Roof repairs & leak detection in the Northern Rivers

Flashings, fixings and cappings. Most leaks start where the roof meets something else, such as a wall, chimney, skylight or vent pipe, or where screws have worked loose and ridge or hip cappings have lifted. Rust at sheet laps and cut edges comes next, especially close to the coast, where salt settles on the roof between showers.

It depends on what is causing the leak, how much of the roof is affected, the height and pitch of the roof, and the materials needed to match it. Resealing a flashing costs far less than replacing rusted sheets. We inspect the roof first and give you a free, itemised written quote, so you can see the cost of each part before you decide.

Yes, but it takes a look at the whole roof. Heavy rain finds weak points that light rain never reaches: water can back up at short sheet laps and low-pitch sections, blow in under flashings and cappings in strong wind, or overflow from gutters and box gutters into the eaves and ceiling. So we check the roof and the gutters together.

Repair it if the problem is local and the rest of the roof is sound. Replacement makes more sense when rust has spread across many sheets, leaks keep appearing in new places or the roof is near the end of its life. We give you an honest, itemised comparison, and if a repair is the right call, that is what we recommend.

Yes. We match Colorbond colours and the profile of your existing sheets, whether corrugated, wide-rib or clip-lock, so repairs blend in rather than stand out. An older roof has weathered, so even the same colour can look slightly different beside new material at first. BlueScope says touch-up paint weathers differently and can look blotchy, so a badly scratched sheet is usually replaced.

Yes. After storm damage we can provide photos, a written description of the damage and an itemised repair quote for your insurer or their assessor. Whether the damage is covered depends on your policy, so speak to your insurer early, and before you authorise any building work, including emergency repairs. We are roofers, not insurance advisers.

Call us to check what we can do for your roof. Cracked and slipped tiles, and the flashings around them, are common storm repairs, and new tiles have to match the ones already there. If tiles are failing across the whole roof, or it keeps leaking, we will also price a tile to metal conversion, so you can compare ongoing repairs with a new Colorbond roof.

If your roof is leaking, the best time is now, because water damage to ceilings, insulation and wiring gets worse with every storm. For planned work, aim for the milder, more settled weeks of autumn and early spring, and get it done before the summer storms. The NSW SES says storm season runs from September to April.