Gregory Hills Roof Repairs across Two Councils

Gregory Hills is the one suburb on our list that sits in two local government areas at once — the boundary between Camden Council and the City of Campbelltown runs through it. For most roofing that makes no practical difference, since repairing or replacing roof cladding like-for-like is generally exempt development either side of the line. It is worth knowing anyway if you ever do need to ask a council a question about your address.

What matters more is that this is a new suburb, built almost entirely in sheet steel, on compact lots.

What a ten-year-old metal roof needs

The sheets are not the issue. The seals are.

• Screw washers hardening under sustained ultraviolet exposure, so screw heads stop sealing. This is the single most common finding on the earliest houses here.
• Flashings at wall abutments, parapets and the junction between a main roof and a lower roof.
• Box gutters behind parapets, which need correct fall, a sump and a working overflow, because they cannot spill outward like an eaves gutter.
• Low-pitch skillions over alfresco areas, where profile and lap detail decide whether it stays dry.
• Penetrations — skylights, vents, flues and solar mounts.

Nearly all of that is inexpensive repair work if it is caught before a ceiling tells you about it. See metal and Colorbond roofing.

Hail on a new roof

A metal roof is the right choice in a hail corridor, because steel dents where tile fractures. But hail still does damage worth claiming: dents in gutter and valley bases that hold water permanently, split ribs where stones are large, and destroyed soft components like whirlybird vanes, skylight domes and polycarbonate patio sheeting.

If a storm has been through, get it documented properly rather than guessed at. See storm and emergency roof repairs.

Free inspection

Call (02) 4601 5100 or send the quote form. Free inspection, photographs of each finding, itemised written quote, no obligation.

Nearby we also cover Oran Park, Harrington Park and Narellan. The complete list is on the service areas page.