Roof restoration in the City of Adelaide

Homes and roofs in the City of Adelaide

The City of Adelaide covers the CBD and North Adelaide. Most roofs in the square mile sit on apartment and commercial buildings, but the south-east and south-west corners have historic terraces and cottages, and North Adelaide has some of the city's most significant bluestone villas and terraces. Many are heritage-listed, with iron or slate roofs, parapets and box gutters that need careful work.

Popular roofing jobs

• Like-for-like iron re-roofs on heritage terraces and cottages
• Box gutter, parapet and flashing repairs on older city homes
• Slate and iron roof repairs on North Adelaide villas

What roofs in Adelaide have to cope with

On older character streets (Adelaide and North Adelaide), corrugated iron, terracotta and box gutters are common. Iron rusts first at the laps and fixings, box gutters block and overflow, and the join between the original roof and a rear extension is a classic leak point.

On the plains, summer heat and UV break down roof coatings and the pointing along the ridges, and summer storms find any weak spot. Concrete tile roofs from the 1970s to the 1990s are among the most common restoration jobs.

Approvals

Usually not for repairs, a restoration or a like-for-like re-roof. Changing the shape or structure of the roof, adding to it, or working on a heritage-listed home can need development approval, which in South Australia is lodged through the PlanSA portal.

Parts of the City of Adelaide are within Historic Area or Character Area Overlays under the Planning and Design Code. Like-for-like repairs are rarely an issue, but changing the roof's material, colour or shape where it can be seen from the street may need development approval.

Suburbs we cover in the City of Adelaide

• Adelaide5000
• North Adelaide5006