Roof restoration in the City of Mitcham

Homes and roofs in the City of Mitcham

Mitcham has two sides. On the plains, suburbs like Mitcham, Kingswood, Torrens Park, Hawthorn and Colonel Light Gardens are full of character homes with iron and terracotta roofs. Up the hill, Belair, Blackwood, Eden Hills and Coromandel Valley have sloping blocks, split-level homes, tall trees and bushfire risk.

Popular roofing jobs

• Like-for-like iron and terracotta re-roofs on character homes
• Repointing and restoring tiled roofs on post-war homes
• Heritage-sensitive roof work in Colonel Light Gardens

What roofs in Mitcham have to cope with

In the hills (Belair, Bellevue Heights, Blackwood, Brown Hill Creek and Craigburn Farm and more), cooler, wetter weather grows moss and lichen on tiles, and tall trees fill gutters and valleys with leaves. Much of the area is bushfire-prone, so gutter guard and sealing the gaps at ridges, valleys and eaves against embers are worth doing.

In newer estates (Craigburn Farm), the roof itself is usually sound. Most jobs are leaks around pipes and vents, tiles cracked by installers, and gutters and downpipes. If the home is still under the builder's warranty, talk to the builder about defects first.

On older character streets (Colonel Light Gardens, Hawthorn, Kingswood, Lower Mitcham and Mitcham and more), 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.

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 Mitcham 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 Mitcham

• Bedford Park5042
• Belair5052
• Bellevue Heights5050
• Blackwood5051
• Brown Hill Creek5062
• Clapham5062
• Clarence Gardens5039
• Colonel Light Gardens5041
• Craigburn Farm5051
• Cumberland Park5041
• Daw Park5041
• Eden Hills5050
• Glenalta5052
• Hawthorn5062
• Hawthorndene5051
• Kingswood5062
• Leawood Gardens5150
• Lower Mitcham5062
• Lynton5062
• Melrose Park5039
• Mitcham5062
• Netherby5062
• Panorama5041
• Pasadena5042
• Springfield5062
• St Marys5042
• Torrens Park5062
• Urrbrae5064
• Westbourne Park5041