restoration and / and repair in Albion. And also we will confirm all the conditions of all the processes and the services accordingly.
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