Roof restoration and repairs in Joslin

Roofs on Joslin homes

Joslin is about 4 km north-east of the CBD, in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. Norwood, Kensington, St Peters and College Park are known for bluestone cottages, villas and grand old homes, many in historic areas, with iron, slate and terracotta roofs and front verandahs. Payneham, Felixstow and Glynde have more post-war homes with tiled roofs and newer infill.

Popular roofing jobs in Joslin

• Corrugated iron re-roofs that keep a villa's character
• Verandah, box gutter and valley repairs on older homes
• Restoring tiled roofs on post-war homes in Payneham and Felixstow
• Repairing the join where an older roof meets a rear extension

What Joslin roofs have to cope with

Many older homes in Joslin 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

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 Joslin for repairs, restorations or a like-for-like re-roof. Parts of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters 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. If you have solar panels, the quote should include an electrician to take them off and refit them.