01Free inspection
I get up on your Camberwell roof, find the real cause of the problem and walk you through what it needs, with photos.
Camberwell's grand period homes deserve a roofer who treats them with care. I restore terracotta and concrete tile roofs, re-point ridge caps and replace tired guttering, with honest advice and a 10-year guarantee. I'm Ryan, over 20 years on Melbourne roofs.
Camberwell is one of Boroondara's grand old inner-east suburbs, full of Edwardian, Federation and interwar homes on leafy, established streets. A lot of those homes have beautiful terracotta tile roofs with decorative ridge capping and finials, and after a century of Melbourne winters the pointing has usually perished and the odd tile has cracked.
I will be straight with you on one thing. Some of Camberwell's grandest homes have slate roofs, and slate is a specialist trade of its own that I do not take on. What I do, and do well, is restore terracotta and concrete tile roofs, re-point ridge caps, replace broken tiles and replace worn guttering. There is plenty of that across Camberwell's tile-roofed homes.
Drag the slider across a recent Melbourne tile restoration. A tired terracotta roof came back to a clean, watertight finish, which is the same care I would give a Camberwell roof.
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Tick the signs you're seeing on your roof and I'll tell you whether it's a repair or a full restoration you're likely looking at.
Tick any signs above to see what your roof likely needs.
On Camberwell's period tile roofs, these are the issues that come up most:
Perished pointing on century-old terracotta ridge caps
Cracked or slipped Marseille-pattern terracotta tiles
Decorative ridge capping and terracotta finials that have worked loose
Rusted and overflowing gutters under established elms and oaks
Moss and lichen on the shaded, leafy faces
Rusted valley irons on complex period rooflines
Restoration keeps the character of a Camberwell home while making the roof watertight again, for a fraction of the cost of replacing it.
01I get up on your Camberwell roof, find the real cause of the problem and walk you through what it needs, with photos.
02We pressure wash the roof, re-bed and re-point the ridge caps with flexible pointing, replace broken tiles and sort out valleys and flashings.
03We prime the roof and roll on three coats of Globalcoat or Shieldcoat membrane in your colour, backed by a 10-year guarantee.
Most Camberwell homes are a single or double-storey tile roof. Pick your roof type and size for an indicative price, then book a free inspection for the exact quote.
Indicative only. Your exact price depends on roof size, pitch and condition. The inspection and quote are always free.
We're local to the area, so we cover Camberwell and the suburbs around it.
No, and I would rather be upfront about it. Slate is a specialist trade of its own that I do not take on. What I do is restore terracotta and concrete tile roofs, re-point ridge caps, replace broken tiles and replace guttering. If you have a slate roof I will point you to the right specialist.
For a typical tile roof (around 180 to 220mยฒ) a full restoration usually runs between $4,000 and $7,500. Camberwell has a lot of bigger period homes with complex rooflines, which can sit at the upper end. Every roof is quoted free after an inspection.
Yes. We re-bed and re-point ridge caps with flexible pointing that flexes with the roof instead of cracking again, and we keep the finish true to the character of the home.
If the tiles are sound and it is the pointing, colour and guttering that have worn out, restoration is the smart spend. If the tiles are cracking across the whole roof, replacement makes more sense. A free inspection sorts it out.
As well as Camberwell, we regularly work in Hawthorn East, Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Glen Iris, Balwyn and Hawthorn. If you are nearby and not sure, give me a call.
Free inspection, honest advice and a fixed quote from a local roofer who will actually be on your roof.
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