Adelaide & South Australia

Roofing & Roof Replacement

Once a roof starts letting water in, the bill grows every winter you leave it. Ceilings, insulation, wiring, then the timbers. We will tell you whether yours needs replacing or just fixing.

The crew lifting rusted corrugated iron off a roof, the old sarking and insulation showing underneath

What we do.

We re-roof houses right across South Australia. Brick veneers in the northern suburbs, stone homes in the east, farmhouses past Gawler. Most of the work is stripping old tiles and putting steel on, but we also replace tired metal roofs and repair the timbers underneath when they have had enough.

Every job starts with someone getting up on the roof and photographing what is there. If it has another ten years in it we will say so. If it does not, you get a fixed price in writing, a start date, and the same crew from the first day to the last.

Weathered concrete tiles above a rusted gutter and flaking fascia

What's in the price.

Every one of these is written into the quote before we start, so there is nothing to argue about at the end.

Roof inspection with photos. We get up there and show you what we find. You see the same photos we do.
Tile strip and removal. Old tiles off, sorted, and taken away. Your yard goes back to how it was.
Timber check and repair. Battens, rafters and purlins checked before anything new goes on. Rot gets fixed, not covered.
Sarking and builder's blanket. Foil sarking and an insulation blanket under the sheets. This is the cheapest time you will ever have to insulate your roof.
Steel sheeting. Colorbond® or UniCote® in the full colour range, fixed to the manufacturer's spec.
Flashings, ridges and valleys. This is where roofs leak, so we do not hurry it.
Clean-up and magnet sweep. Every screw and nail off the driveway and lawn before we leave.
Warranty in writing. The steel maker's warranty plus ours on the workmanship. Both handed over on the last day.

Colour

The eight colours most Adelaide roofs end up in.

Colorbond^® steel, made and tested for Australian weather. The same shades are available in UniCote^® steel if you want the longer coastal warranty. Tap a swatch to see it on a roof profile.

Corrugated profile Monument^® #323233 · Colorbond® steel

All eight are available across our roofing range, and the full Colorbond^® palette has 22. Colours look different on a phone, so we bring real samples to the quote and hold them against your bricks.

What's on the steel matters more than the colour.

Every sheet looks the same on the truck. The difference between a roof that still looks new in twenty years and one that is chalking after six is the coating, and that is decided before the steel is ordered.

We can supply your roof sheets in UniCote^®, an Australian pre-painted steel with two grades chosen by how close you are to the sea. Both are tested to the Australian standard for pre-painted steel (AS/NZS 2728).

What a sheet is made of

Colour coatOven-baked polyester paint
PrimerStops rust getting a start
Metal coatingAluminium and zinc alloy bonded to the steel
SteelThe structural core
Metal coatingSame protection on the underside
PrimerStops rust getting a start
Backing coatProtective paint on the side you never see

Both sides are coated. The steel core never touches the weather.

UniCote^® Select

More than 1 km from the coast

The standard sheet for most of Adelaide and inland SA.

Warranty up to 45 years

UniCote^® Coastal

Within 400 m of the water

A thicker coating with magnesium added, which seals the cut edges where steel usually rusts first.

Warranty up to 50 years

How the warranty works

There is no one number. The warranty is written for your address, based on how far you are from the water and what is going on the roof. We lodge it before the steel is ordered and it comes back within 48 hours, so you have it in hand before the sheets arrive. Like every steel warranty it needs the roof washed down now and then. We will tell you how often.

Colours

UniCote^® has 21 standard colours plus three matt finishes, and a larger range if you want something different. Same rule as always: we bring samples, you hold them against the house.

The same five steps, every job.

You always know what happens next, what it costs, and who will be at your house.

We come and look

Someone gets up on the roof or into the space and photographs what is there. You see the photos. No sales pitch.

You get a fixed price in writing

For carports and verandahs we draw it in CAD and show you a 3D picture. Every job gets a written quote with the scope and inclusions spelled out.

We handle approvals and book a date

Where council approval or engineering is needed, we prepare and lodge it. Then we book a start date and tell you what to expect each day.

Our own crew does the work

Licensed trades, on site when we said, working to the quoted scope. If something unexpected turns up we stop and speak to you first.

We walk it with you and hand over the warranty

You inspect the job with us. We sweep the driveway for screws. You get the materials and workmanship warranties in writing.

What people ask us about re-roofing.

If yours is not here, ring us. It is quicker than reading.

How long does a re-roof take?

Three to five working days for most single-storey houses, weather allowing. Whatever we strip in a day is sealed by the end of that day. Your house is never left open overnight.

Can we stay in the house?

Yes. The strip is noisy, but the house stays dry and liveable the whole time. We will tell you which days are the loud ones.

Tiles or steel?

Steel is lighter, quicker to put on, and shrugs off hail. Tiles suit some older streets. We will go through both against your house rather than push one.

What if you find rot in the timbers?

We stop, photograph it, and talk to you before doing anything. The repair is priced separately so you can see exactly what it is. No surprise line on the final invoice.

Will a new roof cut my power bills?

It can, and the reason is what goes under the sheets rather than the sheets themselves. A re-roof is the only time the roof cavity is open, so it is the cheapest moment to add a builder's blanket. That is a foil-faced insulation blanket rolled out over the battens before the steel goes on. It keeps summer heat out and winter heat in, which takes load off the air conditioner all year. You will feel it in February. Adding the same blanket later means lifting the roof again, so it is worth doing now.

Other things we do.

Doing two jobs in one visit is nearly always cheaper than two visits.

02 Roof Restoration Repointing, resealing and recoating a tiled roof that is not ready to be replaced. 03 Gutters & Downpipes Guttering, fascia, downpipes and stormwater that take water away from the house instead of into the footings. 04 Carports Carports designed to your house and drawn in 3D before a post goes in the ground. 05 Verandahs Verandahs measured and drawn for your house, in steel sheet or insulated panel.

Customer story

“Great communication, good vision, creativity… I didn’t have to source other people. It was all organised for me.”

“You want someone who’s going to take charge of everything.”

Franca Built For Life customer

Get a free quote

Get a fixed price on your roof.

Free on-site quote. We ring you to book a time, come and look, and give you a fixed price in writing. If it can wait, we will tell you.

Quicker to talk? Call 1800 284 584. Answered any time, day or night.

We ring you to find out a bit more and book a time that suits.
We come and look. Up on the roof or into the space, with photos of what we find.
You get a fixed price in writing. Or we tell you it can wait. Either way, no pressure.