South West Sydney · Metal roofing
Metal Roof Replacement in Hinchinbrook
A 1980s and 90s suburb whose roofs are all arriving at the same point together.
- Trade
- Certificate III roof plumber
- Work
- Re-roofs, new roofs, guttering
- Material
- Metal only. No tile.
- Area
- Sydney, west prioritised
The housing stock
The roofs in Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook is about three kilometres from where this business is based, which makes it one of the closest suburbs we work in.
It is also a suburb with an unusually precise age. Hinchinbrook was only created in 1986, carved out of the southern part of Green Valley and the northern part of Hoxton Park, and most of it was built out over the fifteen years that followed.
That matters because it puts nearly the whole suburb's roofing stock in one narrow band. Roofs laid in the late eighties and through the nineties are now thirty to forty years old, which is exactly when the decisions start.
The bulk of the housing is single and double storey brick from the late 1980s through the 1990s, most of it under concrete tile.
Tile roofs from this era are generally still structurally fine. What has aged is the bedding and pointing under the ridge capping, and on a roof this age that has usually had one repair already.
There is a meaningful amount of sheet roofing here too, on the later houses and on the garages, carports and pergolas added since. Those are at the stage where fixings and washers are the thing to check, rather than the sheet.
Because the suburb was built as estates rather than piecemeal, roof shapes repeat. We have been on enough of them to know the layout before we get up there, which takes the guesswork out of quoting.
Local conditions
What changes the specification here
Minutes away, not an hour
Three kilometres from the workshop. It means a leak can be looked at the same day, and it means coming back after the first heavy rain to check a job is no trouble.
Roofs of one age
A suburb built inside fifteen years has roofs that reach the end of their pointing cycle together. If several neighbours are getting quotes, that is why.
Inland, no salt
Well clear of the coast, so the standard coating range applies and the specification is driven by heat and storm rather than corrosion.
Open to the western storms
Sitting in the open on the Cumberland Plain, the suburb takes summer cells with nothing to slow them. Wind uplift on tired fixings is the failure we see more than hail here.
What we get called for
The jobs Hinchinbrook actually sends us
Tile to metal on nineties brick
The core job here. These roofs have simple, repeated shapes and they convert cleanly, which makes them some of the most predictable work we quote.
Re-fixing rather than re-sheeting
On the newer sheet roofs the sheet often has years left while the fixings do not. We will say so rather than sell you a roof you do not need yet.
Pergola and carport roofs
Added to a lot of these houses in the two thousands and now the oldest-looking thing on the property. Usually a quick, tidy job.
Services
What we can do in Hinchinbrook
Where this is
Hinchinbrook on the map
Hinchinbrook sits in South West Sydney. We also cover Green Valley, Liverpool, Prestons, Mount Pritchard, Bossley Park nearby, so if you are between two of these it is still worth a call.
Common questions
Roofs in Hinchinbrook: common questions
How old are the roofs in Hinchinbrook?
Mostly thirty to forty years. The suburb was only created in 1986 and was largely built out over the following fifteen years, so its roofs are unusually uniform in age.
Several of my neighbours are getting roof quotes. Why now?
Because the whole street went up inside a few years. Bedding and pointing under the ridge capping reaches the end of its second cycle at roughly the same time across a suburb built this quickly.
How far is Hinchinbrook from you?
About three kilometres. It is one of the closest suburbs we cover, which is why we can look at a leak the same day here.
My roof is sheet, not tile. Does it still need replacing?
Often not yet. On sheet roofs of this age the fixings and their rubber washers usually go well before the sheet does, and re-fixing is a far smaller job than re-sheeting.
Next step
Replacing a roof in Hinchinbrook
Call and describe what the roof is doing. If it is worth a look we will come out and measure it, and if it is not we will say so.