Roofer in Parmelia

Roofing in Parmelia

There is a reason Parmelia roofs fail the way they do and it has more to do with the ground and the setting than with the builder.

Parmelia stands slightly apart from the worker-cottage suburbs around it, because of who its housing was built for. The main residential spine, Chisham Avenue, is lined with 1970s homes originally occupied by the managers and executives of BP's oil refinery. It rarely is. A cut above the basic State Housing stock of Medina and Orelia. For an inspection that means more substantial 1970s brick-and-tile , generally better built, though now around fifty years old and into the first-to-second round of services. So the first question is which part of Parmelia a house sits in. The suburb is now the centre of a major city-centre redevelopment . New townhouses, villas and double-storey apartments are going in among the older homes and a new estate (Cassia) is being built on the suburb's edge. That changes the inspection mix: alongside the mature houses there is now new strata, narrow-lot construction and the case for a dilapidation report where a block sits beside active building work. The newer Cassia builds are conventional new-build inspections, slab and drainage the focus, some on a hill. Being near the coast and the Kwinana industrial area, salt is a minor consideration here. Chemical Delignification Perth low-to-moderate. The Parmelia report is really about telling the substantial refinery-era homes from the new infill and the redevelopment reshaping the suburb around them.

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.

The bush setting is the whole story. Bark and leaf drop is relentless, the drying window is short and a dammed valley will put water through a ceiling from a roof that is otherwise in good order.

This vintage of housing runs to concrete tile bedded in rigid sand and cement. That mortar has a working life of roughly two to three decades. Most roofs of this age are well past it, which is why ridge caps loosen and mortar crumbs turn up in the gutter.

How we approach a Parmelia job

The seasonal cycle here is brutal in both directions. Months of ultraviolet punishment, then a winter of wind-driven rain arriving sideways. Roofs rarely fail during the dry stretch. They fail in the first serious front afterwards, because summer opened up the gap that the rain then found.

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.

Ten year workmanship warranty on what we do. The coating carries its own manufacturer warranty under our accreditation. Two documents, two different things covered.

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 Kwinana. Around Parmelia that takes in Kwinana, Stirling, Medina and Orelia. 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 Parmelia

How long will it take? A straightforward repair is often half a day. Roof Bedding & Pointing Perth 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. Insurers 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

If you want a straight answer about your roof, ring us. We will look at it, tell you what we find, and put a price on the work that is actually required.