Roof restoration and repairs in Gilberton

Roofs on Gilberton homes

Gilberton is about 3 km north of the CBD, in the Town of Walkerville, with part of the suburb in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. Walkerville is small and prestigious, with grand homes in Medindie, Gilberton and Walkerville and more modest post-war and newer homes in Vale Park. Many properties are heritage-listed or within historic areas, and slate, terracotta and iron roofs are common on the older homes.

Popular roofing jobs in Gilberton

• Slate and terracotta repairs on heritage homes
• Like-for-like iron re-roofs that suit the streetscape
• Restoring tiled roofs on post-war homes in Vale Park
• Repairing the join where an older roof meets a rear extension

What Gilberton roofs have to cope with

Many older homes in Gilberton have corrugated iron roofs, front verandahs and box gutters, or terracotta tiles on interwar bungalows. 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 common leak point. In historic areas, like-for-like iron in a traditional profile is usually the simplest path.

Before you book

Most roof repairs, restorations and like-for-like re-roofs in Gilberton don't need council approval. Parts of the Town of Walkerville 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. 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. 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. And if you have solar panels, check the quote covers taking them off and putting them back.