The roofs in Lochinvar
An older highway property and a newer estate address can have little in common beyond their locality name.
Include newer junctions in your enquiry about roof repairs in Lochinvar, along with the location of the affected roof.
What we look at first in Lochinvar
An older frontage can conceal roofing replaced at several different times.
Old roof layers
Concealed materials may change the scope when covering is lifted.
Public frontage
Work above an entrance needs planning for people below.
Newer junctions
Recent roofs still need their flashings (shaped metal pieces that keep rain out at roof joints and openings) and penetrations assessed.
Council and approvals in Lochinvar
Maitland City Council is the consent authority here. Putting the same roof back in the same form is maintenance rather than development, so it does not go to them. Changing the material, the pitch or the roof line can, and that is the point to ask before anything is ordered.
Before finalising work involving newer junctions and old roof layers, confirm any heritage or conservation requirements for the property with Maitland City Council or the appropriate authority.
Bushfire prone land is mapped across a great deal of this council area. Where it reaches a property it sets requirements for roof and gutter detail, ember protection at the eaves and the materials used, rather than for the covering alone.
General information about how the process works, not planning advice. Your council is the authority on your property.
What we do in Lochinvar
Pressure clean, re-bed and re-point the ridge capping, replace broken tiles, then a coating system. Typically buys another 10 to 15 years out of a sound tile roof.
Learn moreSlipped and cracked tiles, failed pointing, rusted valley irons and flashing. We find what is actually causing the problem rather than patching the wet patch.
Learn moreWhen the battens or sarking have gone, a coating will not save it. We strip the old roof and re-sheet, usually to Colorbond steel.
Learn moreColorbond steel roofing, supplied and installed. Lighter than tile, quick to install, and it holds up well to the salt air along the coast.
Learn moreRoof plumbing is its own licensed trade: metal roofing, guttering, downpipes, flashing and box gutters. If water is meant to move, this is the work that moves it.
Learn moreA stain on the ceiling or a drip during last night's rain. Call us and we will come and look at it, find where the water is actually getting in, and make it safe.
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Common questions about roof repairs in Lochinvar
Our place fronts the highway and the ridge capping keeps cracking. Why?
For roof repairs in Lochinvar, we assess the condition of the mortar beneath the caps alongside whether ridge tiles are stable before choosing between pointing and rebedding.
The house is from the 1800s. Can you work on it?
We assess any earlier repairs alongside nearby flashing junctions before deciding which roof components need checking.
We are in the new estate. Is anything different out there?
Both signs of loose components and the condition of drainage channels need consideration before planning preventative maintenance.
Lochinvar and the suburbs around it
We cover the streets either side of Lochinvar as well, so if you are just over the boundary it is the same job and the same free inspection.
Every suburb we cover in MaitlandRoof playing up in Lochinvar?
Give us a call and we will come and look at it. Free on-site inspection across Maitland and the wider Hunter, with the quote in writing before anything starts.