Roofer in Attadale

Roofing in Attadale

Roofs in Attadale have a particular way of going wrong and it pays to know it before you spend anything.

Attadale was the very first subdivision of the Scottish-named Melville Water Park Estate, back in 1896 and it is a genuine Swan River suburb on the south bank between the city and Fremantle. As with its neighbours, the river brings salt back into the picture, so delignification is a real check on the older tiled roofs here. A concern that stays low priority inland but returns on the riverside. Attadale has an unusually large foreshore, over 40 hectares of parkland, more than 13% of the suburb. Including the Alfred Cove Nature Reserve , an estuarine marsh and mud-flat bird sanctuary within the Swan Estuary Marine Park. That is lovely amenity, but it also tells you the low foreshore blocks sit on soft, wet estuarine ground . A high water table, drainage and a flood context matter there and footings on soft ground deserve attention. It rarely is. The housing is a mix of elegant riverside estates and charming mid-century homes . The mid-century stock is worth noting for an inspection, because those houses have their own characteristics, low-pitched roofs, large expanses of glazing and sometimes non-standard construction. That need assessing on their own terms rather than as if they were conventional brick-and-tile. And as a desirable riverside suburb, Attadale sees knock-down-rebuild , so an original estate home may sit beside a new build. The Attadale report turns on river salt, the mid-century fabric and the soft foreshore ground.

Salt does the damage here long before age does. It gets drawn into anything porous and it sits in the laps and creases where water lingers, so fixings, valley irons and gutter seams give out while the tiles above them still look perfectly serviceable. Owners are often surprised by that order of failure.

Humidity does more damage in this pocket than storms do. A roof that never dries fully will grow lichen and lichen holds water against the surface long after the sky has cleared.

Low ground holds moisture and the air above it stays damp. Roofs in these pockets dry slowly, mortar stays wet longer than it should and overflow has nowhere useful to go because the soil is already saturated.

How we approach a Attadale job

Perth weather gives a roof two different problems each year. Summer bakes the surface, drives moisture out of mortar and chalks whatever coating remains. Then winter arrives as a run of cold fronts off the Indian Ocean, throwing rain almost horizontally at the western face of the building. Most leaks announce themselves in June rather than January, though the damage that caused them happened months earlier under a very hot sky.

Timing is worth planning. Coatings need a dry surface and a dry stretch afterwards, so the practical window runs from spring through to autumn. Repairs happen year round. Storm work happens whenever it has to.

Our work carries a ten year workmanship warranty. Manufacturer product warranties are separate documents with separate terms. You should finish a job holding both.

Worth mentioning. The same crew quotes and completes the work, which removes the usual gap between what was promised and what arrives. We protect surrounds before starting, sweep up afterwards and take the debris with us.

We cover the whole of the City of Melville. Around Attadale that takes in Fremantle and Alfred Cove. Short drives keep roofing affordable on smaller jobs and most of ours are smaller jobs.

There is no value in overselling. Plenty of roofs in this suburb need a repair rather than a replacement and we would rather do the smaller job properly and be called back in ten years for the larger one.

Questions we get asked in Attadale

How long will it take? A straightforward repair is often half a day. Re-bedding and pointing a whole roof usually runs two days. A full restoration with cleaning, repairs and coating typically takes three to five working days, weather permitting.

Do you charge for the quote? No. Inspection, photographs and a written price cost nothing.

Is my roof insured for this? Depends entirely on cause. Insurance Roof Repairs Perth cover sudden events such as storms or impact. Gradual deterioration is excluded, whatever the salesman told you.

Can you deal with asbestos? Older roofs sometimes contain it. We identify it before disturbing anything and handle it lawfully rather than pretending it is not there.

Talk to us

Ring for an inspection. You will get photographs, an honest assessment and a fixed written price.