Roof restoration and repairs in Flagstaff Hill

Roofs on Flagstaff Hill homes

Flagstaff Hill was built mostly from the 1970s on the southern foothills, with family homes on sloping blocks.

Flagstaff Hill is about 13 km south of the CBD, in the City of Onkaparinga. Onkaparinga is Adelaide's largest council. It covers beachside suburbs from Christies Beach to Sellicks Beach, foothills suburbs built from the 1970s to the 1990s such as Aberfoyle Park, Flagstaff Hill, Happy Valley and Woodcroft, newer estates around Seaford and Aldinga, and the McLaren Vale wine region townships. Many of the foothills homes have concrete tile roofs that are due for attention.

Popular roofing jobs in Flagstaff Hill

• Restoring 1970s–90s concrete tile roofs in the foothills suburbs
• Coastal-grade metal roofs and fixings near the beach
• Leak and gutter repairs on newer estate homes
• Rebedding and repointing ridge capping before it lets water in

What Flagstaff Hill roofs have to cope with

The biggest enemy of roofs in Flagstaff Hill is the summer sun. Years of heat and UV fade concrete tiles, wear away their coating and crack the mortar under the ridge caps. Then a summer storm or a wet winter finds the gaps. Leaves and dust in the gutters and valleys make overflows more likely, so a clean-out and a quick roof check every few years is cheap insurance.

Before you book

If your home was built before about 1990 and has a grey fibre-cement roof, assume it may contain asbestos: more than 10 square metres must be removed by a licensed removalist. For everything else, the rules are simple. Make sure whoever you hire holds a South Australian building work contractor's licence and gives you a written contract for work of $12,000 or more. Council approval usually isn't needed in Flagstaff Hill for repairs, restorations or a like-for-like re-roof. If you have solar panels, the quote should include an electrician to take them off and refit them.