Roof restoration in the Town of Gawler

Homes and roofs in the Town of Gawler

Gawler is one of South Australia's oldest towns, with heritage stone homes in the older parts of town and around Church Hill, many with iron roofs and verandahs, and fast-growing new estates on its edges at Evanston Gardens, Evanston South and Gawler East.

Popular roofing jobs

• Iron re-roofs and verandah repairs on heritage stone homes
• Leak, tile and gutter repairs on newer estate homes
• Restoring 1970s–90s tiled roofs

What roofs in Gawler have to cope with

In newer estates (Evanston Gardens, Evanston South and Gawler East), 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 (Gawler and Gawler South), 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 Town of Gawler 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 Town of Gawler

• Evanston5116
• Evanston Gardens5116
• Evanston Park5116
• Evanston South5116
• Gawler5118
• Gawler East5118
• Gawler South5118
• Gawler West5118
• Hillier5116
• Kudla5115
• Reid5118
• Willaston5118