South West Sydney · Metal roofing
Metal Roof Replacement in Moorebank
Seventies housing on a plateau above the river, alongside a serious industrial precinct.
- 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 Moorebank
Moorebank sits on a plateau east of Liverpool, between the Georges River and the M5, about eleven kilometres from our base.
Its residential core went up largely in the 1970s: the local primary school and the shopping centre both opened early in that decade, and the housing around them dates from the same period.
It is also one of the more industrial suburbs we cover, with a substantial freight and warehousing presence, which means large low-pitch roofs sit alongside ordinary suburban ones.
The residential stock is mostly brick housing from the 1970s under concrete tile, on regular blocks, with some later infill and townhouse development closer to the shops.
Fifty-year-old roofs put this suburb squarely in the conversion window. The bedding under the ridge capping has typically had one repair and is asking for a second.
The industrial side is large-span sheet roofing on very low pitches, with box gutters and sumps handling volumes of water a house roof never sees.
Sitting on a plateau, Moorebank stayed dry when the surrounding low ground did not in the 1986 floods. That is a useful thing to know about the ground, and it does nothing for a roof that is simply old.
Local conditions
What changes the specification here
Two kinds of roof, one suburb
Suburban tile and large-span industrial sheet. Same trade, different profiles, different pitch rules and different drainage entirely.
Low pitch on the industrial side
Warehouse roofs run far flatter than houses, and profile has to be chosen against the manufacturer's published minimum pitch rather than by preference.
Fifty-year-old residential bedding
1970s housing is at the point where a second repointing and a conversion should be priced against each other honestly rather than one being assumed.
On the plateau
Moorebank sits high enough that it was cut off rather than inundated in 1986. Good ground, and no help at all to a roof that has reached the end of its life.
What we get called for
The jobs Moorebank actually sends us
Warehouse and freight-shed re-sheeting
Staged so the building stays watertight and usable. The detail is in the flashing at penetrations and in the drainage, not in the long runs.
Tile to metal on seventies housing
The standard residential job, on simple roofs and regular blocks that quote cleanly.
Box gutter and sump work
On the big roofs the drainage is what fails first and what causes the most damage when it does. Sizing it properly and giving it an overflow outside the building is the fix.
Services
What we can do in Moorebank
Common questions
Roofs in Moorebank: common questions
Do you do warehouse roofs in Moorebank?
Yes. Large low-pitch re-sheeting, re-fixing and box gutter work are ordinary roof plumbing, and there is a lot of that kind of building here.
How old is the housing in Moorebank?
The core of it is 1970s. The primary school and the shopping centre both opened early that decade and the housing around them went up with them, so most of those roofs are about fifty.
Can a big roof be done while we keep operating?
Usually, by staging the work so the building is watertight each night. It takes planning and a clear agreement about what happens if the weather turns.
Does Moorebank flood?
The suburb sits on a plateau and was cut off rather than flooded in 1986, though land nearer the river does carry flood planning constraints. It affects new structures more than it affects a roof replacement.
Next step
Replacing a roof in Moorebank
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.