Your roof is the main thing standing between your home and the weather. We repair leaks, broken tiles and failing ridges on Thomastown homes, and restore roofs that are past patching, with a 25+ year owner overseeing the work.
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Thomastown was built up largely in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, when families settled here and put up solid brick and brick-veneer homes, many with terracotta or concrete tile roofs. Those homes were built to last, and most of them still have good bones. The roofs, though, have now been through fifty or more Melbourne summers and winters.
When a leak shows up or a roof starts looking tired, we come out, inspect it up close and give you a clear answer. Is it a repair job, or does the whole roof need restoring? We take photos, explain what each problem means, and put the recommended work in writing. You decide what happens next, with all the facts in front of you and no pressure from us.
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Age is the main factor. Roofs on Thomastown’s post-war and 1960s homes were bedded with traditional mortar, which slowly cracks and loses its grip. When it fails, ridge caps can rock in the wind and water seeps in underneath. Original galvanised valleys also rust out after several decades, and a hole in a valley can send a surprising amount of water into the roof space.
The suburb’s flat, open northern setting means roofs cop the full force of hot northerly winds in summer and gusty cold fronts in winter. That constant heating and cooling, combined with wind pressure, gradually works tiles loose. On concrete tile roofs the surface coating has often worn away completely, leaving the tiles porous and blotchy. Leaves from established gardens and street trees can block gutters too. None of these issues fix themselves, and small ones turn into ceiling damage if they are left.
Brick homes from the 1950s to the 1970s were built solid, and their roofs usually fail at the details rather than all at once. That is good news, because details can be fixed. Here is where our Thomastown repair work tends to go:
We send photos from up top so you can see the before and the after for yourself.
We do not quote from the nature strip. One of us climbs up and works across the roof: tile by tile looking for cracks and slips, along every ridge and hip checking the bedding, into the valleys, around chimneys and along the gutters. If you already have a stain, we pop into the ceiling cavity to track it. Photos are taken of anything that needs attention. Then we sit at your kitchen table, go through them and explain the options without jargon. You receive the quote in writing. It costs nothing, and nobody will rush you.
Repairs suit roofs with a few isolated faults. When the coating has worn off every tile, the ridges are failing on all sides and the bucket keeps moving from room to room, patching just keeps you on a merry-go-round.
That is when we recommend restoring the whole roof. Day one is usually a high-pressure wash that strips away years of grime and lichen. Then come the repairs: cracked tiles swapped, ridges rebuilt, new valley irons and flashings where needed. Then the roof takes a sealer coat, a primer and two layers of the colour you settle on. It gives a fifty-year-old roof a long second life for much less than new tiles would cost. Our separate page on roof restoration in Thomastown has more detail.
The person who quotes your job is the owner of the business, and he will be up there with the crew on the day. He first went up a ladder for a living over 25 years ago, and he would rather do a job once than come back to redo it.
We are licensed, insured and fussy about our own workmanship, which goes through quality-assured checks before we finish. Your garden, paths and driveway are covered while we work, and the place gets cleaned up properly afterwards. Quotes stick to work that is needed.
Thomastown is an easy run around the ring road from our Cairnlea base. Call 0421 990 207 from anywhere in the suburb, whether you are near High Street, the station or Edgars Creek.
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.
Based in Cairnlea, we provide our services to all suburbs across Melbourne. Distance is never a problem. We are open 7 days a week.
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Whether you have a roofing emergency, want a free inspection, or just need honest advice, we are available 7 days a week.
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